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Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story 2003 Directed by Robert Dornhelm

He divided a city. He united a nation.

Biographic movie of the witty, overachieving, hot-tempered Rudy Giuliani, spanning from his rising days as a New York district attorney in the early 1980s to his marriage to part-time actress Donna Hanover, to his candidacy for mayor of New York City and his controversial methods to tackle the city's crime and urban problems, as well as his romance with his assistant Cristyne Lategano which lead to the failure of his marriage, to his battle with prostate cancer, all leading up to the terrible day of September 11, 2001 which Guiliani himself narrowly escaped death after suicide terrorists hijacked and crashed two passenger airliners into the twin World Trade Center towers leading to their collapse in which Guiliani's toughness and spirited personality help calm the city's residents to face the chaos on that day which made him a national hero.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Drama , TV Movie
Production Companies USA Network , Carlton America
Release Date 30 March 2003
91 mins
Cast
James Woods Rudy Giuliani
Penelope Ann Miller Donna Hanover
Michelle Nolden Cristyne Lategano
John Bourgeois Peter Powers
Kirsten Bishop Judith Nathan
Mark Camacho Tony Carbonetti
Maxim Roy Beth Petrone
Mariah Inger Carrie Foster
Sam Stone Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik
Brian Wrench Bill Simon
Alan Fawcett FDNY Commissioner Peter Gand
Alan Fawcett FDNY Chief Peter Gand
Philip Pretten FDNY Commissioner Thomas Van Essen
Philip Spensley Howard Safir
Jack Langedijk Chief Bratton
Vlasta Vrana Ray Harding
Jesse Camacho Andrew Giuliani
Tim Post Hitchens
Arthur Grosser Jack Newfield
Steve Adams Bodyguard
Tony Calabretta Prosecutor