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📊 Film Specifications
Director Robert Drew
Writer Robert Drew (Writer)
Release Date November 8, 1960
Runtime 53 min (0h 53m)
Country United States of America
Language EN
Budget N/A
Box Office N/A
Studios Drew Associates
Primary (1960)
Directed by Robert Drew
• Written by Robert Drew
⭐ 3.3 / 5 (42 votes) ⏱️ 53 min 🎬 Documentary
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Synopsis
Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960. Primary is the first documentary to use light equipment in order to follow their subjects in a more intimate filmmaking style. This unconventional way of filming created a new look for documentary films where the camera’s lens was right in the middle of what ever drama was occurring. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 1998.
Top Cast & Filmmakers
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Robert Drew
Director
Writer Robert Drew
Writer
John F. Kennedy
Self
Hubert H. Humphrey
Self
Jacqueline Kennedy
Self
Robert F. Kennedy
Self
Muriel Humphrey
Self
Robert Drew
Self
Joseph McBride
Self - Kennedy Volunteer
Joseph Julian
Narrator (voice)
Philleo Nash
Self
Pierre Salinger
Self (uncredited)
Clement John Zablocki
Self (uncredited)