A husband and wife in their 30s decide to quit their jobs, live as free spirits and cruise America in a Winnebago.
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Albert Brooks
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Title: Lost in America (1985)
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1 win & 1 nomination.
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Cast
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| Albert Brooks | ... | David Howard | |
| Julie Hagerty | ... | Linda Howard | |
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Sylvia Farrel | ... | Receptionist |
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Tina Kincaid | ... | Model |
| Candy Ann Brown | ... | David's Secretary | |
| Maggie Roswell | ... | Patty | |
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Hans Wagner | ... | Hans (voice) |
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Brandy Rubin | ... | Paul Dunn's Secretary |
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Michael Greene | ... | Paul Dunn |
| Tom Tarpey | ... | Brad Tooley | |
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Robert Hughes | ... | Security Guard |
| Raynold Gideon | ... | Ray | |
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John Di Fusco | ... | Motorcyclist |
| Michael Cornelison | ... | Front Desk Clerk | |
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Radu Gavor | ... | Bellman |
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David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives travelling around America...in a Winnebago! (This is a kind of large, luxurious mobile home which suits a 1980's yuppie more than the counterculture dropout approach of Easy Rider.) His idealized, unrealistic plans soon begin to go spectacularly wrong. Written by Reid Gagle
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married couple | cross country trip | winnebago | mobile home | road trip |Genres:
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Performed by Gail Davies
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A the end of the cross-country trip, Albert Brooks had about four hours of material that had to be sifted for what looked best and most matched the song lyrics, then edited down into a montage lasting only several minutes. See more »Goofs
When the characters are supposedly arriving in New York, it can be clearly seen from the position of the Empire State Building that they are travelling the wrong way. See more »Soundtracks
It's You AlonePerformed by Gail Davies
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8 February 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$154,877, 17 March 1985Gross USA:
$10,179,000Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$10,179,000Company Credits
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LOST IN AMERICA (1985) ***1/2 Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty, Garry Marshall. Hysterically funny film by Brooks about his character, David Howard, a yuppie who loses his job after his dream of a promotion falls through as an ad exec and decides to take his scatter-brained wife (Hagerty) cross country a la "Easy Rider" but in a Winnebago but gets seriously side-tracked in Las Vegas. Brooks has never been finer and gives the ultimate scene in cinema's history of being fired and quitting at the same time!