The Candidate


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The Candidate
Running Time: 109 min.
MPAA Rating: R
Produced By: / Warner Brothers

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... Full Summary >>

Cast and Crew:
Robert Redford (Bill McKay)
Peter Boyle (Marvin Lucas)
Don Porter (Sen. Crocker Jarmon)
Allen Garfield (Howard Klein)
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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, u ... Continue >>

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