3 Political Movies ThatMirror the 2016Electionby dan centinello

You know what they say about artimitating life. Well, that especiallygoes for political movies. Here arethree political movies that, if youbinge watch them this weekend,will surely give you goosebumpsbecause of their eerie similarities

to Decision 2016.

TheCandidate

IThis film won the Academy Award for Best

Original Screenplay. The plot: A campaign

manager Marvin Lucas (Peter Boyle) convinces

activist-lawyer Bill McKay (Robert Redford) to

run for senate. The public swoons. But to keep

their affections, Lucas pushes McKay further

and further away from McKay’s core beliefs

and message. His platform gets watered down,

but his popularity soars.

starring Robert Redford and Peter Boyle;

directed by Michael Ritchie

Mr. SmithGoes toWashington

Stewart plays an idealistic senator who wants

to make his community a better place. Another

senator (played by Rains), however, has

Stewart’s character in his sights because

Stewart’s do-gooding is interfering with the

corrupt senators’ moneymaking. Stewart’s

character warms hearts and wins minds. “Mr.

Smith Goes to Washington is full of optimism

for the ability of the little guy to convince the

public to act on an important issue,” writes Rob

Samuelson writing for PoliticsChatter.com

starring Jimmy Stewart and Claude Rains;

directed by Frank Capra

Lincoln

Day-Lewis, you may remember, won the Oscar

for best actor for his portrayal of the president

in this Tony Kushner screenplay.

Says Samuelson:

“For all the soaring rhetoric about equality and

freedom–it takes place as the 16th president

tried to pass the slavery-abolishing 13th

Amendment–the real strength of 2012’s

Lincoln is in showing how political deal-

making happens.”

starring Daniel Day-Lewis; directed bySteven Spielberg