THE BEST MAN
with campaign panel hosted by CNN's Lucy Spiegel
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer:Gore Vidal
Release Date: 1964
Genre: Drama
Plot: The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.
Sponsor: Easton Market Square

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Following the screening, former elected officials, campaign consultants and journalists offer a challenging review of THE BEST MAN and an insightful discussion of the challenges, realities and rigors of what goes on behind the scenes in political campaigns and conventions.

Lucy Spiegel, the panel's moderator, is Vice President of CNN's weekend
political programming. She has spent over 35 years covering elections
and will have just returned from both the Democratic and Republican
conventions.

THE PANEL

Birch Bayh
Member, US House of Representatives, 1954-1962
US Senator, 1963-1981
Candidate for president, Democrat primaries, 1976. Lost to Jimmy Carter.
Principal architect of the 25th and 26th amendments to the US constitution
Principal Senate sponsor of the Equal Rights Amendment
Father of current US Senator Evan Bayh

Alex Castellanos
Republican political consultant and member of CNN's political coverage team

Screening:
Saturday, September 20 • 8:00 pm • 102 min • Avalon Theatre
with Political Discussion