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A close-up look at the most embarrassing decade in history.
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Future Americans decide to time travel to 1776 to ask the founding fathers for the solutions to their problems...
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1976
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1970s
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Fourth Of July
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A campy romp through the 70's...for those of you who can't remember them.
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Mark Mothersbaugh | ... | Chevron-17 (as Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo) |
 | Gerald V. Casale | ... | Yale-44 (as Gerald V. Casale of Devo) |
 | Carl Reiner | ... | Dr. Von Mobil |
| Nancye Ferguson | ... | Nurse |
 | David Cassidy | ... | Adam-11 |
| Bob Casale | ... | Ron-29 (as Bob Casale of Devo) |
| David Kendrick | ... | Ron-31 (as David Kendrick of Devo) |
| Geoff Hoyle | ... | Heinz-57 |
 | Olivia d'Abo | ... | Chanel-6 |
| Jeffrey McDonald | ... | Chris Johnson (as Jeff McDonald of Redd Kross) |
| Steve McDonald | ... | Tommy Sears (as Steve McDonald of Redd Kross) |
| Liam O'Brien | ... | Rodney Snodgrass |
| Ann Block | ... | Chris' Mom |
| Charles Dean | ... | Chris' Dad |
| Martin von Haselberg | ... | Agent 1 (as Martin Von Haselberg of The Kipper Kids) |
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82 min
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USA:PG-13 (MPAA rating: No. 30783)
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Production team includes a number of relatives of famous movie people. One of the executive producers is Roman Coppola (son of Francis Ford Coppola). Sofia Coppola is credited for costume design. Produced/casting by Susan B. Landau (daughter of Martin Landau).
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Anachronisms: Chris and Tommy have numerous patches sewn onto their jeans. One of the boys has a patch on his leg depicting Gene Simmons from his Kiss solo album. This film was set during the Bicentennial - 1976. The Kiss solo albums were released on September 18, 1978.
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Miss Liberty:
Let's take a look at the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, because in a sense that's where it all starts: A lie from the President to manipulate Congress in order to fund an undeclared war? Now not only does this render the Tripartite system functionally useless, but it's clearly a violation of the Oath of Office prescribed by the Constitution itself.
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References "Starsky and Hutch" (1975)
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Get Dancin'
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I was quite surprised that I liked this B film, as the start is pretty corny. Once you get over that fact, you see a pretty fun film, one which anyone who lived through the 70s will appreciate.
Apparently, this film is a 2nd generation's project. The executive producers are Copalla and Riener, the sons of Francis Ford Copalla and Rob Riener. I think that accounts for the relatively large cast of 70s stars. The music was great as there were snippits from many 70s tunes. I went looking for the soundtrack, but, unfortunately, it doesn't exist.
The main star, David Cassidy, was the lead singer for the Partridge Family, among other things. It would have been very easy for the producers to harp on that topic, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that the film didn't turn into an inside-joke factory.
This is a fun film to coast back to the 70s on. If you can get over the campiness of the beginning, you're in for a treat. Have a nice day!