Brand X (1970)

  • NR
  • 05/18/1970 (US)
  • Comedy
  • 1h 27m

The movie for people.

Overview

In 1969, Taylor Mead complained to his friend artist Wynn Chamberlain that Andy Warhol had never paid him for any of the work he had done for him and Wynn said he would make a film especially for Taylor. Inspired by the banality of 1960's television, Chamberlain wrote and directed Brand X, an 87 minute series of faux television shows spoofing the politics and mass media of the day, complete with commercials for Sex, Sweat, Computer Dating and Peanut Butter. BRAND X follows Taylor Mead through a day in a wacky television studio as he portrays an exercise guru, a talk show host, a veteran returning from the American Civil War, a hospital patient in a soap opera, the President of the United States and a televangelist giving the Nightly Sermon. BRAND X satirizes President Nixon, the Vietnam War, sex, drugs, computers, money and race relations.

Win Chamberlain

Writer, Director

Cast

Taylor Mead's headshot

Taylor Mead

Viewer / President / Minster / Nurse
Sally Kirkland's headshot

Sally Kirkland

Patient / President's Wife
Abbie Hoffman's headshot

Abbie Hoffman

Policeman (Lawren Order)
Candy Darling's headshot

Candy Darling

Marlene D-Train
Ultra Violet's headshot

Ultra Violet

Singer
Tally Brown's headshot

Tally Brown

Talk Show Hostess
Frank Cavestani's headshot

Frank Cavestani

Doctor
Susanna Baumgard's headshot

Susanna Baumgard

Patient

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