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No President

No President

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 2, 1969

Runtime

0h 50m

User Score

53%

Original Title

No President

Director

Jack Smith

Description

Smith's third feature film was originally titled "The Kidnapping of Wendell Willkie by the Love Bandit," in reaction to the 1968 Presidential Campaign. It mixes B&W footage of Smith's creatures with old campaign footage of Willkie, a liberal Republican who ran against FDR in the 1940's. The climax of the work appears to be the "auctioning" of the presidential candidate at a convention.