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New Orleans Film Society

The Candidate

USA 20 min.

Director
David Karlak
Writer, Producer
Marcus Dunstan
Writer
Patrick Melton
Producers
Ryan Harvie, William Morse
Cinematographer
Brandon Cox
Editor
Howard E. Smith, A.C.E.

Synopsis

Burton Grunzer – a hyper-aggressive and confident dealmaker – lives in the pressure cooker of a Fortune 500 company. His hard work and tenacity guarantee him a place at the top, but one man threatens everything that he’s built. Co-worker Whitman Hayes is protected by someone high up and his blunders in the boardroom are damaging Burtonʼs reputation. Meanwhile, Burton is repeatedly contacted by a secret organization called the Society for United Action. Mystified, he agrees to meet with a representative from the society, sealing his entry into a world where ideas as old as mankind are used as a tool for murder in modern corporate America.