The candidate (The Front Runner) is a 2018 American political thriller film directed by Jason Reitman from a screenplay by Matt Bay, Jason Reitman, and Jay Carson. The film was released in the United States on November 21, 2018.
Gary Hart (Hugh Jackman) is a U.S. Senator from Colorado who is well-received in the race for the upcoming election. After losing the vice presidential nomination to Walter Mondale in 1984, Hart decided to run for President of the United States.
At one point during the campaign, against the will of his manager Bill Dixon (J.K. Simmons), Hart challenges the press and publicity to follow him in time on weekends when he is away from his campaign.
However, this turned out to be a mistake after the Miami Herald Reporters published photos of him and journalist Donna Rice in 1987.Sarah PaxtonDesperate to clear his name, Hart attempted to repair his reputation at an event related to the affair, but without success.
Due to the consequences of his actions, Hart was disgraced, reprimanded by Dixon, and forced to drop out of the campaign, while his wife Oleta (Vera Farmiga) remains to support him. Donna, on the other hand, at one point begins to deny that she slept with the now former senator...
