110@Senator Laine Hanson (JOAN ALLEN) finds her entire life put on trial in confirmation hearings to determine if she will be the next Vice President of the United States in DreamWorks Pictures’ political thriller THE CONTENDER. Photo: Gino Mifsud@110.TIF 73@JEFF BRIDGES stars as President Jackson Evans, who chooses a woman to be the next Vice President of the United States in DreamWorks Pictures’ political thriller THE CONTENDER. Photo: Gino Mifsud@73.TIF 335@Senator Laine Hanson (JOAN ALLEN, center), accompanied by her communications director Lewis Hollis (MIKE BINDER, left), the White House communications director Jerry Toliver (SAUL RUBINEK, center right) and White House Chief of Staff Kermit Newman (SAM ELLIOTT, right), heads into confirmation hearings to determine if she will be the next Vice President of the United States in DreamWorks Pictures’ political thriller THE CONTENDER. Photo: Gino Mifsud@335.TIF 220@GARY OLDMAN stars as Congressman Shelly Runyon, who is a powerful political adversary to the confirmation of Senator Laine Hanson as the next Vice President of the United States in DreamWorks Pictures’ political thriller THE CONTENDER. Photo: Gino Mifsud@220.TIF 321@Writer/director ROD LURIE (left) goes over a scene with star CHRISTIAN SLATER on the set of DreamWorks Pictures’ political thriller THE CONTENDER. Photo: Gino Mifsud@321.TIF 168@Congressman Shelly Runyon (GARY OLDMAN, left) discusses tactics in the confirmation hearings of Senator Laine Hanson with Congressman Reginald Webster (CHRISTIAN SLATER) in DreamWorks Pictures’ political thriller THE CONTENDER. Photo: Gino Mifsud@168.TIF 20@Senator Laine Hanson (JOAN ALLEN) prepares for confirmation hearings to determine if she will be the first woman to be Vice President of the United States in DreamWorks Pictures’ political thriller THE CONTENDER. Photo: Gino Mifsud@20.TIF 12@President Jackson Evans (JEFF BRIDGES, center) greets Senator Reginald Webster (CHRISTIAN SLATER) at a state dinner with his Vice Presidential designate Senator Laine Hanson (JOAN ALLEN, left) and her husband William Hanson (ROBIN THOMAS, far left), at his side in DreamWorks Pictures’ political thriller THE CONTENDER. Photo: Gino Mifsud@12.TIF 203@SAM ELLIOTT stars as White House Chief of Staff Kermit Newman in DreamWorks Pictures’ political thriller THE CONTENDER. Photo: Gino Mifsud@203.TIF 190@Senator Laine Hanson (JOAN ALLEN), flanked by her communications director Lewis Hollis (MIKE BINDER), finds her entire life put on trial in confirmation hearings to determine if she will be the next Vice President of the United States in DreamWorks Pictures’ political thriller THE CONTENDER. Photo: Gino Mifsud@190.TIF 295@CHRISTIAN SLATER stars as Congressman Reginald Webster who sits on the committee presiding over the confirmation hearings of Senator Laine Hanson to be the next Vice President of the United States in DreamWorks Pictures’ political thriller THE CONTENDER. Photo: Gino Mifsud@295.TIF 144@Writer/director ROD LURIE (left) goes over a scene with MARIEL HEMINGWAY (right) as JOAN ALLEN (far left) looks on during filming of DreamWorks Pictures’ political thriller THE CONTENDER. Photo: Gino Mifsud@144.TIF 61@ROBIN THOMAS plays William Hanson, whose wife has been selected by the President to be the first woman to hold the office of Vice President of the United States in DreamWorks Pictures’ political thriller THE CONTENDER. Photo: Gino Mifsud@61.TIF 182@Congressman Shelly Runyon (GARY OLDMAN) is the Chairman of the congressional committee presiding over the confirmation hearings of Senator Laine Hanson to be the next Vice President of the United States in DreamWorks Pictures’ political thriller THE CONTENDER. Photo: Gino Mifsud@182.TIF 228@WILLIAM PETERSEN stars as Governor Jack Hathaway who has ambitions of becoming the next Vice President of the United States in DreamWorks Pictures’ political thriller THE CONTENDER. Photo: Gino Mifsud@228.TIF 13@President Jackson Evans (JEFF BRIDGES, center) announces that his choice to become the next Vice President of the United States is Senator Laine Hanson (JOAN ALLEN, left), as her husband William Hanson (ROBIN THOMAS, far left), her communications director Lewis Hollis (MIKE BINDER, rear left), White House Chief of Staff Kermit Newman (SAM ELLIOTT, right) and White House Communications Director Jerry Toliver (SAUL RUBINEK, far right) look on in DreamWorks Pictures’ political thriller THE CONTENDER. Photo: Gino Mifsud@13.TIF 354@Senator Laine Hanson (JOAN ALLEN), flanked by her communications director Lewis Hollis (MIKE BINDER), refuses to answer questions about her personal life during confirmation hearings to determine if she will be the next Vice President of the United States in DreamWorks Pictures’ political thriller THE CONTENDER. Photo: Gino Mifsud@354.TIF