Friday, September 26, 2008

The Candidate on UCDC-TV

The Candidate
Sponsor: Prof. Yoshinaka's The US Congress class
Where: UCDC-TV (Channel 6)
When: Friday, September 26 - Wednesday, October 1st at 8AM

"The Candidate" (1972):
Bill McKay (Robert Redford), an idealistic young lawyer and son of a famous governor, is pressured into running for the United States Senate against the popular incumbent, with the assurance that he will lose and not have to give up his integrity or ideals. However, as the campaign deepens, he finds himself giving in, allowing himself to be manipulated as the polls slowly change and swing in his favor. Soon his backers decide that they want him to win after all. By the time Election Day arrives, McKay has become the person that he used to speak so vehemently against.

Programming on Channel 6 repeats continuously during its scheduled airtime.