Robert Redford Shone In The Candidate
In the 1972 film The Candidate, Robert Redford plays Bill McKay, a charismatic and attractive man who is vying for a U.S. Senate seat in California. He’s picked for the role by a political election specialist named Marvin Lucas, played by Peter Boyle. McKay is unusual because instead of playing the game, he says what he feels and advocates his own political views. He eventually realizes that image is more important than actual ideas and substance. The film won a Best Writing Oscar for screenwriter Jeremy Larner, who was the speechwriter for Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy during his campaign for the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination.
