16mm LPP COLOR FILM: THE CANDIDATE Robert Redford MOVIE PETER BOYLE Don Porter MELVYN DOUGLAS 1972 GREAT COLOR! Start Price USD 285.00 Current Price USD 285.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, October 26, 2008 End Time Tuesday, November 25, 2008 Location Long Beach, California See more about '16mm LPP COLOR FILM: THE CANDIDATE Robert Redford MOVIE' Description This is a RARE, LIKE-NEW condition, vintage ORIGINAL 16mm, BEAUTIFUL LPP color, sound movie print of the entertaining 1972 political satire feature length motion picture classic titled... "THE CANDIDATE" Director: Michael Ritchie"What do we do now?" Director Michael Ritchie and executive producer/star Robert Redford satirically explore the machinations and manipulations of media-age political campaigns in this cynical political drama. Rumpled left-wing California lawyer Bill McKay (Redford), the son of a former governor (Melvyn Douglas), is enlisted by campaign maestro Marvin Lucas (Peter Boyle) to challenge Republican incumbent Crocker Jarmon (Don Porter) for his Senate seat. McKay agrees, but only if he can say exactly what he thinks. That approach is all well and good when McKay does not seem to have a chance, but things change when his honesty unexpectedly captivates the electorate. As McKay inches up in the polls, Lucas and company start to do what it takes to win, leaving McKay to ponder the consequences of his political seduction. Working without studio interference from a script by Jeremy Larner, a speechwriter for 1968 Presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy, Ritchie enhanced the behind-the-scenes realism of Larner's insights with a realistic, cinéma vérité approach. He orchestrated a campaign parade for "candidate" Redford that drew such a considerable unstaged audience that local politicians wanted to draft Redford for a real election. Redford's resemblance to the telegenic Kennedys, and his character's resonance with the future career of California governor Jerry Brown, only emphasized how close to the bone The Candidate was (and is). Released the fateful year of Richard Nixon's reelection, the film garnered accolades, if not substantial box office; Larner won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and thanked the "politicians of our time" for inspiration. Creating a documentary fiction about the semi-truths manufactured to market a candidate, The Candidate shrewdly exposed the effects of the media on the increasingly cynical political process, posing unanswerable questions that have become all the more pressing with every soundbite-ruled election.CAST:Robert Redford - Bill McKay Peter Boyle - Marvin Lucas Don Porter - Sen. Crocker Jarmon Allen Garfield - Howard Klein Karen Carlson - Nancy McKay Melvyn Douglas - John J. McKay Leslie Allen - Mabel Broderick Crawford - Jarmon Narrator [Voice] This NEAR-MINT, GORGEOUS NON-FADING LPP color print is mounted on three 1600 foot reels... all ready to project! There is no vinegar smell or warping!The image shown is for illustration only. With 11,900+ Positive Ebay Feedbacks, You may bid/buy with confidence.  Motion Picture Films ship via USPS Media mail within the USA. This service can sometimes take up to 20 business days for delivery. We will send via Priority mail for an extra charge at your request. If you want insurance, you must pay for it as we are not responsible for any loss or damage without it. We mail WORLDWIDE and can ship this feature film off reels and on plastic cores for only $42 to most countries... $30 to Canada or Mexico! Please check out my cool ebay store...click here for MORE movies ONLY listed thereand great film supplies! Place a Bid!