question: Who directed the 1997 political thriller starring Dennis Haybert as Sergeant Major Agent Tim Collin?
answer: Clint Eastwood
context: Title: Daniel A. Dailey
  Passage: Daniel A. Dailey is the current Sergeant Major of the Army of the United States Army.  He was sworn in as the 15th Sergeant Major of the Army on January 30, 2015.  He is the youngest soldier to serve in this position (44 years old).  Prior to his tenure as the Sergeant Major of the Army, he served as the Command Sergeant Major for the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command.
  Title: Micheal Barrett
  Passage: Micheal P. "Mike" Barrett (born 1963) was the 17th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps succeeding Carlton W. Kent on June 9, 2011.  As the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Barrett was the highest ranking noncommissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps.  However, since October 1, 2011, he had been outranked by Bryan B. Battaglia, a Marine sergeant major who serves as Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a position that outranks the senior enlisted advisors of the individual services.
  Title: Clinton A. Puckett
  Passage: Sergeant Major Clinton A. Puckett (March 6, 1926 – September 3, 2002) served as the sixth Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps from 1 February 1973, until he retired from active duty on 31 May 1975.  He served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam; receiving the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism for actions during the Korean War.  He was the last Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps to have served in World War II.
  Title: Kenneth Preston
  Passage: Kenneth O. Preston (born February 18, 1957) is a United States Army soldier who served as the Sergeant Major of the Army.  He was sworn in as the 13th Sergeant Major of the Army on January 15, 2004.  SMA Preston held a variety of leadership positions throughout his career ranging from Sergeant to Sergeant Major of the Army.
  Title: Dennis Haysbert
  Passage: Dennis Dexter Haysbert (born June 2, 1954) is an American film and television actor.  He is best known for his appearances in commercials for Allstate Insurance.  He is also known for portraying baseball player Pedro Cerrano in the "Major League" film trilogy, Secret Service Agent Tim Collin in the 1997 political thriller film "Absolute Power", and Sergeant Major Jonas Blane on the drama series "The Unit".  He is also known for playing U.S. Senator (later President) David Palmer on the first 5 seasons of "24" and has appeared in the films "Love Field", "Heat", "Far from Heaven" and the science fiction series "Incorporated".
  Title: Platoon sergeant major
  Passage: Platoon sergeant major (PSM) was an appointment in the British Army in the short-lived rank of warrant officer class III (WOIII), created in 1938.  The platoon sergeant major, and his cavalry counterpart, the troop sergeant major, were part of a project giving experienced non-commissioned officers command of units formerly reserved for commissioned officers (platoons and troops).  With the outbreak of World War II, National Service filled the Army with enough young men suitable for commissioning, so the project was stood down; no promotions were made to the rank after 1940 and most existing WOIIIs were commissioned as lieutenants.
  Title: Glenn Haughton
  Passage: Warrant Officer Class One Glenn John Haughton is a senior British Army soldier.  In March 2015, he was appointed Army Sergeant Major, the most senior warrant officer and member of the other ranks in the British Army.  He was previously Regimental Sergeant Major of the 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards and Academy Sergeant Major at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
  Title: Top Sergeant (book)
  Passage: Top Sergeant: The Life and Times of Sergeant Major of the Army William G. Bainbridge (ISBN  ) is the autobiography of William G. Bainbridge, the fifth man to serve as Sergeant Major of the Army.  This memoir was co-authored by Dan Cragg, also a retired Sergeant Major.  It was published in 1992 by Ballantine Books.
  Title: Sergeant major
  Passage: Sergeant major is a senior non-commissioned rank or appointment in many militaries around the world.  In Commonwealth countries, the various degrees of sergeant major are appointments held by warrant officers.  In the United States, there are also various grades of sergeant major (command sergeant major, Sergeant Major of the Army, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps), but they are all of the same pay grade of E–9.  (However, the Sergeant Major of the Army and the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, as their respective service's Senior Enlisted Advisor, receive a special rate of basic pay that is higher than all other sergeants major.)
  Title: Absolute Power (film)
  Passage: Absolute Power is a 1997 American political thriller film produced by, directed by, and starring Clint Eastwood as a master jewel thief 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 and Dennis Haysbert.  It was also the last screen appearance of E. G. Marshall.
citations: Dennis Haysbert Absolute Power (film)