Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Sun, 2 Jun 91 00:28:21 EDT From: Rob Boudrie Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Movie Review: The President's Analyst Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 418, Message 2 of 8 Lines: 29 "The President's Analyst" is an old (early 70's I think, but I may be off) movie starring James Coburn. The President has a psychiatrist, James Coburn, who is targeted for kidnapping by TPC. The shrink is in a fone booth and the door locks behind him, at which time a telco truck drives up and loads the locked booth with Coburn in it onto the back of the truck. The truck driuves to telco headquarters (somewhere in NJ, I assume), and the phone booth (with Coburn in it) is placed on a conveyor belt taking him past displays of the wonders of telco technology. The best part is the movie they force him to watch -- done in true "public utility PR style" talking about the tremendous benefits of the fone chip they want implanted in every newborn's brain. This will allow all the implanted people to call any other implanted person merely by thinking of that person's number and thinking the communication (sort of the ultimate "follow me roaming"). Seeing this movie is a must for anyone who has ever had an interest in telecom, especially those us of dating from the days of TAP. I don't remember how it turned out, and it was mediocre as movies go, *BUT* the true to life nature of the telco promo movies in it was hilarious. If anyone remembers other funny or remarkable scenes from the film, please post them. Rob Boudrie rboudrie@encore.com