The Making of a President

January. 01,1978

Rating：

5.5

Genre：

Drama

Keywords：

Canada Jewish Life Tv Movie

Trailer Synopsis Cast

In wartime Sault Ste. Marie, the mayor invites the president of the Jewish congregation to speak at the town’s upcoming ecumenical war bonds rally. However, the president has just quit and nobody wants the thankless job. A funny and endearing drama featuring Melvyn Douglas, Nehemiah Persoff, Paul Soles and a 15-year-old Mike Myers. Based on a semi-autobiographical short story by Order of Canada winner Morley Torgov. Collie-haired Myers, in one of his first TV roles, is more behaved than usual as a skateboard-riding young piano prodigy. Hollywood veteran Douglas does most of the heavy lifting as a Jewish elder trying the impossible — recruiting a new president who can, in Torgov’s words, handle himself “among the goyim” at an upcoming town war bond rally. The town’s new tailor (Soles) — thought of as a bit of a peacock — is seen as the perfect candidate. (CBC TV-Movie 1978)

Mike Myers as

Paul Soles as

Melvyn Douglas as

Nehemiah Persoff as

Paul Kligman as

Alfie Scopp as

Harvey Atkin as

Luba Goy as

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Reviews

StyleSk8r

1978/01/01

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

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Robert Joyner

1978/01/02

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

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Philippa

1978/01/03

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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Rexanne

1978/01/04

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

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