"In it, Redford portrays Bill McKay, the activist son of a crafty former California governor, who runs against a veteran senator. As the campaign grinds on, we see the process sanding down the sharp edges of the young McKay until, in the final scene in the film, on the night he has scored his upset win, McKay looks up at his campaign guru, played by Peter Boyle, and says, "What do we do now?""
"In All The President's Men, his Bob Woodward was a grunt on the metro desk of The Washington Post. In The Sting, he was a workaday grifter forced into a high-level con. In Three Days Of The Condor, he worked for the CIA, but only as an analyst who read books until an internal plot turned him into a natural field agent. He was an everyman in his own distinct way, and he gave an honest day's work."
Robert Redford was an influential actor, director, and founder of the Sundance Resort and Field Institute that revived independent film. He actively supported environmental causes and indigenous rights. The Candidate examined the rise of mass media politics, with Redford as Bill McKay, an activist son whose idealism is eroded by campaign mechanics, culminating in the question, "What do we do now?" Redford often played working-class everyman characters in films such as All The President's Men, The Sting, and Three Days Of The Condor, portraying earnest, skilled professionals who confront extraordinary circumstances. His persona combined star power with civic engagement.
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