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A Perfect Candidate (1996)
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Synopsis: A wryly humorous documentary focusing on the 1994 Virginia Senate race, which pitted incumbent Charles Robb against "American Hero" and former Marine Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North. Commentary from the North camp is provided by strategist Mark Goodin; Washington Post political... A wryly humorous documentary focusing on the 1994 Virginia Senate race, which pitted incumbent Charles Robb against "American Hero" and former Marine Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North. Commentary from the North camp is provided by strategist Mark Goodin; Washington Post political reporter Don Bakes provides a counterpoint. [More]
Genre: Education/General Interest
Starring: Mark Goodin
Reviews
The film dwells a bit too much on North's unpleasant campaign strategist, Mark Goodin.
One of a small handful of essential films about politics in this country.
A fine, trenchant political documentary on a par with The War Room
The film fails as a portrait of a man. But as an insider's look at a Senate campaign, it holds interest.
Personalities are being sold, not parties or philosophies, and A Perfect Candidate makes that process even more interesting because one candidate, Robb, apparently has no personality at all, while the other, North, has two.


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