Primary
movie
Released November 08, 1960
Genres:
Overview
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.
Cast
John F. Kennedy
as
Self
Hubert H. Humphrey
as
Self
Jacqueline Kennedy
as
Self
Robert F. Kennedy
as
Self
Muriel Humphrey
as
Self
Robert Drew
as
Self
Joseph McBride
as
Self - Kennedy Volunteer
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Joseph Julian
as
Narrator (voice)
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Philleo Nash
as
Self
Pierre Salinger
as
Self (uncredited)
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Clement John Zablocki
as
Self (uncredited)
Crew
D. A. Pennebaker
as
Editor
Robert Drew
as
Director
Richard Leacock
as
Camera Operator
D. A. Pennebaker
as
Camera Operator
Robert Drew
as
Sound Recordist
Albert Maysles
as
Camera Operator
Robert Drew
as
Editorial Manager
D. A. Pennebaker
as
Sound Recordist
Terence Macartney-Filgate
as
Editor
Terence Macartney-Filgate
as
Camera Operator
Richard Leacock
as
Editor
Richard Leacock
as
Director of Photography