The President's Analyst (1967) on Netflix
NR19671h 43mComedySci-FiThriller
Dr. Sidney Schaefer, a psychiatrist, is handed the job of listening to the president and cannot discuss what he hears with anyone. Feeling watched everywhere, he runs.
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- Netflix3.6/5
- IMDb6.8/103,772 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes77%
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Plot summary
The U.S. government hires Dr. Sidney Schaefer as the president's personal analyst, a post kept secret. Officials mostly approve, though Henry Lux, who heads the Federal Bureau of Regulation, objects. Schaefer gets a house in Georgetown and an office joined to the White House by a hidden tunnel, and he must be ready at any hour for the president's schedule. That leaves him no one to confide in about the president's private troubles, and the pressure mounts until he believes agents are watching him everywhere. He gives his surveillance the slip and disappears, and agents of several countries hunt for him, some wanting him for themselves and others wanting him dead.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The President's Analyst (1967)
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- FBI agents visited Paramount executive Robert Evans during production and told him the agency did not want the film made because of its unflattering portrayal of the FBI. Evans refused, but under pressure from his studio he changed "FBI" to "FBR" and "CIA" to "CEA" by redubbing the voice track out of sync.
- The role of the hippie band in the film was reportedly first offered to the Grateful Dead, but they turned it down.
- The ship used by the Canadian Secret Service in the film was the actor John Wayne's personal yacht, the Wild Goose.
- Television prints and videocassette versions omitted songs written and performed by Clear Light with Barry McGuire, dubbing in generic stock instrumental music over music copyright issues. The 2004 DVD release restored the songs.
- James Coburn showed the script to Robert Evans, who loved it, and a production deal was struck in five days. It was the first movie Evans greenlit as the new head of Paramount Studios.
