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Americathon

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1hr 25min

Genre:

Comedy

Release:

1979

Director:

Neal Israel

Starring:

Peter Riegert, Harvey Korman, Fred Willard ...more

Synopsis: In the future (the distant year of 1997), the United States of America is in crisis. The oil shortage has grown to epic proportions, leading to people living in their cars and bicycling to work. Cigarettes and meat have been outlawed, gold coins are needed to operate common household appliances, and the Western White House (located in a luxury apartment in California) has been forced by economic necessity to operate round-the-clock tours for vacationing Chinese citizens. The economy is deep trouble; ... Full Synopsis

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	Fred Beldin, AMG Review While the satire doesn't always connect with this box-office misfire, Americathon still scores some juicy bull's eyes, forecasting a number of cultural fads that don't seem so ridiculous in retrospect (is a future where hipsters wear clown shoes and fashion rollerskates so hard to envision?). Unfortunately, the film has many stilted passages that seem to suffer from clumsy editing, especially a conclusion ... Full Review

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	Peter Riegert Eric Harvey Korman Monty Fred Willard Vanderhoff Zane Buzby Mouling

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