The Last Hurrah
- Date Submitted: 12/28/2011 05:09 PM
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Frank Skeffington, Irish-American
mayor of a large New England city, goes
about politics in an old fashioned manner.
He campaigning is based on the principle
that “Frank Skeffington is available to
every man and woman in his state” and
when he walks outside his office door, the
usual crowd of noisy constituents fill the
space. Skeffington strives equality and
works to benefit as much people as
necessary, if not all. When dealing with an
issue that places the constituents on
opposing sides, he looks for and achieves a
compromise that benefits all, allowing for
everyone to achieve the feeling of being
heard.
Skeffington, an aging politician, is
running for re-election which he calls “The
Last Hurrah.” Set in the 1950s,Skeffington
runs one last time in a changing world
were TV’s starting to play a greater part in
politics. The movie examines the good and
evil within politics and all the things that
go into an election. If he is to survive this
election, he must find the means to search,
acquire, and utilize the technology that
catches the people’s attention in manner
unknown prior to this time period.
Amos Force's newspaper opposes
Skeffington's recently announced bid for a
fifth term. His two major opposing
candidates are unimpressive: Charles J.
Hennessey, a longtime but harmless
opponent, and Kevin McCluskey,a young
naval hero with few ideas of his own. As
the head of the newsroom, Force is
planning a series of articles in support of
McCluskey,not because he respects his
candidacy but because he despises
Skeffington. Force puts all employees on
full alert and tasks them to dig up
whatever they could find that proves
damaging to Skeffington, such as his
income for the 10 years leading to this
campaign to see if any corruption exists.
The hateful relationship between Force
and Skeffington go as far back as
Skeffington’s mother....
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