The President's Analyst (1967) |
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| Director(s) | Theodore J. Flicker |
| Producer(s) | Howard W. Koch, Stanley Rubin |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Science Fiction, Thriller/Suspense |
| Top Topics | Politics, Satire, Spies |
Featured Cast of The President's Analyst See More »
James Coburn
(as Dr. Sidney Schaefer)
Walter Burke
(as Henry Lux, FBR Chief)
Will Geer
(as Dr. Lee)
William Daniels
(as Wynn Quantrill)
Arte Johnson
(as Sullivan, FBR Agent)
Hank Worden
(as Dirty Old Man)
The President's Analyst Overview:
The President's Analyst (1967) was a Comedy - Science Fiction Film directed by Theodore J. Flicker and produced by Howard W. Koch and Stanley Rubin.
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The President's Analyst Quotes:
Dr. Sidney Schaefer:
I thought you said you were an accountant.
Wynn Quantrill: I am.
Dr. Sidney Schaefer: Why do you have all these guns around, then?
Wynn Quantrill: You know.
Wynn Quantrill: I am.
Dr. Sidney Schaefer: Why do you have all these guns around, then?
Wynn Quantrill: You know.
Dr. Sidney Schaefer:
These guns. Karate. Why?
Wynn Quantrill: The right wing extremists. Disarm them and us liberals will disarm.
Wynn Quantrill: The right wing extremists. Disarm them and us liberals will disarm.
Dr. Sidney Schaefer:
[firing machine gun] Take that you hostile son of a bitch!
Nan Butler:
[indicating blinking red alarm light] What's that all about?
Dr. Sidney Schaefer: It's him! He needs me.
Dr. Sidney Schaefer: It's him! He needs me.
Sullivan, FBR Agent:
Don't say "Chinks". Say "Chinese restaurant". "Chinks" is bigoted.
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The head of the "FBR" is named Lux. "Lux" was a then-popular brand of vacuum cleaner. At the time, the director of the FBI was named Hoover.
The name of the ship in the movie is the "Mata Hari" (named for the famous spy).
CEA agent Don Masters (Godfrey Cambridge) wears a "Dizzy Gillespie for President" sweatshirt at the beginning of the movie. Legendary jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie actually ran a short-lived campaign for the office in 1964 which, while not entirely serious, appealed to many disaffected voters.
The San Franciscan band The Grateful Dead were asked to be in this film. They would have been a rock band that Dr. Schaefer winds up hanging out with. Unfortunately the band wanted complete control over that scene.
During the filming of this movie on the lower west side of NYC James Coburn was being chased by two fellow actors who were dressed as uniformed cops. Shouting "Stop Stop", they chased Coburn around a corner and into a real on-duty uniformed NYC police officer. The officer dropped Coburn with one blow from his nightstick. Coburn had to seek medical treatment which subsequently stopped the filming for a time.