
In 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize–winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and presented their media campaign as a cross between a soap opera and TV news. The result was the groundbreaking Tanner ’88, a piercing satire of media-age American politics.
Jack Tanner

T.J. Cavanaugh

Alex Tanner

Hayes Haggerty

Stringer Kincaid

Emil Berkoff

Deke Connors

Andrea Spinelli

Molly Hark

Billy Ridenhour

Joanna Buckley

Stevie Chevalier
David Seidelman

Barney Kittman