The Best Man
There’s a reason presidential elections happen so soon after Halloween; they’re their own kind of horror show. The ghouls in Gore Vidal’s The Best Man aren’t typical monsters though, they’re political operatives. Henry Fonda is a conflicted but honorable candidate facing off against the Prince of Darkness, Cliff Robertson, a phony populist willing to break the country to win the race. Franklin J. Shaffner directed this slow-boil character study with a keen eye and a tremendous supporting cast including Kevin McCarthy, Edie Adams, and veteran funny man Lee Tracy in a heart tugging—and Oscar nominated—swan song.
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About Joe Dante
Joe Dante is a lifelong film buff who turned his obsession into a career. He got his start cutting trailers for Roger Corman and later directed the hit movie Gremlins, as well as Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Innerspace and Small Soldiers for producer Steven Spielberg. His feature films include The Howling, Piranha, Matinee, The ‘burbs , Looney Tunes Back in Action, The Hole (first winner of the 3D Persol Award at the Venice Film Festival) and the zom-com Burying the Ex. His TV directing work includes: Police Squad, Amazing Stories, the HBO film The Second Civil War, the Masters of Horror titles Homecoming and The Screwfly Solution, and episodes of Eerie, Indiana, CSI: NY, Hawaii 5-0, Witches of East End, Legends of Tomorrow and Salem. His most recent big screen credit is an episode of the anthology film Nightmare Cinema.
Joe is also the frequent co-host of Trailers From Hell’s official podcast, The Movies That Made Me, available everywhere podcasts are streamed and downloaded!