The Campaign
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 Chris Henchy, and is directed by Jay Roach.
Director: Jay Roach
Writers: Chris Henchy (screenplay), Shawn Harwell (screenplay)
Stars: Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis and Jason Sudeikis
When
long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public
gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to
put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina
district. Their man: naïve Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), director
of the local Tourism Center. At first, Marty appears to be the
unlikeliest possible choice but, with the help of his new benefactors'
support, a cutthroat campaign manager and his family's political
connections, he soon becomes a
contender who gives the charismatic Cam plenty to worry about. As
Election Day closes in, the two are locked in a dead heat, with insults
quickly escalating to injury until all they care about is burying each
other, in this mud-slinging, back-stabbing, home-wrecking comedy.
