MILES PARKS, HOST:
It's fair to say there's a canon of political movies. At the top's got to be the 1976 classic "All The President's Men" about the Watergate scandal.
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN")
ROBERT REDFORD: (As Bob Woodward) Supposedly, he's got a lawyer with $25,000 in a brown paper bag.
HAL HOLBROOK: (As Deep Throat) Follow the money.
PARKS: There's also 1939's "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington."
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON")
JAMES STEWART: (As Jefferson Smith) Liberty's too precious a thing to be buried in books, Miss Saunders.
PARKS: Even the 1999 movie "Election," about a high school race for student body president, might make the cut.
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "ELECTION")
MATTHEW BRODERICK: (As Jim McAllister) But one person assured of victory kind of undermines the whole idea of democracy, don't you think?
PARKS: Now a new addition to that list - "Air Bud," the 1997 kids movie about a basketball playing golden retriever who gets to take the court on a technicality.
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "AIR BUD")
BILL COBBS: (As Arthur Chaney) Check in your rulebook. Bet you won't find anything in there that says a dog can't play.
JAY BRAZEAU: (As referee) He's right. Ain't no rules says the dog can't play basketball.
NORMAN BROWNING: (As Buck Willingham) This is a joke. OK, dogs don't play basketball.
PARKS: If you're not a politics junkie in Missouri, this might not make muc
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