Linda Lovelace for President

Infobox Film
name = Linda Lovelace for President


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caption = Promotional publicity poster
director = Claudio Guzman
producer = David Winters
Charles Strourd
writer = Jack S. Margolis
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starring = Linda Lovelace
Micky Dolenz
Scatman Crothers
Joe E. Ross
Vaughn Meader
Chuck McCann
music = Bic Mac & The Truckers
release =
cinematography = Robert Birchall
editing = Richard Greer
released = March 1, 1975 (USA)
runtime = 95 minutes
country = United States of America
language = English
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gross =
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distributor = General Film Corp.
imdb_id = 0074800

"Linda Lovelace for President" is a 1975 comedy film directed by Claudio Guzman and starring Linda Lovelace, who achieved notoriety as the central character in the 1972 X-rated film "Deep Throat".

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. [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/70424/Linda-Lovelace-For-President/overview “Linda Lovelace for President,” New York Times] ]

Production

After the 1972 release of "Deep Throat", Linda Lovelace enjoyed a brief flurry of celebrity notoriety, which included appearances at the Academy Awards ceremony and the opening day of the racing season at Ascot Racecourse plus author credit for two best-selling books that played up on her status as a pornographic icon. By 1974, however, her career stalled. An R-rated sequel to her breakthrough film, "Deep Throat Part II", was commercially unsuccessful, and her attempts to establish success as a nightclub singer and stage actress were considered failures. The film "Linda Lovelace for President" was designed to establish the star’s crossover appeal with mainstream moviegoers. [http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=features&Id=1140 Film Threat review] ]

The film brought in several recognizable actors for guest appearances. Featured in the film were Micky Dolenz of The Monkees 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. 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"). [ [http://www.nypress.com/13/15/film/film3.cfm "Film," New York Press, April 12, 2000] ]

Lovelace’s roommate at the time, David Winters, was one of the film’s producers. [cite book |last= Weldon| first= Michael J.| title= The Psychotronic Video Guide| pages= p334| publisher= St. Martin's Press| origyear= 1996| isbn=0-312-13149-6|chapter=Linda Lovelace for President] [cite book |last= Lovelace |first= Linda|others= McGrady, Mike|title= Ordeal|origyear= 2005|publisher= Citadel Press|location= |isbn= 9780806527741|pages= pp 217, 231|chapter= Section 9, David Winters, Mel Mandel, Marilyn Chambers ch20] cite book |last= McNeil |first= Leggs |others= Jennifer Osborne, and Peter Pavia.|title= The other Hollywood: the uncensored oral history of the porn film industry |origyear= 2005|publisher= Regan Books|location= New York| isbn= 0-060-09659-4|pages= p112|chapter=

Part of the film was shot on the campus of the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas [ [http://www2.ljworld.com/photos/2003/may/19/37095/ Lawrence Journal World, 19 May, 2003] ] , and at Swope Park in Kansas City, Missouri. [ [http://kclibrary.org/localhistory/media.cfm?mediaID=115039 Kansas City Public Library] ]

Reception

"Linda Lovelace for President" was theatrically released in X-rated, R-rated and PG-rated versions. None of versions were commercially successful. Linda Lovelace made no further films after this production.

Over the years, bootleg versions of "Linda Lovelace for President" were released on home video. [ [http://retrolowfi.com/2007/05/12/in-defense-of-013-linda-lovelace-for-president-1975/ "In Defense of 'Linda Lovelace for President'" RetroLowFi.com review] ] A commercial DVD version is scheduled for release in August 2008 on the Dark Sky/MPI label. [ [http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6578891.html "Linda Lovelace for President," Video Business Magazine] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074800/ Linda Lovelace for President in the Internet Movie Database]