The Candidate (1972)
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Wikidata Q500672, film, IMDb tt0068334, TMDB 21711: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Michael Ritchie as director (‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan); 2 more episodes agree.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
Who talked about it
Blank Check — Patreon
- Unattributed: 1 line, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
The Rewatchables
Came from
What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
No line says it drew on another film or person.
Led to
What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.
No line says another film or person drew on it.
Connected to
Michael Ritchie: 1 line programming ×1
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programming (recommendation):
Michael Ritchie → The Candidate.
Another Ritchie film, rewatched and still great, streaming everywhere.
“I watched a candidate 2 months ago and it's still great.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:46:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
Robert Redford: 1 line career ×1
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career (career):
Robert Redford → The Candidate.
Redford was the summer soldier in The Candidate, a joke on the movie's title.
“Of course, the summer soldier was in the candidate.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 1:11:03 · unknown (0.45 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- passing in Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan, first at 3:02:17, 1 time
- recommended in The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan, first at 0:46:44, 3 times
- passing in Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free), first at 1:29:14, 1 time
- passing in Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier, first at 1:11:03, 1 time
What was said about it, by kind
career (1)
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career (career):
Robert Redford → The Candidate.
Redford was the summer soldier in The Candidate, a joke on the movie's title.
“Of course, the summer soldier was in the candidate.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 1:11:03 · unknown (0.45 sure it was them)
programming (1)
-
programming (recommendation):
Michael Ritchie → The Candidate.
Another Ritchie film, rewatched and still great, streaming everywhere.
“I watched a candidate 2 months ago and it's still great.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:46:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
None.
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- Michael Ritchie: director (The Rewatchables, ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
- Groucho Marx: wrongly listed on IMDb (Blank Check — Patreon, The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free))