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Tanner '88 is a political mockumentary miniseries written by Garry Trudeau and directed by Robert Altman. First broadcast by HBO during the months leading up to the 1988 U.S. presidential election, it purports to tell the behind-the-scenes story of the campaign of fictitious former Michigan U.S. Representative Jack Tanner, played by Michael Murphy…
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TTTA extracted 31 structured relationships around Tanner '88. Examples in this analysis include Tanner '88 → Camera setup → Multiple camera and Tanner '88 → Country of origin → United States. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanner '88 | Camera setup | Multiple camera | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tanner '88 | Country of origin | United States | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tanner '88 | Created by | Garry Trudeau | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tanner '88 | Directed by | Robert Altman | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tanner '88 | Executive producers | Robert Altman Garry Trudeau | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tanner '88 | Network | HBO | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tanner '88 | No. of episodes | 11 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tanner '88 | Release | February 15 (1988-02-15) – August 22, 1988 (1988-08-22) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tanner '88 | Running time | 1-hour premiere, all others approx. 30 minutes | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tanner '88 | Starring | Michael Murphy Pamela Reed Cynthia Nixon Kevin J. O'Connor Daniel Jenkins Jim Fyfe Matt Malloy Ilana Levine Veronica Cartwright Richard Cox Wendy Crewson | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tanner '88 | is a | political mockumentary miniseries written by Garry Trudeau and directed by Robert Altman | 0.90 | text |
| Tanner '88 | related to External links | Tanner | 0.60 | section |
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Source: Wikipedia — Tanner '88 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout