The Second Civil War

HD 2.9 97 min.

When a planeload of Pakistani orphans are shipped to his state for permanent relocation, the governor of Idaho (Beau Bridges, who won an Emmy) defies the president (Phil Hartman) and closes the state's border. News Net Television, a cable news program that makes hay by reporting on political scandals, quickly spins the racist act into an overnight media sensation, creating a divide in national opinion over the issue.

Genre: TV Movie, Comedy, Drama

Release: March 15, 1997

Director: Joe Dante

Cast: Beau Bridges, Joanna Cassidy, Phil Hartman, James Earl Jones, James Coburn, Dan Hedaya, Elizabeth Peña, Denis Leary, Ron Perlman, Kevin Dunn, Shelley Malil, Brian Keith, Dick Miller, William Schallert, Belinda Balaski, Kevin McCarthy, Roger Corman, Rance Howard, Robert Picardo, Richard Gross