The President's Analyst: The Cerebrum Communicator

A salient clip from one of my favorite James Coburn films: "The President's Analyst."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062153/

It's important to understand that this forty year old movie presaged many things which have come to pass.

Finally available on DVD, I consider this clip to be little more than an advertisement for a fine classic film. ;)

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• president
• analyst
• cerebrum
• communicator
• power
• vote
• phone
• company
• mold
• public
• opinion
• torture

[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. :)

[TumbrelJockey]

Good God -did he say "preNATAL insertion" !!?Besides, it would never get to the anterior central gyrus without triggering a massive stroke.

[techsupportplease]

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

[Vincek88]

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

[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.

[DaDa2Phlux]

Good morning citizen,we at The Phone Co. noticed that you were up rather late last night ....

[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.

[Teflon65]

Ma' Bell still had its monopoly when this film was released, evidentally.

[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!