The Candidate (1972)

Directed by

Michael Ritchie

Genre

drama film, comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 185 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young idealistic lawyer runs for Senate. He finds himself compromising his values and becoming a manufactured candidate produced by handlers and media consultants.

wrycynicalfast-pacedobservationalunderstatedsatiricalrealistic

What happens

The Candidate is a 1972 American political comedy-drama film starring Robert Redford and Peter Boyle, and directed by Michael Ritchie. The Academy Award–winning screenplay, which examines the various facets and machinations involved in political campaigns, was written by Jeremy Larner, a speechwriter for Democratic senator Eugene McCarthy during McCarthy's campaign for the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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