Movie: "The Candidate"

Type 97 Chi-ha · 06-29-2013, 11:03 PM

I saw this movie as a trip down memory lane; I was shown this movie in social studies class in my senior year. The teacher was a liberal (as was the title character), but the idea was to show how political campaigns were run, and to bring up questions such as, what are the value of debates, and do they do anything besides publicize candidates?

Question: anyone else shown this movie in school? I think I can safely bring this up because the movie's story is about how a political candidate must be vague about what they tell the voters to make sure they get enough of them to win.

06-29-2013, 11:03 PM	#1
Type 97 Chi-ha Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Brookfield, IL Posts: 1,333	Movie: "The Candidate" I saw this movie as a trip down memory lane; I was shown this movie in social studies class in my senior year. The teacher was a liberal (as was the title character), but the idea was to show how political campaigns were run, and to bring up questions such as, what are the value of debates, and do they do anything besides publicize candidates? Question: anyone else shown this movie in school? I think I can safely bring this up because the movie's story is about how a political candidate must be vague about what they tell the voters to make sure they get enough of them to win.