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VHS : Americathon |
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VHS : Americathon |
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starring: John Ritter, Harvey Korman, Fred Willard, Chief Dan George, Richard Schaal directed by: Neal Israel
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786301650434 Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC ISBN: 6301650433 Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Release Date: January 01, 1998 Running Time: 86 minutes Sales Rank: 12247 Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: August 10, 1979
Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A second LookWith the recent Wall Street meltdown and increasing bailout from foreign investors, I think this movie deserves a second look. It's predictions from twenty years ago are becoming eerily accurate. I'm still laughing, just a little more nervously. Rating: - How soon we forget!In an age where Liberals have more or less succeeded in resucitating the sad legacy of Jimmy Carter, this film was actually made during the pits of the Carter administration (with John Ritter as a thinly disguised Carter), taking the consequences of his inept presidency to the ultimate conclusion as envisioned at that time. With all of the efforts by assorted Liberals and Socialists around the world to turn him into a hero, many people are too young to remember the real Carter who inspired this comedy. The pacing is a little too slow by today's standards, but the point is made. Too bad we have often forgotten the real Carter, yet one need only follow the news to realize that he has not improved at all. Carter lovers will either be offended by this film or else they will dismiss it, as they usually do. Rating:  - A twisted view of the '70s.Americathon was a satire about the 1970s showing what the country would be like if the trends continued. People don't remember now but every night the news broadcasts announced a new "crisis" When I moved out to college in 1976 I could afford rent and food on minimum wage; by the time I graduated I was living off sardines and crackers. President Carter blamed America for being under a "great malaise" and interest rates hit 20%. To a lot of people the future depicted in "Americathon" wasn't all that unbelievable. Rating: - Funny Movie--and Scarily Prophetic...I remember seeing AMERICATHON a long time ago on video. I thought that it was weird, dumb sometimes, but with a wicked sense of humor that I appreciated. This film was made back in 1979, and the plot is set in 1998. Well, right now we're in 2001, on the heels of the most catastrophic terrorist attack in this country since Pearl Harbor, on the verge of a deep recession, and we are running out of money--fast. Tonight, we're having the kind of star-studded telethon that took place in this movie. Of course, it's to raise money for the victims of the awful attack, but it IS an "Americathon" of sorts, isn't it?? This movie stars a likably goofy John Ritter as the President of the United States (har-har) and a wonderfully twisted Harvey Korman as the beleaguered host of the Americathon (and whom is not entirely dissimilar to Peter Finch's beleaguered TV news anchor in the great 1976 movie NETWORK). Some of the great cameos include Meat Loaf as a car-battling stuntman and Jay Leno as a mother-boxing son. Sure, it's wacky and sometimes stupid, but overall, I must say that I liked it. Now let's hope that our real "Americathon" tonight goes much better...and, of course, let's continue to pray for the families who lost their loved ones last week. And, in the middle of all this madness, please take some time to take your mind off this terrible, senseless tragedy, and go watch this movie. I think that it will make you laugh a little.
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