El mejor candidato

Título original: The Best Man

1964
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Henry Fonda and Cliff Robertson in El mejor candidato (1964)

The 2 front runners for their party's presidential nomination, one principled and the other ruthless, vie for the former President's endorsement.

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Los dos aspirantes a la nominación presidencial de su partido, uno con principios y el otro despiadado, compiten por el respaldo del ex presidente.Los dos aspirantes a la nominación presidencial de su partido, uno con principios y el otro despiadado, compiten por el respaldo del ex presidente.Los dos aspirantes a la nominación presidencial de su partido, uno con principios y el otro despiadado, compiten por el respaldo del ex presidente.

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Nominado a 1 premio Óscar
- 1 premio ganado y 5 nominaciones en total

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Trivia
Legend suggests that the future Republican American President Ronald Reagan, late in his previous career as a Hollywood actor, was rejected for a role in this film because a studio executive at United Artists didn't think he had "that presidential look". However, Gore Vidal, in one of his several essays attacking Reagan's presidency, says that Reagan was actually considered for the role of Joe Cantwell during preparations for the first Broadway production of his original play in 1960. (Frank Lovejoy eventually played Cantwell on stage). 1964, the year the film version appeared, was the year Reagan decisively left acting for politics, so Vidal's version of the story is the more likely.

Errores
Near the end of the film, while with his wife in a car on the way to the convention center, we see traffic in the opposing lanes. A white Cadillac passes by and about two seconds later those same cars, including the white Caddy, pass again.

Citas
Joe Cantwell: I don't understand you.
William Russell: I know you don't. Because you have no sense of responsibility toward anybody or anything. And that is a tragedy in a man, and it is a disaster in a president.

Créditos curiosos
During the opening credits, a picture of every single U.S. President appears in order, from George Washington to Lyndon Johnson.

Conexiones
Featured in AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda (1978)

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8/10

Realistic

The Best Man is from 1964 and it could have been made today. Gore Vidal first wrote it as a play which he later adapted for the screen. Vidal had real life experience as an insider in politics. He was on a first name basis with JFK. Henry Fonda stars as an idealistic politician running for president. Cliff Robertson is his opponent in a primary before the election. The man has no scruples and will do anything to win the election. The wheeling and dealing are shown in a very realistic manner. Vidal's script cuts like a razor sharp scalpel. More then fifty years later and nothing has changed. We need more Gore Vidal's today to cut through all the BS.