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Freak Power: The Ballot or the Bomb is a 2020 American documentary film directed by Ajax Phillips and Daniel Joseph Watkins, based on the book Freak Power: Hunter S. Thompson's Campaign for Sheriff written by Watkins. The film follows journalist Hunter S. Thompson and his 1970 campaign for sheriff of Pitkin County, Colorado, against the incumbent sheriff Carol Whitmire, whose crackdown on marijuana and loitering aimed to incarcerate and intimidate young hippies, or "freaks", into leaving the area. Thompson created and ran under the third party "Freak Power" ticket, with the strategy of registering hundreds of young voters who had never before participated in the democratic process.
Original Release
10/23/2020
US Release
10/23/2020
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Hunter S. Thompson | Self / Himself |
| Ed Bastian | Self - Interviewee / Himself |
| Bob Braudis | Self - Interviewee / Himself |
| Joe DiSalvo | Self - Interviewee |
| Jann Wenner | Self - Interviewee |
| Alex Sweetman | Self - Interviewee / Himself |
| Ralph Steadman | Self - Interviewee |
| William Kennedy | Self |
| Travis Fulton | Self - Interviewee / Himself |
| Joe Edwards | Self - Interviewee / Himself |
Directors
Ajax Phillips, Daniel Joseph Watkins
Writers
Ajax Phillips, Daniel Joseph Watkins
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Hunter S. Thompson | Self / Himself |
| Ed Bastian | Self - Interviewee / Himself |
| Bob Braudis | Self - Interviewee / Himself |
| Joe DiSalvo | Self - Interviewee |
| Jann Wenner | Self - Interviewee |
| Alex Sweetman | Self - Interviewee / Himself |
| Ralph Steadman | Self - Interviewee |
| William Kennedy | Self |
| Travis Fulton | Self - Interviewee / Himself |
| Joe Edwards | Self - Interviewee / Himself |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Terry Leonard | Executive Producer |
| Kent Kubena | Executive Producer |
| Jennifer Sofio Hall | Executive Producer |
| Ajax Phillips | Producer |
| Daniel Joseph Watkins | Producer |
| Mimi Polk Gitlin | Producer |
| Angus Wall | Producer |
