El presidente (1968)
Después de fugarse de casa prendiendo fuego al coche de sus padres a los quince años y convertirse en multimillonario a los diecinueve gracias a su banda de rock, con cuyos eclécticos componentes vive en Beverly Hills, Max Frost se convierte en presidente de los Estados Unidos con veinticuatro años. Una posición que le otorga el poder suficiente para crear una nación a su imagen y semejanza, donde más de la mitad de la población tiene menos de 25 años, los congresistas fuman LSD y todo es libertad. Sin embargo, aunque parezca difícil de creer, incluso esta utópica sociedad tiene consecuencias negativas, algunas de ellas muy graves.
Directora:
Barry Shear
Escritor:
Robert Thom
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Shelley Winters as Mrs. Max Flatow (Frost) |
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Christopher Jones as Max (Flatow) Frost |
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Diane Varsi as Sally LeRoy |
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Hal Holbrook as Senator Fergus |
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Millie Perkins as Mrs. Fergus |
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Richard Pryor as Stanley X |
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Bert Freed as Max Jacob Flatow, Sr. |
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Kevin Coughlin as Billy Cage |
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Larry Bishop as The Hook |
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May Ishihara as Fuji Elly |
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Salli Sachse as Hippie Mother |
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Kellie Flanagan as Mary Fergus |
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Don Wyndham as Joseph Fergus |
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Michael Margotta as Jimmy Fergus |
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Ed Begley as Senator Allbright |
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Bill Mumy as Boy (uncredited) |
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Kevin Tate as Boy (uncredited) |
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Gary Busey as Concert Attendee (uncredited) |
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Harley Hatcher as Max (Flatow) Frost (singing voice) (uncredited) |
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Paul Frees as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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Army Archerd as Self (uncredited) |
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Melvin Belli as Self (uncredited) |
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Kenneth Banghart as Self (uncredited) |
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Dick Clark as TV Newscaster (uncredited) |
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Barry Williams as Young Max (uncredited) |
| Directing | Barry Shear | Director |
| Writing | Robert Thom | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fred Williams | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Robert Thom | Novel |
| Production | Samuel Z. Arkoff | Producer |
| Production | Burt Topper | Executive Producer |
| Production | James H. Nicholson | Producer |
| Editing | Eve Newman | Editor |
| Editing | Fred R. Feitshans Jr. | Editor |
| Camera | Richard Moore | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Lloyd Garnell | Gaffer |
| Sound | Les Baxter | Original Music Composer |