Hail (1972)

Directed by

Fred Levinson

Genre

comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A political comedy that pokes fun at the US presidency and Washington D.C. in the early 1970s. The film follows a fictional president as he deals with outrageous situations and bureaucratic nonsense.

satiricalabsurdistfast-pacedirreverentplayfuldatedtopicaldeadpan

What happens

Hail! (aka Hail to the Chief, Mr. President, Washington, B.C) is an American political comedy film directed 1970-1971 by Fred Levinson to a screenplay by Phil Dusenberry and Larry Spiegel. The film was screened 1972, but not released until 1973. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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