Babo 73
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Taylor Mead plays the president of the United Status, who, when he isn’t at the White House—a dilapidated Victorian—conducts his top-secret affairs on a deserted beach. Robert Downey Sr.’s first feature is a rollicking, slapstick, ultra-low-budget 16 mm comedy experiment that introduced a twisted new voice to the New York underground.
Babo 73 was preserved by Anthology Film Archives, with funding provided by The Film Foundation.
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Cast
- Taylor Mead
- Sandy Studsbury
- James Antonio
- Chester Kitty-Litter
- James Greene
- Lawrence Silver-Sky
- Tom Gaines
- Phillipe Green
Credits
- Director
- Robert Downey Sr.
- Producer
- Robert Downey Sr.
- Associate producer
- Hilda Pollock
- Screenplay
- Robert Downey Sr.
- Cinematography
- William Waering
- Editing
- Fred von Bernewitz
- Music
- Tom O'Horgan
- Assisted by
- Nicky Zann ‘n’ The Vitamins
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