The President's Analyst
Why this pick
Its deadpan anti-establishment absurdity, escalating corporate-government satire, and bemused protagonist make a natural companion to De Palma’s offbeat revolt against professional conformity.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
Why this pick
Its deadpan anti-establishment absurdity, escalating corporate-government satire, and bemused protagonist make a natural companion to De Palma’s offbeat revolt against professional conformity.
Why this pick
A cheerfully savage corporate satire that turns a public stunt into increasingly ridiculous social machinery, matching the irony and period bite of Get to Know Your Rabbit.
Why this pick
This shaggy, episodic 1960s satire shares the film’s prankish energy, contempt for business respectability, and willingness to let a simple premise spiral into surreal comic spectacle.
Why this pick
A fast, irreverent commercial-world comedy with a hustler’s improvisational spirit, broad comic schemes, and a similarly gleeful distrust of conventional success.
Why this pick
Its anarchic attack on advertising and institutional hypocrisy has an even more experimental edge, but shares Rabbit’s satirical interest in how rebellion can be swallowed by business.
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01 / THE STORY
Corporate Senior management Donald Beeman, fed up with the rat race, impulsively quits his job and takes to the road as a traveling tap dance Magic (illusion) under the tutelage of Mr. Delasandro. His former boss Mr. Turnbull, determined to convince him to return to his Working time#9 to 5 existence, chases after him as he performs his routine in seedy nightclubs and honky tonks, but instead the two create Tap Dancing Magicians, a course for pressured businessmen. When their little venture becomes one of the most successful corporations in the world, Donald ironically finds himself feeling the same way he did when he originally quit his job.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Donald Beeman

Mr. Turnbull
Paula

Susan
Mrs. Beeman
Mr. Reese
Mr. Morris
Police Officer