Absolute Power (film)

Absolute Power
Absolute Power
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Clint Eastwood
Screenplay by	William Goldman
Based on	Absolute Power; by David Baldacci
Produced by	Clint Eastwood; Karen S. Spiegel;
Starring	Clint Eastwood; Gene Hackman; Ed Harris; Laura Linney; Judy Davis; Scott Glenn; E. G. Marshall; Dennis Haysbert;
Cinematography	Jack N. Green
Edited by	Joel Cox
Music by	Lennie Niehaus
Production; companies	Columbia Pictures; Castle Rock Entertainment; Malpaso Productions; Warner Bros.;
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date	February 14, 1997;
Running time	121 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$50 million
Box office	$92.8 million

Absolute Power is a 1997 American political action thriller film produced by, directed by, and starring Clint Eastwood as a master jewel thief who witnesses the killing of a woman by Secret Service agents.^[3] The screenplay by William Goldman is based on the 1996 novel Absolute Power by David Baldacci. Screened at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival,^[4] the film also stars Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Judy Davis, Scott Glenn, Dennis Haysbert, and Richard Jenkins. It was also the last screen appearance of E. G. Marshall. The scenes in the museum were filmed in the Walters Art Museum, where Whitney is copying a painting of El Greco, "Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata"^[5]

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^ "The Top 125". Variety. February 9, 1998. p. 31.
^ "Clint Eastwood Is Returning to Acting". MovieWeb. May 21, 2017. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
^ "Festival de Cannes: Absolute Power". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
^ https://art.thewalters.org/detail/6457/saint-francis-receiving-the-stigmata-2/