Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story (1971)
December 31, 1971Release Date
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story (1971)
December 31, 1971Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Woody Allen
Harvey Wallinger / Writer / Director
Reed Hadley
Narrator
Diane Keaton
Renata Wallinger
Wil Albert
Actor
Louise Lasser
Wallinger's Girlfriend
David Ackroyd
Conrad Bain
Jean De Baer
Court Benson
Milo Boulton
Jean David
Richard M. Dixon
President Richard M. Nixon
Dan Frazer
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Kuney
Production Design / Producer
Eric Albertson
Editorial Manager / Editor
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story is a short film directed by Woody Allen in 1971. It is a satirization of the Richard Nixon administration made in mockumentary style.
Allen plays Harvey Wallinger, a thinly disguised version of Henry Kissinger. The short was produced as a television special for PBS and was scheduled to air in February 1972, but it was pulled from the schedule shortly before its airdate, as PBS officials reportedly feared it would affect their government funding support. Allen, who had previously sworn off television work, cited it as an example of why he should "stick to movies". The special never aired, but it can now be viewed in The Paley Center for Media, and is often found on YouTube.
Two of Allen's regular leading ladies, Louise Lasser and Diane Keaton, make appearances, as does Richard Nixon-lookalike Richard M. Dixon. Actor Reed Hadley narrates. The fictional characters are interspersed with newsreel footage of Hubert Humphrey, Spiro Agnew and Nixon in embarrassing public moments. Allen later explored this style in his 1983 film Zelig.