The Candidate (1972)

Superstar Robert Redford (Up Close and Personal, Indecent Proposal) stars as a young, aggressive lawyer seduced into a political race against a well-respected incumbent Senator. Trying to do his own thing, he finds it difficult to call his own shots in the face of party efforts to mold him into a winner. Academy Award-winner for Best Screenplay and featuring strong performances by Peter Boyle and Melvyn Douglas. The best political film ever, praises the National Observer, while Rex Reed declares it like a string of Fourth of July firecrackers, exploding in joy.... It is clever and riveting and honest.