Say Goodbye to the President
by Christopher Olgiati
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Actor: Dean Funk, Jack Clemmons, Jeanne Carmen, John Bates, Ralph de ToledanoDirector: Christopher Olgiati
Writer: Christopher Olgiati
Producer: Kent Adamson
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 83 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-12-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Winstar
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Summary: 4 Stars
SAY GOODBYE TO THE PRESIDENT is a 1988 British documentary that was, at the time of its release, quite controversial. Although potentially dismissible as mere "conspiracy theory," the cumulative effect of its many modern interviews with dozens of people directly and peripherially involved in events leading up to Marilyn Monroe's death create an air of believeability.
The most serious claim is that on the night in question, Monroe's housekeeper found the star ALIVE some time around midnight. The 82-year-old lady herself here changes long-held testimony that she found MM quite dead, and is backed up by owner of the responding ambulance. The revised story: a comatose Marilyn is removed to Santa Monica Hospital, and either dies there or during the ambulance ride.
Next, Bobby Kennedy is given time to leave town, Peter Lawford (the last person to speak to MM on the phone) goes to her home and destroys a suicide note, then Monroe's body is returned to her bed. LAPD receives a call some four hours after all this began to unfold.
The documentary is fleshed out with details of mob connections, MM's affairs with both Kennedy brothers, and lots of archive footage. Each puzzle piece is substantiated by modern interviews conducted with:
Eunice Murray - MM's housekeeper
Walter Schaefer - ambulance owner
Sgt. Jack Clemons - first LAPD respondent
Arthur James / Bob Slatzer - MM's friends
Jeanne Carmen - MM's neighbor
Joan Greenson - daughter of MM's psychiatrist
Tom Richter - LA Police Chief
Sam Yorty - LA mayor
Bill Romer - FBI agent
Chuck O'Brien - aide to Jimmy Hoffa
Fred Otash / John Danoff - PI wiretappers hired by Hoffa
Peter Summers - JFK aide
George Smathers - Senator
Frank Saunders - Joe Kennedy's chauffeur
Other interviewees include house guests of Peter Lawford, also his ex-wife Deborah Gould, and an LA DJ who met with a despondent MM shortly before she died. Only Sgt. Clemons flatly declares that Monroe was murdered, but his "irrefutable proof" is shown to be erroneous-- a strong case for non-bias on the part of the show's creators.
What's undeniable here is that in the final summer of her life, Marilyn Monroe was unemployed, hooked on barbiturates and talking to several people about an imminent death. Her fears (or predictions) became reality in the early hours of August 5th, 1962.
Summary of Say Goodbye to the President
The true circumstances of the death of Marilyn Monroe and the cover up which followed for 25 years. Interactive Menus, Marilyn Monroe Filmography, Scene Access, Interactive Trivia QuizSimilar DVD Movies
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