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The Candidate
Why this pick
Shared genres: Comedy, Drama.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1977 1h 48m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Wide receiver Marvin "Shake" Tiller and running back Billy Clyde Puckett are football buddies who play for a Miami pro team owned by Big Ed Bookman (Preston). Bookman's daughter Barbara Jane is roommates with both men, and the film depicts a subtle love triangle relationship between Barbara Jane and her two friends. The program is called Bismark Earthwalk Action Training, or B.E.A.T. After Shake completes his course, Barbara Jane and he sleep together and start a relationship. Barbara Jane is not a follower of B.E.A.T., and Shake is warned by his leader Bismark that "mixed marriages don't work."
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Kris Kristofferson
Marvin "Shake" Tiller
Bert Convy
Friedrich Bismarck
Roger E. Mosley
Puddin Patterson Sr.
Lotte Lenya
Carla Pelf
Burt Reynolds
Billy Clyde Puckett
Jill Clayburgh
Barbara Jane Bookman
Robert Preston
Big Ed Bookman
Ron Silver
Vlada Kostov