Big Fat Important Movie (2008)
"An American Carol" (original title)

An anti-American filmmaker who's out to abolish the July Fourth holiday is visited by three ghosts who try to change his perception of the country.

Director:

David Zucker

Writers:

David Zucker, Myrna Sokoloff,

Stars:

Trace Adkins, Kevin P. Farley, Kelsey Grammer

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Trace Adkins	...	Angel of Death / Trace Adkins
Brandon Alter	...	He's Much Fatter in Person.
Chriss Anglin	...	John F. Kennedy
Geoffrey Arend	...	Mohammed
Scott Bailey	...	Celebrity 2
Dana Lyn Baron	...	Speaker 1940's
Mark Vafiades	...	Look Out! It's Those Christians! (as Mark Basil)
Morgan Beck	...	"Free History Term Papers"
Julian Berlin	...	Woman at Awards Party
Randall Bosley	...	Mussolini
Joanne Bowland	...	Intern
Cocoa Brown	...	Airport Security Guard 1
Vicki Browne	...	Rosie O'Connell
Mary Castro	...	Hottie
Gary Coleman	...	Bacon Stains Malone

Storyline

At a July 4 barbecue, gramps tells the kids the story of Michael Malone, a documentary filmmaker and Michael Moore look-alike who hates America and wants to abolish July 4th. He refuses to celebrate with his nephew Josh, who's shipping out soon to the Middle East. That night, Michel has a vision of his hero, JFK, who predicts that three ghosts will visit Michael. Sure enough, General Patton, George Washington, and country music star Trace Adkins visit Michael show him the fruits of patriotism, just wars, and pacifism. Meanwhile, Arab terrorists want Malone to help them with a propaganda film. Is he the next Leni Riefenstahl or will he see the light?

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Plot Keywords:

filmmaker | shipping out | george washington | terrorist | documentary filmmaker | 

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Taglines:

WARNING! This movie may be offensive to children, young people, old people, in-the-middle people, some people on the right, all people on the left, terrorists, pacifists, war-mongers, fish mongers, Christians, Jews, Muslims, atheists, agnostics (though you'd have to prove it to them), the ACLU, liberals, conservatives, neo-cons, ex-cons, future cons, Republicans, Democrats, Libertarian, people of color, people of no color, English speakers, English-as-a-second language speakers, non-speakers, men, women, more women, & Ivy League professors. Native Americans should be okay.

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for rude and irreverent content, and for language and brief drug material

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 October 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Big Fat Important Movie

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$3,656,000 (USA) (3 October 2008)

Gross:

$7,001,720 (USA) (31 October 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mpower American Carol Holding, Mpower Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In accordance with the film's strong political theme, the official Internet site used a grassroots pre-publicity marketing strategy. Users on the site, dubbed "American Carolers", could make use of online tools to email friends about the film, network with other fans, etc. Points were given based on participation, and prizes (tickets, posters, etc) were awarded to the highest scorers. The names of the top 16 "Carolers" are on the DVD, in the Bonus Features under "Special Thanks".

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Goofs

Patton speaks dismissively of his portrayal in Patton ("That Patton was an actor!"). And yet throughout the film Kelsey Grammer speaks in the gruff, gravely voice that George C. Scott used in that picture. In fact, the real historical Patton spoke in a sharp, nasal, and slightly Southern accented voice.

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Quotes

Michael Malone: [misunderstanding his appearance] I always stood up for gay rights.
Angel of Death: I am the angel of freakin' death, you turdhead.

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Connections

Version of The Jetsons: A Jetson Christmas Carol (1985)

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Soundtracks

"Sweet Home Alabama"
Written by Edward King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant
Performed by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Published by Universal Music Corp. and Songs of Universal, Inc.
Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

This movie is Great, funny, and it's about time.

I completely loved this movie. I laughed, I shed a tear or two. It was so refreshing to have a movie come out of Hollywood that says what the Silent Majority/Midwesterners are thinking. Hooray for the people with enough courage and conviction to create and appear in this movie. Someone has called it propaganda, but I suppose the liberal nonsense we hear is not? Grow up and Try to see someone else's point of view. There are so many valid points made in this movie, most told in an hysterically funny way, some are more poignant. I will go see this movie again, and can't wait for it to come out on DVD. Thank you to the producer, director and actors in this movie. Thank you.