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Absolute Power is a 1997 American political action thriller film produced by, directed by, and starring Clint Eastwood as a master jewel thief, Luther Whitney, who witnesses the killing of a woman by Secret Service agents. The screenplay by William Goldman is based on the 1996 novel Absolute Power by David Baldacci. Screened at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, the film also stars Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Judy Davis, Scott Glenn, Dennis Haysbert, and Richard Jenkins. It was also the last screen appearance of E. G. Marshall. The scenes in the museum were filmed in the Walters Art Museum, where Whitney is copying a painting by El Greco: "Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata".
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Absolute Power on Warnerbros.com
Absolute Power at the Internet Movie Database- Absolute Power at the TCM Movie Database
- Absolute Power at AllMovie
- Absolute Power at Rotten Tomatoes
- Absolute Power at Box Office Mojo
- Absolute Power at TV.com

