The Second Civil War

Director: Joe Dante Joe Dante

Overview

This made-for-cable black-comedy stars Beau Bridges as a governor in a future United States, with an unusual plan for his state. Bridges stars as Jim Farley, the Governor of Idaho, who decides that the only way to keep the new immigrants out of his state is to close down the borders. Defying the President (Phil Hartman), he gets some help implementing his plan from some zealots in militias. Bridges won the Emmy for his performance.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/12/2012
UPC:	0883316487822
Original Release:	1997
Rating:	R
Source:	Hbo Archives
Language:	English
Time:	1:38:00
Sales rank:	46,263

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Beau Bridges	Gov. Farley,Farley's Aide
James Coburn	Jack Buchan
Phil Hartman	President
Dan Hedaya	Mel Burgess
James Earl Jones	Jim Kalla
Denis Leary	Vinnie Franco
Ron Perlman	Alan Manieski
Joanna Cassidy	Helena Newman
Kevin Dunn	Jimmy Cannon
Brian Keith	General Buford
Kevin McCarthy	Chief of Staff
Dick Miller	Eddie O'Neill
William Schallert	Secretary of Defense
Catherine Lloyd Burns	Amelia Sims
Jerry Hardin	Col. McNally
Larry Jenkins	Kenya Nkomo
Ben Masters	Matthew Langford
Roger Corman	Sandy Collins
Rance Howard	Arnold Toomey Jr.
Anthony Lee	Steven Kingsley,Chinese Colonel
Andrew Hill Newman	Chris Vincent,Militia Child
Robert Picardo	Godfrey
Neil Roberts	Tony Phillips
Hank Stratton	Blaine Gorman
Alexandra Wilson	Caroline Dawes
Scott Atkinson	Young Militia Man
Belinda Belaski	Graphic Designer
Eve Brenner	Elderly Militia Woman
Jennifer Carlson	NewsNet Assistant
Melissa Chan	Mary Anne Wong
Florinel Fatulescu	Romanian Chauffeur
Leah Gale	White House Reporter
Juan Garcia	Chauffeur Raul
Dave Georgi	Major
Chalo Gonzalez	Old Mexican
Nathaniel Goodman	Christina's Cameraman
Richard Gross	Militia Leader
Paul Guyot	NewsNet Technician No. 3
Stogie Kenyatta	Firing Squad Officer
Terry Knight	Boise Reporter
Jim Lau	Chinese Congressman
Sean Lawlor	Brendan
Ming Lo	Simultaneous Translator
Shelley Malil	Congressman Singh
Peter Radon	National Guardsman
Diane Sainte-Marie	Tricia Lee
Jit Sarkar	Chauffeur Najib
William Schenker	Chauffeur Vaclav
Sonny Skyhawk	Indian
Darrel Van Leer	Mohammed Amin
Jodi Verdu	NewsNet Technician No. 1
James Victor	Mutinous Sergeant
John Wesley	Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
Jeffrey Wetzel	Technical Director
Lily Wong	Chinese Interpreter
Jamison Yang	NewsNet Technician No. 2
Richard Yniguez	Javier Clark
John Zipperer	Rebellious Soldier
Elizabeth Peña	Christina Fernandez

Technical Credits

Martyn Burke

Joe Dante	Director
Martyn Burke	Screenwriter
Guy Riedel	Producer
Barry Levinson	Executive Producer
Chip Diggins	Executive Producer
Allison Cowitt	Casting
Mike Fenton	Casting
Rob King	Stunts
Gregory C. Landerer	Special Effects
Lee Alan McConnell	Special Effects
Gene Warren Jr.	Special Effects