The Candidate
Summary:
"What do we do now?" Director Michael Ritchie and executive producer/star Robert Redford satirically explore the machinations and manipulations of media-age political campaigns in this cynical political drama. Rumpled left-wing California lawyer Bill McKay (Redford), the son of a former governor (Melvyn Douglas), is enlisted by campaign maestro Marvin Lucas (Peter Boyle) t... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Robert Redford - (Bill McKay)
Peter Boyle - (Marvin Lucas)
Don Porter - (Sen. Crocker Jarmon)
Allen Garfield - (Howard Klein)
Karen Carlson - (Nancy McKay)
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Review:
A dryly funny and pungent satire of the gamesmanship of contemporary politics, The Candidate suggests that the desire for power, no matter how well-intentioned, is the first step down the primrose path to purgatory. While Robert Redford (in a fine, understated performance), director Michael Ritchie, and screenwriter (and former Eugene Mc... Continue >>
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