The Second Civil War
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Robert King
Beau Bridges
Joanna Cassidy
James Coburn
Phil Hartman
Dan Hedaya
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Set in the not-too-distant future, the Governor of Idaho decides to close his state's borders when a planeload of orphaned refugees from Pakistan are heading that way. Fed up with immigration policies that have transformed the nation into a tumultuous melting pot, the Governor vows to keep the American way of life intact and even threatens to secede from the Union if the federal government responds to his blockade with force. The White House responds with a 67-hour deadline for lifting the blockade. As anarchy reigns in the streets, a news service goes behind the scenes to cover what could be the news event of the century.
Cast
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Beau Bridges
Joanna Cassidy
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James Coburn
Phil Hartman
Dan Hedaya
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James Earl Jones
Denis Leary
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Brian Keith
Elizabeth Peña
Jennifer Carlson
Jeffrey Wetzel
Alexandra Wilson
Dave George
Nate Goodman
Jit Sarkar
Neil Roberts
John Wesley
Catherine Lloyd Burns
Darrel Van Leer
Christine Jane Newman
Terry Knight
James Victor
Florinel Fatulescu
Richard Yniguez
Scott Atkinson
Peter Radon
Rance Howard
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Roger Corman
Larry Flash Jenkins
William Schenker
Jamison Yang
Larry Jenkins
Robert Picardo
Dick Miller
Hank Stratton
Leah Gale
Stogie Kenyatta
Andrew Hill Newman
Jerry Hardin
Diane Sainte-marie
William Schallert
Belinda Balaski
Ming Lo
Jennifer Lynn Deras
Jodi Verdu
Paul Guyot
Sonny Skyhawk
Anthony Lee
Lily Wong
Jim Lau
Jordan Bridges
Ben Masters
Sean Lawlor
Dana Lee
Kevin Dunn
Shelley Malil
Eve Brenner
Ron Perlman
Richard Gross
Melissa Chan
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Kevin Mccarthy
Chalo Gonzalez
John Zipperer
Crew
John Addison
Mac Ahlberg
Jessica Alan
Cindy Babbitt
Nancy Barker
Nicole Barnette
Joe Barreras
Mark Bashaar
Glen Beaudin
Bob Beecher
Tod Benton
Robert Blatchford
Michael Bonewitz
Chris Bothwell
Mike Boudry
David Boyd
Aubrey Boytos
Andrew Broomhead
Jennifer Brown
Derek Bruyere
Chris Buchinsky
Martyn Burke
Joel Bystrom
Jon Caradies
Jennifer Carlson
Dan Carpluk
Mari-an Ceo
Michael Chock
Pat Christman
David Coffey
Steve Cohen
Eugene Collier
Paul Coogan
Jean Costello
Martha Cotton
Allison Cowitt
Cammie Crier
Robin Cross
Sean Crowell
Patrick Cyccone Jr.
Dawn Darfus
Rachel Davies
Holly Davis
Kyle Davis
Steven W Davis
William Dawson
Tony Deale
Daniel Deschamps
Chip Diggins
Gary Dionne
John T. Dorsey
Ziad Doueiri
James R Einolf
Jonathan Eisley
Mike Fenton
Dean Ferrandini
David Fields
Frank Fleming
Anthony Fox
Shepherd Frankel
Leigh French
Elisabeth Fry
Harry Garvin
J J Geary
David A Georgi
Ben C Giller
Nate Goodman
Rich Green
Jeffrey B Gregg
Geoffrey Haley
Hacene Haquas
R Dana Harlow
Brian R Harman
Gregg Harris
Marshall Harvey
Susan Helimann
Yvonne Hobbelink
David Hoiseck
Eric A Holst
James J Hughes
John Hulsman
Richard Humphreys
John Huneck
Leslie Huntley
Christian John Irwin
Bruce Jagado
David Jones
Paul Jones
Barbara Kallir
Doc Kane
Thomas A. Keith
Sabine Kelling
Steve Kelso
Ken King
Robert King
Lou Kleinman
Elliot L. Koretz
Kim Koscki
John R Koth
Peter Kuran
Gregory C Landerer
Jacob I Lapin
Chris Ledesma
Steve Lee
Aaron Lemos
Len Levine
Barry Levinson
Eric Lindemann
Scott Allen Logan
Michael J Long
James R Lowder
Joseph P Lucky
Justin Lundin
Lauren Lustig
Lee Majors
Flint Maloney
Hummie Mann
Mark Marchetti
James M. Mcclure
Lee Alan Mcconnell
Dennis Mcneill
Robert W Meadows
Kenny Miller
Christian Minkler
Bob Minor
Dan Moore
Jim Moores
Betty Moos
Robert Morgenroth
Jon D Morrison
Udi Nedivi
Udi Nedivi
Desmond O'regan
Peter Oreckinto
Jaime Oria
Greg Owen
Edgar Pablos
Mike Palmer
Onofrio Pansini
Belinda A Pennett
Monte Perlin
Carol Lea Pike
Emerson W Pittman
Stephen G Pizzo
William Povletich
Julie Rasmussen
Thoma Reavis
Steve Reinhardt
Dennis Reiwerts
Rick Riccio
Nina Robin Richner
Deborah Ricketts
Guy Riedel
Ana Rivera
Mario Roberts
Lisa Rocco
Von Roddy
Rich Romero
Gilbert Rosales
Joan Rowe
Sean Rowe
Ken Roy
Bruce Sands
Michael Sanfilipo
Vern Savage
Erich W Schultz
Dennis R. Scott
Rick Scott
Paul Short
Nancy Shumovich
John Simanovich
Joanne Small
Matthew D. Smith
Wilfredo Antonio Sola
Gail Sonnenfeld
Shannon Soucie
Patrick J Statham
Al Stewart
Kurt Strommer
Pat Ellis Stubbs
Mary Sze
Joseph Taggart
Randy Tepper
Michael Thau
Kenny K Tong
David Tucker
Ellen Turner
Eric C Turner
Rafael Velasquez
Andre Veluzat
Renaud Veluzat
Robert Ward
Christopher Warren
Gene Warren
Gene Warren
Mharaka W Washington
Scott Weber
Dietmar Wendelin
Jeffrey Wetzel
Glenn Whiteford
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States 1997
Aired in United States 1998
Aired in United States August 30, 2005
Aired in United States March 15, 1997
Released in United States on Video October 21, 1997
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 28 - February 8, 1998.
Shown at Venice International Film Festival August 27 - September 6, 1997.
Began shooting September 25, 1996.
Completed shooting November 15, 1996.