Linda Lovelace for President
Linda Lovelace for President | |
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Directed by | Claudio Guzmán |
Written by | Jack S. Margolis |
Produced by | David Winters Charles Stroud |
Starring | Linda Lovelace |
Cinematography | Robert Birchall |
Edited by | Richard Greer |
Music by | Bic Mac & The Truckers |
Distributed by | General Film Corp. |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Linda Lovelace for President (initially titled Hot Neon in the UK) is a 1975 American
Plot
A committee of independent U.S. political party leaders have gathered to join forces and select a candidate for the upcoming presidential election. One of the committee members flippantly suggests nominating Linda Lovelace. The committee approaches the porn star, who agrees to be the flag bearer of the newly formed Upright Party. Lovelace’s campaign takes her on a cross-country tour, where she meets voters in stops ranging from crowded big cities to isolated rural towns. Lovelace’s popularity, however, threatens the Washington, D.C. establishment, and her political rivals dispatch a hit man known as the Assassinator to bring a fatal end to the Lovelace campaign.[1]
Cast
- Linda Lovelace – Herself
- Micky Dolenz – Lieutenant Fenwick
- Scatman Crothers – Super Black
- Val Bisoglio – Reverend Billy Easter
- Joey Forman – Chow Ming
- Garry Goodrow – Adolph Von Luftwafter
- Fuddle Bagley – Abdul Ali Umagooma
- Jack DeLeon – Captain Neldor
- Chuck McCann – The Assassinator
- Vaughn Meader – Reverend Sacrifice
- Monte Landis – B.S.
- Marty Ingels – Ronald Trixie
- Art Metrano – The Sheik
- Jack Collins – Honest John
- Morgan Upton – The Veep
- Danny Goldman – Bruce Whippoorwill
- Louis Quinn – Dirty Guy #1
- Joe E. Ross – Dirty Guy #2
- Robert Symonds – Uncle Sam
- Earl Jolly Brown – Polmes
- Stanley Myron Handelman – Messenger
- Stafford Repp – Dirty Old Man
- Diane Lee Hart – Harem Girl
- Robbie Lee – Hillbilly Girl with Veep
Production
After the 1972 release of Deep Throat, Linda Lovelace enjoyed a brief flurry of celebrity notoriety while dating choreographer
The film brought in several recognizable actors for guest appearances. Featured in the film were Micky Dolenz of The Monkees, whom Winters knew from the days he directed and choreographed two episodes of The Monkees,[3] as a near-sighted bus driver, Scatman Crothers as a pool hall hustler, Joe E. Ross as a political operative, Vaughn Meader as a preacher who lusts after Lovelace, and Chuck McCann as The Assassinator.[2] However, much of the film played up Lovelace's starring role in Deep Throat with jokey reminders of the X-rated film's oral sex subject matter (i.e., the slogan for the Lovelace campaign is "A vote for Linda is a blow for democracy").[4]
Winters was one of the film’s producers.[5][6][7]
Parts of the film were shot on the campus of the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas[8] and at Swope Park in Kansas City, Missouri.[9]
Reception
Linda Lovelace for President was theatrically released in X-rated and R-rated versions.[citation needed] Neither was commercially successful and the film was Lovelace's final screen appearance.
Over the years, bootleg versions of Linda Lovelace for President were released on home video.[10] A commercial DVD version was scheduled for release in August 2008 on the Dark Sky/MPI label.[11]
See also
References
- ^ “Linda Lovelace for President,” New York Times
- ^ a b Film Threat review
- ISBN 978-0-86719-378-7.
- ^ "Film," New York Press, April 12, 2000 Archived January 22, 2002, at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 0-312-13149-6.
- ISBN 978-0-8065-2774-1.
- ISBN 0-06-009659-4.
- ^ Lawrence Journal World, 19 May, 2003
- ^ Kansas City Public Library
- ^ "In Defense of 'Linda Lovelace for President'" RetroLowFi.com review
- ^ "Linda Lovelace for President," Video Business Magazine
External links
- Linda Lovelace for President at IMDb