Back in 1979, Jimmy Carter was trying to negotiate the release of the hostages in Iran. Reagan's people told Iran not to make a deal with him, because if they waited until Reagan won the election, they'd give them a better one, and he'd get to be a hero.

Sound familiar?

I remember it not making much of a splash at the time, and at this point, it's practically a lost film. The fact that it's the first writing credit for Breaking Bad's Vince Gilligan should make it a movie that's ripe for rediscovery.

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It would be tempting for young people to see this movie and declare it "prophetic". Sadly, it didn't predict anything, it illustrated something that's been true for a very long time. Just ask Kafka and Orwell.

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