The Second Civil War

Name: The Second Civil War
Released: 1997-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 6
Cast: Beau Bridges, Joanna Cassidy, Phil Hartman, James Earl Jones, James Coburn

The Second Civil War is a satirical/comedy film made for the HBO cable television network and first shown on March 15, 1997.

Directed by Joe Dante, the film is a satire about anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States.

The film also stars James Earl Jones, Elizabeth Peña and Denis Leary as reporters for a CNN like cable network,; Phil Hartman as the U.S. President, James Coburn as his chief political advisor, and William Schallert as the Secretary of Defense. Brian Keith portrayed a general in one of his final movie roles.