Genre:
Comedy
Directed by:
Jay Roach
Starring:
Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis, Katherine LaNasa, Dylan McDermott, John Lithgow, Dan Aykroyd, Brian Cox
Release date:
Fri 10, Aug 2012
Budget $56,000,000
Box
office $82,552,156
The Campaign (formerly known as Dog Fight and Rivals) is a 2012 comedy film starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis as two Southerners vying for a seat in Congress to represent their small district. The screenplay for the film was written by Eastbound & Down writer Shawn Harwell, and by Chris Henchy, and the film is directed by Jay Roach.
Plot
Democratic
Congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) of North Carolina's 14th District is
running for his fifth term unopposed. However his campaign is damaged when his
image as a law-abiding Christian husband is shattered by the revelation of his
affair with one of his supporters, when Cam accidentally leaves a sexually
explicit voice message on a local family's phone.
Corrupt
businessmen, brothers Glen (John Lithgow) and Wade Motch (Dan Aykroyd), use
this opportunity to convince Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), tourism
director for the town of Hammond and son of one of their associates, Raymond
Huggins (Brian Cox), to run against Cam on the Republican ticket, as part of a
plan to profit from illegal dealings with Chinese companies. Cam at first
underestimates Marty and humiliates him by playing a video biography
highlighting Marty's dim-witted nature. The Motch brothers then hire Tim
Wattley (Dylan McDermott) to be Marty's campaign manager. Tim reinvents Marty
as a successful entrepreneur and family man. Marty's popularity rises due to
his effective campaign while Cam's is further damaged when he accidentally
punches a baby. Cam later runs a campaign portraying Marty as an Al Qaeda
terrorist, and Marty exposes Cam as a fake Christian by asking him to recite
the Lord's Prayer, which he fails to do. Cam attempts to restore his religious
image by visiting a church of snake handlers, but he gets bitten by a snake. A
video of the bite is leaked into the Internet and goes viral, increasing Cam's
popularity.
When
Cam's son plans to slander his competition for class president, Cam realizes he
has set a bad example and visits Marty to make peace. A drunken Cam tells Marty
that he originally became a politician to help people, citing that as class
president he had a dangerous, rusty slide removed from the playground. After
Cam leaves, Wattley convinces Marty to call the police and report Cam for
driving while drunk. Cam is arrested and his campaign is again damaged. Marty
then portrays Cam as dim-witted by publishing a "communist manifesto"
that Cam had written in 2nd grade, and later showing a video of Cam's son
addressing Marty as "dad". A furious Cam attacks Marty, resulting in
Cam accidentally punching Uggie, the dog from The Artist, once more suffering
in his popularity levels. Cam gets revenge on Marty by seducing his neglected
wife Mitzy (Sarah Baker) and recording the act. The released sex tape
humiliates the Huggins family and causes Cam's campaign manager, Mitch (Jason
Sudeikis), to abandon him. Marty retaliates by shooting Cam in the leg on a
hunting trip, increasing his own popularity.
As the
election nears, Marty meets with the Motch brothers and learns of their plans
to sell Hammond to their Chinese business partner and turn the town into a
large series of factories. Marty realizes he has been used and rejects the
Motch brothers' support. The Motch brothers offer Cam their support instead to
preserve their plans. Marty meanwhile reconciles with his family.
On
election day, Cam's victory appears to be certain until Marty comes forward and
exposes the Motch brothers' intent and promises to preserve Hammond if elected.
Cam still wins and remains congressman due to rigged voting machines owned by
the Motch brothers. While Cam gloats, Marty shows his large scars to Cam and
reveals that he looked up to Cam in school for getting rid of the dangerous
slide. Realising he has swayed from his true objectives as a politician, Cam
withdraws from the election and Marty wins by default. Cam earns back Mitch's
respect, and Marty appoints him his chief of staff.
Six
months later, Marty and Cam expose the Motch brothers' scandals and the brothers
are called to appear before Congress. The Motch brothers point out that
everything they did is legal under Citizens United v. Federal Election
Commission, but they are arrested for their association with Wattley, who is
actually an international fugitive known as "The Greek Butcher."
Marty and Cam celebrate their friendship as the Motch brothers and Wattley are
carried away to jail.
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References.
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