Brand X
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.
Cast
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Taylor Mead
Played Viewer / President /…
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Sally Kirkland
Played Patient / President'…
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Abbie Hoffman
Played Policeman (Lawren Or…
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Candy Darling
Played Marlene D-Train
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Ultra Violet
Played Singer
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Tally Brown
Played Talk Show Hostess
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Frank Cavestani
Played Doctor
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Susanna Baumgard
Played Patient
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Paul Fagan
Played Surfer
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Jane Holzer
Played
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Sam Shepard
Played
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John Rainer Long
Played
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Pat Paulsen
Played President
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Joe Stevens
Played
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Fran Victor
Played
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