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Director:
Neal Israel
Writers:
Phil Proctor (play) &
Peter Bergman (play) ...
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Release Date:
10 August 1979 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
The ultimate spectacle is now a movie.
Plot:
In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
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Cast

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John Ritter ... President Chet Roosevelt

Harvey Korman ... Monty Rushmore

Fred Willard ... Vincent Vanderhoff
Chief Dan George ... Sam Birdwater
Richard Schaal ... Jerry

Peter Riegert ... Eric McMurkin
Nancy Morgan ... Lucy Beth

Zane Buzby ... Mouling Jackson

Meat Loaf ... Oklahoma Daredevil, Roy Budnitz

Elvis Costello ... The Earl of Manchester

Terence McGovern ... Danny Olson (as Terry McGovern)
Tommy Lasorda ... Jimmy Dunphy

Howard Hesseman ... Kip Margolis

Jay Leno ... Larry Miller (Poopy Butt)
Peter Marshall ... Himself
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
86 min
Country:
USA | West Germany
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Norway:15 | USA:PG | Iceland:12
Company:
Lorimar Filmgesellschaft GmbH more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: When Monty Rushmore is shot, he grabs his left side, just over his hip. Later, there is a bloody bandage on his left shoulder. more
Quotes:
Narrator: Everyone all across the country was watching the telethon. From what was left of New York, to the first all-gay state, North Dakota. All eyes were glued to their sets...
[shot of men at stand-up urinals watching television]
Narrator: ...which in some cases, ruined a lot of good shoes.
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Movie Connections:
Edited into 42nd Street Forever Part 4 (2009) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Gold more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Rent It, 20 May 2001
Author: tmsindc-2 from Washington, D.C

Do not watch this movie on television. Rent it! The jokes are too fast and too subtle to get in a single viewing with commerical interruptions and no ability to rewind and double-check a gag. Like the orginal "Airplane" the funniest parts of the movie take place in the background. If you blink or miss a phrase, then you will miss the joke.

For example by 1998:

Japan defeated and annexed the Soviet Union in nuclear war;

Britain became America's 42nd State;

the monarch formerly known as Prince Charles is the host at an amusement park called "Limeyland"

Isreal and Egypt (?) Saudi Arabia (?) are conspiring to rule the world; and

NIKE stands for "National Indian Knitting Enterprises"

In short, rent this movie but be quick with the rewind button.....

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