Charlie Rose

Primary Colors -- John Travolta leads an all-star cast--including Oscar winners Emma Thompson, Kathy Bates and Billy Bob Thornton--on a wild race to the White House in this savagely funny comedy.

Respected cultural critic and author David Kepesh (Ben Kingsley) is a middle-aged college professor who, for years, has lived in a state of "emancipated manhood." His romantic conquests are many; his lasting commitments, few. But when a stunning young student named Consuela Castillo (Penelope Cruz) enters his life, her otherworldly beauty captivates him to the point of obsession. Soon, their erotic relationship evolves into an undying and passionate love in this gripping drama that explores the power of love to blind, reveal and transform.

Cultural critic David Kepesh sits in his ivory tower, divorced from any romantic or familial entanglements -- until the sultry 24-year-old daughter of Cuban exiles reawakens his sense of sexual excitement in this well-acted drama.

David Kepesh is an eminent 70-year-old cultural critic and lecturer at a New York college who's womanizing ways were ended by a devastating, all-consuming affair he had eight years before with voluptuous 24-year-old Consuela Castillo, a graduate student and daughter of a prosperous Cuban family.

David Kepesh is an eminent 70-year-old cultural critic and lecturer at a New York college who's womanizing ways were ended by a devastating, all-consuming affair he had eight years before with voluptuous 24-year-old Consuela Castillo, a graduate student and daughter of a prosperous Cuban family.

David Kepesh is an eminent 70-year-old cultural critic and lecturer at a New York college whose womanizing ways were ended by a devastating, all-consuming affair he had eight years before with voluptuous 24-year-old Consuela Castillo, a graduate student and daughter of a prosperous Cuban family.

John Travolta leads an all-star cast (including Oscar® winners Emma Thompson, Kathy Bates and Billy Bob Thornton) on a wild race to the presidency in this savagely funny comedy. Jack Stanton (Travolta) is a virtually unknown Southern governor on a quest for the White House with his strong, savvy and equally ambitious wife, Susan (Thompson). Running against the odds, the Stantons need all the help they can get from their extremely colorful political team. Together, they take off on a hilarious, heart-wrenching and ultimately history-making roller coaster ride to the top.

Henry Burton is a brilliant, young political strategist who has become increasingly disillusioned with politics.

When &NFi;Newsweek&NFi_; reporter Joe Klein was unmasked as the anonymous author of &NFi;Primary Colors&NFi_; -- a thinly veiled take on Bill Clinton's campaign for the 1992 Democratic presidential nomination -- heads (and pages) turned. With a sterling cast (John Travolta, Emma Thompson and Kathy Bates) and a brilliant screenplay, director Mike Nichols transforms Klein's roman à clef into a wry look at modern politics.

John Travolta leads an all-star cast--including Oscar winners Emma Thompson, Kathy Bates and Billy Bob Thornton--on a wild race to the White House in this savagely funny comedy.

John Travolta leads an all-star cast--including Oscar winners Emma Thompson, Kathy Bates and Billy Bob Thornton--on a wild race to the White House in this savagely funny comedy.

John Travolta leads an all-star cast (including Oscar(R) winners Emma Thompson, Kathy Bates and Billy Bob Thornton) on a wild race to the presidency in this savagely funny comedy. Jack Stanton (Travolta) is a virtually unknown Southern governor on a quest for the White House with his strong, savvy and equally ambitious wife, Susan (Thompson). Running against the odds, the Stantons need all the help they can get from their extremely colorful political team. Together, they take off on a hilarious, heart-wrenching and ultimately history-making roller coaster ride to the top.