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Buck Henry (writer)
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25 December 1980 (USA) more
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Great Cast, Lousy Script more (11 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Bob Newhart | ... | President Manfred Link |
 | William Sylvester | ... | TV Interviewer |
| Roger Bowen | ||
 | Gilda Radner | ... | Gloria Link |
| Harry Gold | ||
| Larry Block | ||
| Jim McKrell | ||
| Julie Payne | ||
 | Fred Willard | ... | Presidential Assistant Feebleman |
| Richard Benjamin | ... | Press Secretary Bunthorne |
| Bob Dishy | ... | Vice-President Shockley |
| Nicholas Shields | ||
 | Bobby Porter | ... | Senator from Rhode Island |
 | Madeline Kahn | ... | Constance Link |
| Julius Harris | ... | Ambassador Longo |
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97 min
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The ending was re-shot a few weeks before the film opened because the audience reactions at the test screening had been overwhelmingly negative. more
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This had the potential to be a great movie. The cast is first rate, Buck Henry CAN write a good script (though he didn't do it here), and the basic idea is sound. But the storyline is bad. (Even a comedy has to have a interesting plot that makes sense.) And the script is weak, with too many unfunny scenes and jokes. That's really the bottom line: this movie just isn't funny. It's a shame, because this is a first-rate cast. Bob Newhart is one of my all-time favorite comedians. Madeline Kahn, Gilda Radner, Richard Benjamin, Fred Willard, Harvey Korman, and the rest deserve better than bathroom jokes. Newhart is the best thing in the movie. He's actually quite believable as the president of the United States. Usually, fictional presidents are played by the same type of actors: Hal Holbrook, Gregory Peck, etc. The mild-mannered Newhart is a nice change of pace. I wish someone had really written a solid, funny script for him. With the right material, either in a movie or a sitcom, Newhart could be a very funny fictional president. I hate to keep belaboring the point, but this movie was bad when it came out of the typewriter. Bad script equals bad movie. Still, I don't hate watching it, because of Bob Newhart. As I watch it, I keep imagining the better movie that COULD have been.