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Buck Henry (writer)
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25 December 1980 (USA) more
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Not even Madeline Kahn and Gilda Radner can save this one! more (11 total)
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Bob Newhart | ... | President Manfred Link | |
| William Sylvester | ... | TV Interviewer | |
| Roger Bowen | |||
| Gilda Radner | ... | Gloria Link | |
| Harry Gold | |||
| Larry Block | |||
| Jim McKrell | |||
| Julie Payne | |||
| Fred Willard | ... | Presidential Assistant Feebleman | |
| Richard Benjamin | ... | Press Secretary Bunthorne | |
| Bob Dishy | ... | Vice-President Shockley | |
| Nicholas Shields | |||
| Bobby Porter | ... | Senator from Rhode Island | |
| Madeline Kahn | ... | Constance Link | |
| Julius Harris | ... | Ambassador Longo |
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97 min
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The ending was re-shot a few weeks before the film opened because the audience reactions at the test screening had been overwhelmingly negative. more
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First Family is a waste of time. It has a couple of funny moments, but thats about it. Buck Henry directs Bob Newhart, Harvey Korman, Rip Torn, Richard Benjamin, Fred Willard, Bob Dishy and two of the funniest ladies who ever lived Gilda Radner and my personal favorite movie actress of comedy Madeline Kahn. Ironically they play mother and daughter and in real life were only 5 years apart in age. Another sad thing is they were also very good friends and died of the same disease ovarian cancer just ten years apart. They deserved to be given a better script worth their extraordinary talents. On Saturday night live they were given better scripts. The only reason to watch this is because its the only film they ever made together. They could and should have been a female comedy team. But this is all we have.