Allen Garfield, Don Porter, Karen Carlson
DVD Release Date: October 30, 1997
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August 15, 2009Good look at the insanity of politics. Redford does a good job and the film's pacing is such that you are never overtly hit over the head with how the man becomes less important than the "candidate".
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June 22, 2009A funny and serious look into the ways of our democracy. Very interesting. For a better way, vote McKay!
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February 18, 2009It was one of the first movies to dissect the process by which a common person gets into a political campaign. Now itīs not so original, but it is a well told story, not excepcional, but you can see it. Itīs said that sometimes, Robert Redford and the public were so in thei r rol...( read more)
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December 15, 2008Political intrigue generally doesn't do a whole lot for me, but I was hoping this Redford classic would be different. Sadly, I couldn't get past his horrifying 70s sideburns.
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