The President's Analyst: The Cerebrum Communicator

[drunkenhousecat]

cell phones, gang. cell phones...

[ACDC7369]

".....oh I think we will." Brilliant acting!

[KatCassidyJr]

OK, now I wanna see the rest of that movie =)

Look! YouTube just promoted this film to me! It's not a tool for piracy! It's a tool for promotion! :P

[guthywoodry]

This film is chillingly prescient to anyone who's lived in the UK during the last 20 years or so. That Phone Company creep looks just like Peter (Lord) Mandelson & his expressions & manner of speech match exactly most of the 'smooth' politicians of recent times (ca.2010) -Especially Tony Blair.

All very creepy.

[techsupportplease]

The evil Phone Company. If you haven't seen this movie, you've missed a very funny and pertinent film.

[Ellenor7]

DUH!! Yes, Pat was on "One Day At A Time!" Now I get it, and just love it! I will always love him in this movie, and I loved him on that TV show.

My career is still in the ever-changing modern day telecommunications industry, and when I give DVDs of this movie to people I work with (and our vendors), they are ALL astonished beyond belief that this movie was made in the late 1960s! Twilight Zone!

[linuxguru1968]

>> the evil phone company guy

Reminds me a lot of Bill Gates giving "testimony" before Congress.

[nomadnametab]

I first saw this show in 76, one night on the Late Movie, and have loved it since. This is so dead on today with science and technology coming to this level and the fear people have of a government out to turn us into drones. Satire is turning into reality in so many ways. This show was 40 years ahead of its time!!!! Now we are working with the Russians against common foes and the world we see is not always the world that really is.

[gk10002000]

The TPC. I only saw this movie once but remember it as being so clever and advanced. I will get a copy of it. The TPC! The telephone Company or something like that.

[ethernettv]

Pure awesomeness. The phone company as the ultimate Evil Empire, seeking to collect marginal revenue upon your very thoughts! ROTLMAO!

[watchman83]

Thanks for posting, this brilliant film is quite underseen.

My favorite sequence is the whole paranoia montage with the dramatic "ah-ah-ah-AHHHHH!" chorus.

[leeroynaggins]

favorite movie!

[mercoid]

I watch this movie about once every year. I never get tired of it. It's a GREAT movie. So smart, so funny, so well acted. Not only is it timeless, in many ways it is way ahead of it's time. We are all very near to having a chip in our heads.

[modernlmimindspring]

Ah, one of my favorite films and a great scene..thanks for posting!

[Vincek88]

This movie is just one great scene after another - smart dialog and a really unpredictable path.

YouTube is my last hope to see the long-missing 'art cinema' scene where Sidney first meets Nan. Somebody out there has got to have it!

[ottoskidoo]

I met the producer Stan Rubin at a screening, I should have asked him..

[gomro]

@Vincek88 The art-cinema scene ("It's a Horrible Hate Happening! You're SUPPOSED to despise it!"), the conclusion to Sidney's paranoid nightmare, with the disembodied eyes, and the fishing village bit wherein Kropotkin asks "Any of you guys know where we can find a real phone?" Last time I saw the film, all that was missing.

[Vincek88]

@gomro Holy geez, I don't even remember that last scene! Just one more to hunt down...

[Rafaeldamian]

The best scene in the film is hard to pick, IMHO. It's a toss up between the climactic battle in TPC HQ with the Russian and America protagonists, the surreal scene with the Sydney and Snow White lovers stalked by assasins while Barry McGuire sang that crazy song, or the FBR agent's monologue about the "N" word at the start of the flick.

[Kbosh]

my favorite movie of all time -- a mind-blowing experience of the absurd truth!  here we are, living the comedy in full horror of corporate greed, control, and technology. thank god we can laugh at the premise, and cry over the possibilities.

[harriter88]

No Gents i meant Pat Jr.Who does play a mean Piano jazz blues in G himself though.I thought for sure my UTube Handel-Moniker gave away my last name.

[elfworks]

Thanks for the correction!

Please, excuse my ignorance. (I didn't realize I was in the midst of such royalty! :)

I just reviewed Pat Harrington's bio on IMDB, and was amazed to see how many memorable bit parts he's played. When I was a kid in the 70's, I knew his voice well. (He even did a Duckman episode?!?)

And, I'd completely forgot that he was 'Schneider' on One Day At A Time... It must have been the moustache.

Give him my thanks for bringing much laughter into my life. :)

[harriter88]

Royalty?Get over that one in a hurry,i love my Dad dearly,but no frigging CELEB is Royalty.That idea is a Dying Paradighm.Check out user SKRIMM-another account of mine where i have uploaded a few Old Steve Allen Show skits(late 50's-early 60's)<what i consider the best work My Dad ever did.

[harriter88]

and thanks,i'll direct him to this page.

[ottoskidoo]

your dad? if you mean mr. harrington, he's awesome in this. i showed this to my film class at berkeley a few years back and it blew their minds.

[harriter88]

Thaks for putting this up,just love my Dad in this.

[ratbasket]

Yes he is. Great movie. You must be very proud to be associated with this movie. One time I was at a coffee shop and i picked up a stupid movie review book they gave it two stars and said it was one joke film. Whatever.

[nomadnametab]

I love this show. Your Dad played the evil phone company guy incredibly well. Always did like his work. Please give him my regards.

[EricandDish]

Just finished watching this movie. That was the funniest and most outrageous movie I ever saw. James Coburn was fabulous! But I'm still trying to figure out the ending and how is it possible for the main characters to destroy Pat Harrington's character and his men and then suddenly they are back and more evil than ever?