Primary Colors

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1. #001

   President Bill Clinton liked Primary Colors so much that he invited John Travolta to a party on one condition: he had to come as Governor Jack Stanton. Travolta declined.

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2. #002

   Larry Hagman's participation in the political rally was kept secret from the extras in the crowd. His reaction when he took the stage was genuine, but Hagman was recovering from a broken rib at the time and was in considerable discomfort, so he could not enjoy the moment.

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3. #003

   Joe Klein, who worked at Time Magazine, was revealed to be the "Anonymous" author of the book on which the film is based.

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4. #004

   Many of the characters are based directly or partly on real-life people: Governor Jack Stanton (John Travolta) and First Lady Susan Stanton (Dame Emma Thompson) mirror Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton; Richard Jemmons (Billy Bob Thornton) closely resembles James Carville, manager of Clinton's 1992 campaign; Senator Lawrence Harris (Kevin Cooney) is probably based on Senator Paul Tsongas, who like Harris won New Hampshire in the 1992 Democratic primaries; Cashmere McLeod (Gia Carides), who accuses Stanton of seducing her and records their phone conversations, is likely based on Gennifer Flowers, who did the same to Clinton; and Italian politician Jimmy Ozio (Robert Cicchini), who drops out of the race early, was probably inspired by Governor Mario Cuomo, who was seen as a potential leader for the Democratic nomination in 1992 but ultimately did not run.

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5. #005

   John Travolta gained thirty pounds to play Governor Jack Stanton.

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6. #006

   In an interview with Charlie Rose, producer and director Mike Nichols said that the first scene he pictured while reading the book was Jack Stanton in the donut shop. Nichols said he knew how he would approach the scene, with the camera starting outside the building as Henry Burton walks in.

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7. #007

   This was Larry Hagman's (Governor Fred Picker) last theatrical film.

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8. #008

   The scene in which Henry Burton (Adrian Lester) watches Governor Jack Stanton (John Travolta) sit in a donut shop parking lot late at night strongly recalls Edward Hopper's famous 1942 painting "Nighthawks." Hopper's work celebrated the friendly, hopeful, tired, hardworking American "common man," and the donut shop scene in this film reinforces Stanton's connection to that same demographic, embodied by a friendly, hardworking, not-very-bright counterman working alone on the night shift, just like his counterpart in Hopper's painting.

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9. #009

   This was the opening film of the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.

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10. #010

    The house used as Picker's home is Oak Alley Plantation, the same location as Louis's (Brad Pitt) house in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994).

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11. #011

    Mel Gibson was considered to play Governor Jack Stanton.

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12. #012

    This was Tommy Hollis's (Fat Willie) last theatrical film.

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13. #013

    Jack Nicholson was considered for the lead role.

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14. #014

    The cast includes four Oscar winners: Dame Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Janney and Kathy Bates; and four Oscar nominees: John Travolta, Diane Ladd, James Earl Jones and Rob Reiner.

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15. #015

    The last Mike Nichols film was shot in the 2.35:1 widescreen aspect ratio.

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16. #016

    The film was released during Bill Clinton's presidency, which lasted from January 1993 to January 2001.

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17. #017

    Larry Hagman and O'Neal Compton had previously played Texas businessmen in another politically themed film, Nixon (1995).

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18. #018

    The trailer was narrated by Hal Douglas.

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19. #019

    Initially, producer and director Mike Nichols was not interested in adapting Anonymous's novel "Primary Colors" into a film.

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20. #020

    It is the second of two modern, contemporary films about American politics whose titles contain the word "colors." The first is "True Colors (1991)."

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