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This documentary released in 2004 provides incredible insight into how a senate campaign is run. For some odd reason, Oliver North, running against then-Senator Chuck Robb in 1994, provided documentary filmmakers pretty much full access to his campaign team.

The head of North's campaign team is a guy that walked the plank for implying, on behalf of Lee Atwater, that the former Democratic leader of the House, Tom Foley was gay. Now he's running North's campaign in Virginia and ends up being worried that he didn't fight dirty enough after North loses!

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But "A Perfect Candidate" is riveting because it takes you on the inside, looking out at a campaign. The candidates, in large part, are pawns of their advisors. They live and die by their television ads and "adjustments" in the campaign.
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A wryly humorous documentary focusing on the 1994 Virginia Senate race, which pitted incumbent Charles Robb against "American Hero" and former Marine Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North. Commentary from the North camp is provided by strategist Mark Goodin; Washington Post political reporter Don Bakes provides a counterpoint.
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"Fascinating, if more than a little depressing"
-- Reelviews

"Perversely entertaining"
-- Austin Chronicle

"Personalities are being sold, not parties or philosophies, and A Perfect Candidate makes that process even more interesting because one candidate, Robb, apparently has no personality at all, while the other, North, has two."
-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

"One of a small handful of essential films about politics in this country."
-- Washington Post

"As an insider's look at a Senate campaign, it holds interest."
-- San Francisco Chronicle

"A fine, trenchant political documentary on a par with The War Room"
-- New York Times

"What fun it is to watch."
-- Washington Post

"Shrewd, involving"
-- Los Angeles Times

-- "An encouraging item from the film is the claim that, of those who considered honesty and ethics important considerations in choosing a senator, three-fourths voted against North."
-- Film.com
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# Actors: Don Baker, Mark Goodin, Mark Merritt, Bill Clinton, J. Marshall Coleman, and more
# Directors: R.J. Cutler, David Van Taylor
# Format: Color, NTSC
# Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
# Rated: NR (Not Rated)
# Studio: First Run Features
# DVD Release Date: April 20, 2004
# Run Time: 105 minutes
# Average Customer Review: based on 13 reviews. (Write a review.)
# ASIN: B0001GH7V
# DVD Features:

* Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
* Commentary by: directors R.J. Cutler & David Van TaylorUnknown Format
* Ollie & Chuck react
* Photo gallery
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