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Director:
Writer:
Bob Cesca (writer)
Release Date:
1 September 2003 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Patriotism, Paranoia... and Prizes! more
Plot:
A documentary film crew follows the lives of several knee-jerk patriots as they enter a radio contest during the early days of the War on Terrorism. | add synopsis
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Low budget laughs more (6 total)

Cast

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Deane Weislogel ... Robbie Thurston
Richard Bradbury ... Roy Tuttle
John Gancar ... Jeff Dabney
Jack Sergeant ... Charles 'Chit' Minnich
Barbara Cimochowski ... Sylvia Minnich
Ron Bisaga ... Bob Hope
Irene Romanelli ... Dolores Hope
Rick Weinhoffer ... State Senator Skip Leiderkrantz
Ted Robidas ... The Booger
Bill Brosey ... Buzz
Gary Melton ... Pappy McSween
Janet Tomlinson ... Mommie Thurston
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Joe Canose ... Agent Specard
Sandra Cimochowski ... Gail from the USO
Linda Kauffman ... Agent Batman
Hank Mullen ... Himself
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Additional Details

Runtime:
106 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more

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Trivia:
Actor Ron Bisaga (Bob Hope) suffered a severe concussion riding his bicycle just prior to filming his final scenes in the end of the movie. more
Quotes:
Agent Batman: Let's try a true or false question: I associate with swarthy characters named Muhammar? Habib? Akmed?
Bob Hope: You do?
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Soundtrack:
Thumbs Up to the USA more

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1 out of 1 people found the following review useful.
Low budget laughs, 13 April 2004
Author: Keen Holland (OldPolitico@cs.com) from Lenhartsville, PA

I bought this on the internet based on a very sparse description and I was pleasantly surprised. I've seen it at least three times and it's still funny (and I happen to be a very conservative Republican, not the target audience), which is more than I can say for a lot of big budget studio flicks that claim to be comedies. I was also surprised to see someone on the screen I actually knew - Deane Weislogel and I were elected as constables in Berks County in the same year and often trained and worked together. The mockumentary style helps to cover some of the defects of a small budget. My only serious problem with the movie was the "Bob Hope" story line; the acting was fine, but the character's comic material should have been less awful to be more convincing and less screen time should have been devoted to this character.

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