Tape these political films tonight while you're watching Sarah Palin

American Politics in the Movies on TCM, promo video:
http://www.tcm.com/video/videoPlayer/?cid=210059&titleId=23008

You can always tape Sarah Palin's speech later on C-SPAN, which'll repeat it a few times overnight.

One things about The Candidate always struck me as curious.
Even as a kid when I first saw it at the theater in North Miami Beach, and still later while in Bloomington at IU, I always wondered why people thought Redford's enigmatic character of Bill Mackay was appealing, since he often seems like the sort of person who, in a real-life city, would always be THE last neighborhood activist holdout in getting an agreement done, because he'd always insist that others make compromises before he'd consider it, and then would raise the posssibility of just walking away from a deal, on principle.

In other words, he has a very high opinion of himself and thinks you should as well.

The Last Hurrah was said to be based on the popular persona of former Boston mayor
James Michael Curley, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Michael_Curley
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8:00pm
The Last Hurrah (1958) A political boss faces changing times as he runs for re-election.Cast: Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Pat O'Brien. Dir: John Ford. BW-121 mins, TV-PG

10:15 pm
The Candidate (1972) A senate candidate's ideals weaken as his position in the polls gets stronger.Cast: Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas. Dir: Michael Ritchie. C-110 mins, TV-14
(Original Trailer) http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index/?cid=210004&eref=newsletter

12:15 am
The Best Man (1964) Two presidential hopefuls get caught up in the dirty side of politics.
Cast: Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Lee Tracy. Dir: Franklin J. Schaffner. BW-102 mins, TV-PG
(Original Trailer) http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index/?cid=207801&eref=newsletter

2:00 am
Nashville (1975) Country music stars get caught up in tangled affairs and an independent's political campaign.
Cast: Henry Gibson, Lily Tomlin, Ronee Blakley. Dir: Robert Altman. C-158 mins, TV-MA
Film clips at http://www.tcm.com/video/videoPlayer/?cid=138591&titleId=84580 and
http://www.tcm.com/video/videoPlayer/?cid=138592&titleId=84580

4:45 am
The Dark Horse (1932) A political machine backs a dimwitted candidate for governor.
Cast: Guy Kibbee, Bette Davis, Warren William. Dir: Alfred E. Green. BW-75 mins, TV-G
(Original Trailer) http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index/?cid=132404&eref=newsletter