Absolute Power (1997; USA; Technicolor; 122m) ∗∗½ d. Clint Eastwood; w. William Goldman; ph. Jack N. Green; m. Lennie Niehaus. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Scott Glenn, Dennis Haysbert, Judy Davis, E. G. Marshall, Melora Hardin, Ken Welsh, Penny Johnson, Richard Jenkins, Alison Eastwood, Kimber Eastwood. A career thief witnesses a…