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Absolute Power

CrimeDramaAction

Directed by Clint Eastwood

A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder—in which the President of the United States is involved—occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run, while holding evidence that could convict the President. From TMDB

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Absolute Power is a 1997 crime drama action film, directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman and Ed Harris.

  • 54 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon
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  • Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 27, 2025

    Underrated Hackman movie I love is Prime Cut. He also rocked playing Bill Clinton in Absolute Power. Just the tip of the iceberg, these two movies.

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  • Adam @astranchida.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 12, 2026

    I was a little disappointed in Absolute Power with that cast, but it was an otherwise satisfying week. Not sure if anyone’s heard of Backrooms, but those’r some creepy, addicting shorts. #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday #FilmSky 🎥 📽️

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  • loz @turquoisehexagon.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 23, 2026

    Last four films watched - The Stranger (2025), Red Beard (❤️ - 1965), Disclosure (1994), Absolute Power (1997) @letterboxd.social #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #films #films2026 ❤️📽️🎬🎥

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  • Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 1, 2025

    For movie night we had to celebrate Gene Hackman with his no doubt about it, undisputed best movie … ABSOLUTE POWER

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  • Dee @jayhawkgenie.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 9, 2025

    Eastwood has always struck me as a bit of a narcissist — every movie he directed put himself as the central character (Absolute Power comes to mind. In the book, the character he played was not the focus) Oh, and he was always a Republican (mayor of Carmel).

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  • Lary Crews © @larycrews.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 20, 2026

    Today's movie (Sunday, 9-20-26) is Absolute Power (1997) featuring my friend Melora Hardin from The Office.

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  • Anne Billson @annebillson.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 7, 2026

    In The French House restaurant, 1990s, US theatre impresario (quite famous but have forgotten his name) came up to me & said "I was just watching you on the plane in that film with Clint Eastwood* and refused - REFUSED - to believe I wasn't Judy Davis. (*Absolute Power)

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  • Peter Avellino @peterapeel.bsky.socialBluesky · May 31, 2026

    It's Clint Eastwood's birthday today but the only thing I've written on one of his films recently is this piece on ABSOLUTE POWER. peteravellino.substack.com/p/tomorrow-i...

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  • Gay Furryhausen @animal-amalgam.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 6, 2025

    i will put on a Clint Eastwood movie (Absolute Power and/or Gran Turino) while i construct an entire pride of lion-headed figures

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  • Fred Bux @fredbux.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 5, 2025

    We look now at fiction that centres on 'corrupt, self-serving presidents'. 1. Absolute Power (1996). Film directed by Clint Eastwood. Gene Hackman as a sexually violent US President trying to cover up his involvement in a murder.

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  • Mario Bava's A Jay of Blood @jaycoyle.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 10, 2026

    #nowwatching Absolute Power.

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  • Acy @aprilneo.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 3, 2026

    Nixon should have never been pardoned and we might not be in this situation. Also in the movie Absolute Power directed and produced by Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman comes pretty close to playing Trump in real life.

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  • Didntcmecumin69 @didntcmecumin69.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 22, 2025

    It’s time for me to say good by and thank you for coming by. My dinner and movie is Absolute Power. I hope you enjoy it if you have time to watch it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z94c...

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  • Dr. Dani Sanchez @analgesicsleepMastodon · May 23, 2025

    Posters for “Absolute Power” from The USA, Spain, Germany and Italy #FridayThrillerClub #AbsolutePower #90smovies #RIPGeneHackman #FilmNoir

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  • I like the Shipping Forecast @moderatefairgood.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 2, 2025

    Watching Absolute Power (Gene Hackman, Clint Eastwood), and I’m still coveting this B&O CD player, even in 2025. *chefs kiss*

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  • way0utwest @way0utwest.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 27, 2025

    RIP Gene Hackman. Favorite movie besides Hoosiers? Absolute Power stands out for me, and Get Shorty (which I love). So many good ones that I'm not sure what I'd pick

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  • That’s Not Quite All Folks: A Looney Tunes Podcast @thatlooney.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 21, 2025

    Okay okay the gig’s up! That’s a photo of Clint Eastwood from the film Absolute Power where he plays a master of disguise, in which he looks a lot like Chuck Jones from Extremes and In-Betweens. THIS is an actual photo of Chuck Jones, happy birthday!

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  • Joe @joelastname.bsky.socialBluesky · May 12, 2026

    as I have said many times, Absolute Power is Clint Eastwood's Brian De Palma film

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  • LoriLori25 @lorilori25.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 11, 2026

    Absolute Power. I just watched it last week for the umpteenth time. Love Ed in this.

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  • Cleo Speaks 🏳️‍🌈 @cleospeaks.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 15, 2026

    A PRESIDENT and CHILDREN of all things!! Have you seen the movie Absolute Power?

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  • Gotta have hope darling @hopeinthenight.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 22, 2025

    I saw Superman, and then I read comics: Woman of Tomorrow - this is going to make an interesting movie. Booster Shot - I think Booster Gold COULD make for an interesting movie. Revenge of the Demon - that's a fascinating choice of villain. Absolute Power - it's fine? Poor Jon 🥲

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  • Steven @stwist.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 27, 2025

    Gene Hackman. Legend. Superman: The Movie The French Connection The Conversation No Way Out Unforgiven Crimson Tide Absolute Power Get Shorty The Firm Under Fire The Poseidon Adventure Young Frankenstein Mississippi Burning The Royal Tenenbaums Postcards from the Edge The Birdcage Hoosiers

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  • John Stabler @geek.walesBluesky · Feb 27, 2025

    Gene Hackman. What an actor. Superman. Mississippi Burning. Absolute Power. Enemy of The State. The Birdcage. The Quick and The dead. The Runaway Jury. The Conversation. The French Connection. The Poseiden Adventure. A Bridge Too Far. He elevated every film he was cast in.

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  • Jesse Nussman @jnuzzy.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 20, 2026

    Just watched Absolute Power (1997) and rated it 3 stars on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/jnussman/film/absolute-power/ 📽️

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  • Jaquazia Wilson @jwilson051998.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 3, 2026

    Happy 72nd Birthday To Dennis Haysbert Born June 2, 1954, He Is Known For His Roles As Baseball Player Pedro Cerrano In The Major League Film Trilogy, Secret Service Agent Tim Collin In The Political Thriller Film Absolute Power, Sergeant Major Jonas Blane

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  • Mir Bahmanyar @mirbahmanyar.comBluesky · Dec 16, 2025

    I read David Baldacci's Absolute Power for the first time after meeting him at Bouchercon in San Diego in 2023. I'd seen the film which aI thought was okay (though cheap looking) but the book is excellent. I can see why it sold for tons of money to Hollywood. #booksky #readingcommunity #novels

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  • stardust1618.bsky.social @stardust1618.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 22, 2025

    The whole premise behind the movie Absolute Power with Gene Hackman playing the president, would be fiction if it happened in today's Whitehouse. Does anyone believe Congress would hold Trump accountable for murder? I don't.

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  • voteinthemidterms.bsky.social @voteinthemidterms.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2025

    ABSOLUTE POWER watching again Fabulous movie Gene Hackman Clint Eastwood

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  • Frank007Bond @bondfrank.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 9, 2025

    The drama kinda resembles the movie Absolute Power. Instead of the mistress being killed, a group of pedo’s have taken advantage of their power to commit crimes and the president / so called Christian’s are running interference for them all.

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  • That Other Dude @theotherdude.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 23, 2025

    He also played the president in the Clint Eastwood film " Absolute Power."

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  • Jon Arnesen @jonarnesen.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 15, 2025

    Reminiscent of Gene Hackman in a Clint Eastwood movie. That recently joined the deluge of trans films — thrillers, comedies, horrors, sci-fi, fantasy adventures, et al, now identifying as documentaries. Absolute Power ftwtf

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  • jane57lisa @jane57lisa.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 10, 2025

    Absolute Power breeds contempt, abuse and brutality. We've seen this movie before with Abu Ghraib, Guantánamo Bay, and other prisons. Alligator Alcatraz is ISOLATED, away from public view. It will get much much worse. Did you really believe it wouldn't happen? www.aclu.org/news/nationa...

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  • jane57lisa @jane57lisa.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 10, 2025

    Absolute Power breeds contempt, abuse and brutality. We've seen this movie before with Abu Ghraib, Guantánamo Bay, and other prisons. Alligator Alcatraz is ISOLATED, away from public view. It will get much much worse. Did you really believe it wouldn't happen? www.aclu.org/news/nationa...

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  • Jake Necessary @bigtime1224.bsky.socialBluesky · May 11, 2025

    The book Absolute Power by David Baldacci though, so much better than the movie adaptation.

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  • Dave Cowan @dacowan.bsky.socialBluesky · May 5, 2025

    They should keep the Clint Eastwood film fest going with “Absolute Power.”

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  • Rob @rflixtv.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 13, 2025

    An enjoyable thriller with a good cast. My ★★★½ review of Absolute Power on Letterboxd boxd.it/974zdd #filmsky

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  • Army of Dorkness @armyofdorkness.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 3, 2025

    Last night’s 2nd movie: Absolute Power (1997) More Hackman I say! We’ve seen this previously, but probably not since 97 or 98. Solid thriller with a great cast. Eastwood produced, directed & starred as a jewel thief who witnesses the killing of a woman by Secret Service agents.

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  • DG ❤️🇨🇦 @dgct2.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 28, 2025

    The last movie was "Absolute Power". I only watched it a couple of nights ago.

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  • 🦬Jimbo 🦬 @politicaljimbo.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 27, 2025

    Absolute Power, more of a Clint Eastwood joint, but still a great movie with him.

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  • Odd Hack @oddhack.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 27, 2025

    My favorite lesser known Hackman movies: Scarecrow (almost unspeakably bleak film with Pacino) Absolute Power (he plays a corrupt violent POTUS) Night Moves (peak 70s Neo-noir)

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  • President Werewolf G. Harding @popeawesomexiii.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 9, 2025

    It was the plot of the Clint Eastwood film “Absolute Power,” but in that case the President was a closeted monster and not broadcasting it to the entire nation.

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  • Travis Leamons @travisleamons.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 31, 2025

    Due to me listening to Ringer movie podcasts when I hear the letters HGH I just assume they are talking about Horny Gene Hackman movies like NO WAY OUT and ABSOLUTE POWER.

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  • Anne B @abroshar.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 30, 2025

    Gene Hackman has never phoned it in once. Every movie I’ve seen him in (Hoosiers, Mississippi Burning, Absolute Power, The Birdcage, Runaway Jury) is impossible to imagine without him.

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  • Matt Morrison @senseistarman.comBluesky · Jul 9, 2024

    Green Lantern Hal Jordan is up against "the Wall", in this preview of the Absolute Power tie-in Green Lantern #13.

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  • Paul Brenner @paulbrenner.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2026

    MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You heartless whore! I’m not about to run from you.” Clint Eastwood in Absolute Power #AbsolutePower #ClintEastwood #WilliamGoldman #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday

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  • Zaranyzerak @zaranyzerak.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 5, 2026

    In today's Closer Look vid we climb aboard the decapitation machine & head to ancient Rome with the INCREDIBLE Absolute Power Boxed Set edition of the notorious 1979 film Caligula! Featuring no less than FIVE CUTS of the film, an ocean of extras & some stunning physical items. youtu.be/adKRww91qWQ

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  • Paul Brenner @paulbrenner.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 22, 2026

    MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You convinced me to stay silent. I regret that. Know this: every time I see your face, I wanna rip your throat out.” Scott Glenn in Absolute Power #AbsolutePower #ClintEastwood #ScottGlenn #WilliamGoldman #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday

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  • Kevin☮️🌎☀️🌕⭐️🌈🌊 @hamkold.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 8, 2026

    Kinda like that movie with Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman... Absolute Power... but non-fiction.

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  • Louis C A @bosslca.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 20, 2025

    Ironically the movie surrounding episode 4 is titled ‘Absolute Power’ 💀 ⚡️ Wait, what the hell is ‘Absolute Power’ about? Oh.

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  • Steve Baxi @stevebaxi.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 17, 2025

    Eastwood #19 Absolute Power A great movie to watch early in the morning when you're sick at home instead of at work

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  • Dru @medru.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 27, 2025

    its called Absolute Power. It was a book and then a movie too.

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  • fatimap72.bsky.social @fatimap72.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 24, 2025

    Some one tell the administration that a lot of times the coverup is worse than the crime. Has anyone read/watched “Absolute Power”? Book by David Baldacci later as movie directed by Clint Eastwood.

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  • jane57lisa @jane57lisa.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 10, 2025

    Absolute Power breeds contempt, abuse and brutality. We've seen this movie before with Abu Ghraib, Guantánamo Bay, and other prisons. Alligator Alcatraz is ISOLATED, away from public view. It will get much much worse. Did you really believe it wouldn't happen? www.aclu.org/news/nationa...

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  • Jana TRUBLU💙 @oktowngirl57.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 27, 2025

    Mississippi Burning, Gangster Story, A Bridge Too Far, The Conversation, Get Shorty, The Mexican, Absolute Power, Heart Breakers, Under Suspicion, Night Moves, Post Cards from the Edge.... He has left an indelible mark on the movie & acting industry that entertain so many of us 4decades, thank you.

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  • taylordauthor.bsky.social @taylordauthor.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 27, 2025

    I was guessing the movie. It’s called ABSOLUTE POWER

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  • ComixNOW! @comixnowMastodon · Sep 21, 2024

    DC Comics released Preview and Covers of Absolute Power: Origins #3 comic Preview: https://comixnow.com/2024/09/20/dc-preview-absolute-power-origins-3-comic-a24/ #AbsolutePower #Origins #DCComics #Preview

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  • ComixNOW! @comixnowMastodon · Sep 21, 2024

    DC Comics released Preview and Covers of Absolute Power: Task Force VII #7 comic See: https://comixnow.com/2024/09/20/dc-preview-absolute-power-task-force-vii-7-comic-a24/ #AbsolutePower #TaskForceVII #DCComics #Preview

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  • ComixNOW! @comixnowMastodon · Aug 31, 2024

    DC Comics released Preview and Covers of Absolute Power #3 comic See: https://comixnow.com/2024/08/30/dc-preview-absolute-power-3-comic-a24/ #AbsolutePower #DCComics #Preview

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  • Bram Cryptfright @rewindfee.comBluesky · Jul 4, 2023

    Currently watching Absolute Power. (That movie where Clint Eastwood sees Gene Hackman do murder by sitting in EG Marshall’s cuck chair.)

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