Academy Award winner Robert Redford stars as Bill McKay, an idealisticyoung activist who agrees to run for elected office, hoping to use thecampaign to bring important issues into the public debate. But the truthgets buried as the political process transforms McKay into TheCandidate.When McKay's honesty and integrity captivate the electorate'sattention, his long-shot candidacy attracts the attention of the partymachine, and McKay must decide whether he can effect a greater change asa part of the government ... or retain his integrity and lose.AcademyAward for Best Original Screenplay.