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Campaign Manager
Richard Leacock/Noel Parmentel | USA | 1964 | 30 min. | documentary

Long before James Carville and Mary Matalin, there was John Grenier--the brash, young ex-Marine pilot who almost single-handedly engineered the San Francisco Cow Palace takeover that secured the 1967 presidential nomination for Barry Goldwater. Although political handlers and "spin doctors" now often become celebrities in their own right, Grenier operated exclusively in the smoke-filled back rooms of the reawakened Republican party. Shot in a fast-paced, "fly-on-the-wall" fashion, Campaign Manager was one of the first films to expose the role of political operatives.

Original language is English

Shown at the 1996 Human Rights Watch Festival. Distributed by Pennebaker Associates, Inc., 262 West 91st Street, New York, NY 10024, Tel: (212) 496-9195 Fax: (212) 496-8195.

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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL