Behind the scenes
Summary
Over a booze-fueled, increasingly hectic five-day shoot in East Hampton, Norman Mailer and his cast and crew spontaneously unloaded onto film the lurid and loony chronicle of U.S. presidential candidate and filmmaker Norman T. Kingsley debating and attacking his hangers-on and enemies.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 37GoodWatch 38
IMDb4.6
Audience score27%
Running time
1 h 46 min
A typical length for dramas
typical 109106Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries
Released
1971
March 9, 1971
55 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
and 2 more12 people
- Norman MailerNorman T. Kingsley
- Rip TornRaoul Rey O'Houlihan
- Joy BangJoy Broom
- Beverly BentleyChula Mae Kingsley
- JCJean CampbellJeanne Cardigan
- LCLee CookLazarus
- BFBuzz FarberLuis
- RGRobert GardinerSecret Service Chief
- LGLeo GarenThe Producer
- LHLuba HarringtonRussian Delegate
- ANAdeline NaimanAdeline McCarthy
- Ultra VioletHerself
Directing · 1
- Norman Mailer Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Production · 2
- Buzz Farber Producer
- Leo Garen Associate Producer
Camera · 1
- D. A. Pennebaker Director of Photography, Cinematography
Editing · 2
- Jan Welt Editor, Cinematography
- Lana Jokel Editor
Sound · 1
- Carol Stevens Original Music Composer
Other crew · 6
- Richard Leacock Cinematography
- Diane Rochlin Cinematography
- Sheldon Rochlin Cinematography
- Nick Doob Cinematography
- Nicholas T. Proferes Cinematography
- Diane Rocklin Cinematography
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