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The Candidate(Movie, 1972)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 50min | Genres: Comedy, Drama
The CandidateRating: 3.3/5 (with 6565 votes)
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 Senator Eugene J. McCarthy during McCarthy's campaign for the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination. ()
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"The Candidate" is currently available on 2 providers. The Candidate can be rented on Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (SD/HD/4K) or purchased on Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (as a download from the website or as a Blu-ray Disc/DVD).

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Awards & Nominations for The Candidate

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Best Sound

About The Candidate

Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.

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Trailer for The Candidate + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Trailer 2(Trailer, 0:49)

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Trailer 2 (Trailer) | Critics' Pick (Featurette)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: California
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 15 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 01/26/1973 (World premiere: 06/29/1972)
Director: Michael Ritchie
Producer: Walter Coblenz
Screenwriter: Jeremy Larner
Film Editor: Robert Estrin
Director of Photography: Victor J. Kemper, John Korty
Composer: John Rubinstein
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"El candidato"
"Votez McKay"
"O Candidato"

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:11748, Added: 02/18/2018, Last updated: 03/21/2024