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The Candidate (1972) | User Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: Oct 28, 1997
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
1 hour, 49 minutes
Country USA
Studio Warner Brothers
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Other Titles
• The Candidate
• Bill McKay - Der Kandidat (1972)
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Genre: Drama, Political, Law, Cult Classic, Satire
Tagline: Nothing matters more than winning. Not even what you believe in.
Plot: Michael Ritchie once again shows his impressive ability to tackle new genres, after DOWNHILL RACER and PRIME CUT, with THE CANDIDATE, a scathing depiction of the hypocrisy and complexity within the American political world. Bill McKay (Robert Redford) is an idealistic young lawyer and son of a famous governor who is pressured into running for the United States Senate against the popular incumbent, with the assurance that he will lose and not have to give up his integrity or ideals. However, as the campaign deepens, he finds himself giving in and allowing himself to be manipulated as the polls slowly change and swing in his favor. Soon his backers decide that they want him to win after all. By the time Election Day arrives, McKay has become the exact person that he used to speak so vehemently against. Working from an Oscar-winning script by former McCarthy speechwriter Jeremy Larner, Ritchie films THE CANDIDATE with a heavy dose of semidocumentary realism that makes for an emotionally impacting experience.
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