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Politic By Patrick Freestone Politics, there’s no greater business - except maybe show business - maybe that’s why it’s such a great movie subject. Since we're still in _ the hangover stage from last Monday’s federal election, why not explore Hollywood’s depiction of the political process at home in your own private voting booth. The mistrust of govern- ments ‘and the notion that gone out of style. Washington” (1939) Stewart is a young idealis' who finds nothing but corrup: lous leader. “All The King’s Men” Oscar-winning story of honest and ambitious coun! (@)) MONDAY 5:30. TV Story Time Religion 6:00 Optimists TV s and the movies g political office is a graveyard a for good intention has never Director Elia Kazan charts Hollywood’s archetypal political movie. James tion in the U.S. Senate. From Screenwriter the * opening “Yankee Doodle” theme to the heroic filibuster closer, director Frank Capra makes shame- less use of patriotic symbols. Stewart personifies the inher- ent innocence of the American people. As you watch, you’ll see how real- life politicians have used Mr. Smith.as a recipe for success. (1949) Director Robert Rossen’s lawyer (Broderick Crawford), Ss a dil (e) 4 may be the product of: brain- Weekly Programme Schedule for the week of November Ist to November Sth, 1993 Bir : 7:00 Halton Hills Council o hand who is duped by the local skeleton in Tracy’s closet is political machine jntorunning estranged wife, played by for governor as a bogus Katherine-Hepburn. When reformer. It’s not until Crawford begins to throw — begins. ‘The film is half talka- away his prepared speeches Bucking the machine, he gets Television rules in Michael . elected, then turns into a dic- - Ritchie’s bitter 60’s-inflected tatorial builder-showman satire. Robert Redford plays a with a hypnotic power over California lawyer who is ini- women. Still relevant and tially too pure for politics - potent, even today. his father (Melvyn Douglas) - “A Face in the Crowd” _is a corrupt former governor - but is lured into the race by a manipulative media consul- the hysterical rise and fall of a le). raucous hayseed, Lonesome 3 idate” is i Rhodes (Andy Griffith) from explicit. Redford campaigns an itinerant Ozark guitar- against the incumbent as. a picker to local media tabble-. pro-busing, pro-welfare, pro- trouser to TV Superstar to abortion, anti-Vietnam eco- political king-maker. freak who doesn’t know what Budd to do with property taxes and isn’t afraid to admit it. To his media handlers, the election is simply youth versus age. The last scene is a killer. Insightful, funny. and begs the question’ - “why would any- one run for office”? Elections. are well and good, but there’s always a suspicion that the nation is controlled by some shadowy lic. “State of the Union” clique. (1948) Schullberg’s satire is not understated, but then, neither is Kazan’s direction. Forget Mayberry, this is Griffith’s finest performance, sO intense and scary. he hdsn’t come near it since. Campaigning is a lot like a sporting event, both supply drama which absorbs the pub- The dirtiness of politics is a * ven and often the electorate ( “The Manchurian is titillated by an unscrupu- Spencer Tracy plays a Candidate” (1962) Director John crusty but idealistic industri- » alist who, egged on by Angela Landsburg, his ambi- tious mistress, decides to.run an against Dewey, Taft and try MacArthur for t Republican nomination. The Frankenhiemer’s dark come- dy about brainwashing and political assassination. Frank: Sinatra stars-as a Korean War’ Veteran who begins to believe the honored heroics of a former member of his squad (Lawrence Harvey) Ee o NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS NIGHTLY 7 & 0PM SaT.a50K 2PM. [PG] [FRIGHTENING SCENES: washing by the enemy for sinister designs. Standout per- formance by Angela she arrives, the fun really Landsburg_ ‘as’ Harvey’s mani thon, half serewball comedy. Topical, chilling and hilari- that he becomes effective. “The Candidate” (1972) _ ous. _ “Seven Days in May” 1 an attempted military takeover of the U.S. Government. The opening sequence has right-wing pick- ets scuffling with ban-the- bombers outside the White House while inside, President Frederic March signs a nuclear disarmament treaty. Meanwhile, General Burt Halton Hills n-hand ipulative monster mother. Frankenhiemer’s story of Lancaster, the crazed Goldwaterite-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is plot- ting a military coup. Suspenseful with good per- formancés throughout. “The Parallax View” film opens with Senator Carroll, a potential president, being shot down at a Fourth of July fiesta atop tion. Before long, Beatty is being hunted, too. Director Alan J. Pakula expertly under-directs this low-key thriller. Gripping and fright- ening to the very end. 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