As learned in other portions of class as well, congressmen can use these resources in combination with credit-claiming and franking (to send out powerful information to every single voter letting them know why they should vote for them and not the challenger) to persuade voters that they are the clear choice.
With the above resources now known to be held by congressmen, it becomes aware that there are some issues with their portrayal in the movie The Distinguished Gentleman. To begin, Murphy's character does use the concept of name recognition to become elected, though he does so in a manner that would never be possible in real politics. Murphy ran under the exact same name as a deceased congressman while managing to avoid having any photos of him reach the public, on top of doing so as a third-party candidate. The point that Murphy was elected as a third-party candidate already makes this very unlikely to occur. A second area of concern comes from Murphy's actions once he is elected. While he does focus heavily on reelection as any congressman would, he does so unknowingly during his process to get as rich as he can off of politicking (Murphy begins to raise tens-of-thousands of dollars through PACs and donations). This occurs without any means of a disclaimer that these funds must be used for reelection purposes, and cannot go in his pockets directly. The film does not cover the use of franking privileges to a large degree, nor does it mention the controversial gerrymandering practice used by actual politicians, but it does do an accurate job of detailing the traveling a congressman must make as a part of his career, as well as depicting the reliance a congressman places on their staff and office (even though Murphy's staff was extremely underqualified, except for his advisor).
Keeping in mind that this film is very satirical, it does not provide an accurate description of how politics works (although it does accurately poke fun at it).