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Overview

User Rating:
5.7/10   1,062 votes
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Director:
Sidney Lumet
Writer:
David Himmelstein (written by)
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Release Date:
31 January 1986 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
More seductive than sex... More addictive than any drug... More precious than gold. And one man can get it for you. For a price. more
Plot:
Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
See "The Candidate" more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Richard Gere ... Pete St. John

Julie Christie ... Ellen Freeman

Gene Hackman ... Wilfred Buckley

Kate Capshaw ... Sydnet Betterman

Denzel Washington ... Arnold Billing

E.G. Marshall ... Senator Sam Hastings, Ohio
Beatrice Straight ... Claire Hastings
Fritz Weaver ... Wallace Furman, New Mexico Gubernatorial Candidate
Michael Learned ... Governor Andrea Stannard, Washington

J.T. Walsh ... Jerome Cade, Ohio Senatorial Candidate

E. Katherine Kerr ... Irene Furman
Polly Rowles ... Lucille DeWitt
Matt Salinger ... Phillip Aarons, Independent Ohio Senatorial Candidate

Tom Mardirosian ... Sheikh
Omar Torres ... Roberto Cepeda, Presidential Candidate
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Additional Details

Runtime:
111 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Filming Locations:
Armonk, New York, USA more

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Trivia:
Writer David Himmelstein said that one day, he saw a row of television monitors playing political commercials for different candidates. He said the spots all looked the same to him, so he did research to find out why and what he discovered he put into the script. more
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References Duel (1971) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
THE STARS & STRIPES FOREVER more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
See "The Candidate", 6 May 2005
3/10
Author: hanrahanpm from New York, United States

Everyone involved (and the audience) should seek out "The Candidate" to see how good this movie could have been. What happened the South American story? What were Julie Christie and Kate Capshaw thinking to allow their roles to be cardboard cut-outs. Up to now I have liked every Gene Hackman performance and/or movie. He was either disinterested (which I can hardly believe) or dreadfully miscast. I have also liked and defended Richard Gere (and been vilified for it). But here he had no "power". He was never intimidating and only occasionally persuasive. All in all I was very disappointed. I really expected much more from this director and cast. If you can't find "The Candidate" watch "Wag the dog" again or even "Bulworth".

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