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Pirated satellite feeds revealing U.S. media personalities' contemptuous plans for their viewers come full circle in Spin... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Political documentary deserves major release moreCast
(Credited cast) | Larry Agran | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Jim Bakker | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Bill Beutel | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Tom Brokaw | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Jerry Brown | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Barbara Bush | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
| George Bush | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Michael Caputo | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Bill Clinton | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
| Katie Couric | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
 | Sam Donaldson | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Jerry Falwell | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Al Gore | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Tipper Gore | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
| Harold Greene | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Bryant Gumbel | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Nanette Hansen | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
| Tom Harkin | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Peter Jennings | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Bob Kerrey | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Larry King | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Ted Koppel | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Christine Lund | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
| Andrea Mitchell | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
| Peggy Noonan | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
| Ross Perot | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Dan Quayle | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Dan Rather | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Ronald Reagan | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Pat Robertson | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Charlie Rose | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Diane Sawyer | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
 | Harry Smith | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Brian Springer | ... | Himself |
| Jimmy Swaggart | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Paul Tsongas | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Paula Zahn | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
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[first lines]Brian Springer: 1992 was the year of kings. There was the L.A.P.D. beating of Rodney King videotaped from an apartment balcony and the hovering coverage of TV cameras and helicopters circling the city as the public rebelled. It was nearly twenty-five years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King and Bill Clinton, a child of the '60s, was campaigning to become commander-in-chief, a king among the contenders.
Off-screen voice: Hold on just a minute, here's Larry King.
Larry King: Hello?
Brian Springer: Then there was Larry King, who was anointed as the father of talk-show democracy, because TV viewers could phone his program and ask the candidates questions on the air.
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I was given a poor-quality tape copy of this film and have no idea where to get the real deal. This chilling documentary is allegedly by the same director as "Feed", the hilarious film that covers the campaign for the 1992 Primaries. Both Feed and Spin draw most of their material from unexpurgated live satellite feeds, which reveal much of odd combo of calculation and cluelessness that go into the media farce of modern American elections. But with Spin, the tone is darker and scarier, as we see worthy contenders cut out of the political process by the de facto censorship of modern "sound byte" media, and witness mind-blowing off-air exchanges such as Larry King telling then-Governor Bill Clinton that Ted Turner would help him any way possible. King also appears suggesting a new source of tranquilizers for George Bush during a commercial break. Thank goodness for satellite feeds and those few who bother to find and monitor them! This documentary is uneven and sloppy at times but deserves a major release. Its triumph lies in its thought-provoking and unflinching assault on the status quo.