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The Choice 2016 (Season 35, Episode 2)

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TV Episode | 113 min | Documentary, News

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are two of the most polarizing presidential candidates in modern history. FRONTLINE's acclaimed election-year series, "The Choice," returns - going behind the headlines to investigate what has shaped these ...See moreHillary Clinton and Donald Trump are two of the most polarizing presidential candidates in modern history. FRONTLINE's acclaimed election-year series, "The Choice," returns - going behind the headlines to investigate what has shaped these two candidates, where they came from, how they lead and why they want one of the most difficult jobs imaginable. From veteran FRONTLINE filmmaker Michael Kirk, "The Choice 2016" will investigate formative moments in Clinton and Trump's lives through interviews with those who know them best, providing in-depth, trustworthy reporting and powerful new insights at a moment when voters are being bombarded with conflicting partisan stories about each candidate. See less

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83 cast members

Name	Known for
Will Lyman Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Mystic River (2003)
Donald Trump Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Apprentice (2004)
Omarosa Manigault Newman Self (as Omarosa Manigault) Self (as Omarosa Manigault) See fewer	Tiger Run: The Untold Story (2024)
Barack Obama Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Leave the World Behind (2023)
Timothy L. O'Brien Self Self See fewer	PBS News Hour (1975)
Graydon Carter Self Self See fewer	Arbitrage (2012)
David Remnick Self Self See fewer	We Are Witnesses (2017)
Michael D'Antonio Self Self See fewer	Crown Heights (2004)
Hillary Clinton Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	State of Terror (I)
Linda Bloodworth-Thomason Self Self See fewer	Designing Women (1986)
Bill Clinton Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Great Irish Potato Famine
Jim Blair Self Self See fewer	The Clinton Affair (2018)
Gail Sheehy Self Self See fewer	Hustling (1975)
David Maraniss Self Self See fewer	Clemente (I)
Chelsea Clinton Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Derry Girls (2018)
Joe Klein Self Self See fewer	Primary Colors (1998)
Robert Reich Self Self See fewer	America Is Sinking (2023)
Nancy Wanderer Self Self See fewer	First Ladies (2020)
Dick Morris Self Self See fewer	The Return: Trump's Big 2024 Comeback (2022)
Marie Brenner Self Self See fewer	The Insider (1999)
Gwenda Blair Self Self See fewer	Trump Unauthorized (2005)
Louise Sunshine Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Sandy McIntosh Self Self See fewer	History (2000)
Tony Schwartz Self Self See fewer	Judgment (2014)
Harry Falber Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Ernest Ricketts Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Carl Bernstein Self Self See fewer	All the President's Men (1976)
Betsy Ebeling Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Martin Luther King Self (voice) (archive footage) Self (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Freedom Writers (2007)
Norman Vincent Peale Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	One Foot in Heaven (1941)
Marc Fisher Self Self See fewer	L'homme qui murmure à l'oreille de Trump (2017)
Edward Brooke Self - Republican politician (archive footage) Self - Republican politician (archive footage) See fewer	Bicentennial Minutes (1974)
Nikki Haskell Self Self See fewer	Sunset Strip (2012)
Barbara Res Self Self See fewer	Trump: An American Dream (2017)
Roy M. Cohn Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Unquiet Death of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg (1974)
Michael Kranish Self Self See fewer	CBS Mornings (2012)
Nancy Bekavac Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Richard Nixon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Frost/Nixon (2008)
Sarah Erhman Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Gennifer Flowers Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Dream On (1990)
Ben Berzin Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Mack McLarty Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Roy Neel Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
John McCain Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Parks and Recreation (2009)
Dan Balz Self - The Washington Post Self - The Washington Post See fewer	Kasie DC (2017)
Melanne Vereer Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Lissa Muscatine Self Self See fewer	First Ladies (2020)
Liz Smith Self Self See fewer	Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Marvin Roffman Self Self See fewer	Trump: What's the Deal? (1991)
Abraham Wallach Self Self See fewer	Trump: An American Dream (2017)
Ivana Trump Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The First Wives Club (1996)
Meat Loaf Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Jim Dowd Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Tom Daschle Self Self See fewer	PBS News Hour (1975)
Whoopi Goldberg Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Ghost (1990)
Jonathan Allen Self Self See fewer	Symone (2022)
Dennis Ross Self Self See fewer	The Oslo Diaries (2018)
Melania Trump Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	ESPN College Football (1980)
Howard Baker Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The American President (2000)
Tom Brokaw Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (1970)
Walter Cronkite Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Liberty's Kids (2002)
Sam Ervin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Bicentennial Minutes (1974)
Al Gore Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
Robert F. Kennedy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Missiles of October (1974)
Steve Kroft Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Small Time Crooks (2000)
Jared Kushner Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Gossip Girl (2007)
Matt Lauer Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Land of the Lost (2009)
Jerry Lawler Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Man on the Moon (1999)
Robin Leach Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	The Ridiculous 6 (2015)
Vince McMahon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	WWE Raw (1993)
Jack O'Donnell Self Self See fewer	Erin Burnett OutFront (2011)
Bernie Sanders Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception (1999)
Roger Stone Self Self See fewer	The Stone Zone (2023)
Harry Thomason Self Self See fewer	So Sad About Gloria (1973)
Donald Trump III Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018)
Donald Trump Jr. Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Paul Anka: The Music Man (2000)
Eric Trump Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Man You Don't Know (2024)
Ivanka Trump Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 (2024)
Kai Trump Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Man You Don't Know (2024)
Tiffany Trump Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Whispers in the Wind (2005)
Vanessa Trump Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Something's Gotta Give (2003)
Barbara Walters Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Barbara Walters Summer Special (1976)
Barron Trump Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Apprentice (2004)