Robert Redford

Peter Boyle

Melvyn Douglas

Don Porter

Allen Garfield

Karen Carlson

Quinn K. Redeker

Morgan Upton

Michael Lerner

Kenneth Tobey

Christopher Pray

Joe Miksak

Jenny Sullivan

Tom Dahlgren

Gerald Hiken

Leslie Allen

Jason Goodrow

Robert De Anda

Robert Goldsby

Mike Barnicle

Natalie Wood

Fred R. Harris

Beans Morocco

Michael Ritchie

Jeremy Larner

Marcia Lucas

John Rubinstein

Victor J. Kemper

Walter Coblenz

Nelson Rising

Robert Estrin

Richard A. Harris

Hoyt Bowers

Gene Callahan

Patrizia von Brandenstein

Patricia Norris

Gene S. Cantamessa

Richard Portman

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The Candidate

Redford-Ritchie Productions

Warner Bros. Pictures

United States of America

English

Español

california

politics

political campaign

u.s. senator

political candidate

Andres Gomez

The cast is really good and Redford delivers a great performance. The story depicts the trip from an activist in the way to become the politician he was despising from the beginning, showing all the things that is is dropping in the raise to the election.

However, the story is a bit rushed and the transfixing is not so evident as it could have been depicted.

Bazzjazz

The Candidate: This film is a great look into the current administration in the White House.

‘The Candidate’ is a fine example of art imitating life!

CinemaSerf

“McKay” (Robert Redford) is your stereotypical protest lawyer in California who is drafted in to fight the incumbent Republican “Crocker” (Don Porter) in what would appear to be little more than a box-ticking exercise for the Democrats. He only agrees to run if he is allowed by his election agent “Marvin” (Peter Boyle) to pretty much do and say what he likes throughout the campaign. Before long, that frankness and candour starts to resonate with an electorate coming to terms with some profound social and economic issues whilst already being represented by a man who has become somewhat distant and institutionalised by Washington and by a long term in the Senate. As the enthusiastic young man’s efforts gather pace, his erstwhile rather cynical advisor starts to take things more seriously and begins to impose himself on this fly by the seat of your pants process. If “McKay” is to actually succeed, just what and where is he going to have to compromise? Redford is a natural here and brings a degree of authenticity to hustings that all too often come across as being a procedure in which the voter is taken for granted. His ineptness, bluntness and open-mindedness is seen by many of his constituents as a source of hope and optimism, and he delivers that characterisation charismatically well. It’s set in the USA at the start of the 1970s, but it could quite readily be transferred to so many democracies where parliamentarians are elected and routinely re-elected based largely on the colour of their rosettes rather than on their representatives striving to serve the evolving needs of the communities. Although this doesn’t really offer us anything particularly revelatory, it’s a keen look at the effects of rocking the boat. Will he win, though?

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The Candidate - Trailer

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The Candidate( 1972)

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Written by Andres Gomez on Sat Jul 18 2015

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