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Lost in America

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Lost in America
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R,1hr 31min
Genre:
Comedy
Released:
February 15, 1985
Director:
Albert Brooks
Distributor:
Warner Bros.
Starring:
Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty, Garry Marshall  ...more
Synopsis: Bored with their cushy suburban existence, yuppie David (Albert Brooks) talks his wife Linda (Julie Hagerty) into selling everything they own and hitting the road to "see America." As a starting-over gesture, David and Linda are romantically remarried in Las Vegas -- which, ironically, proves to be the beginning of the end of their idyll. In short order, Linda loses their life's savings, the couple nearly self-destructs at Hoover Dam, they take blue-collar jobs in a go-nowhere Arizona town, and....Well, ... Full Synopsis
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Dan Jardine, AMG Review
Albert Brooks, master of the slow burn, was the director and co-writer, with Monica Johnson, behind this masterful evisceration of the materialistic values of 1980s American yuppie culture. In a wicked parody of the Me Generation, Brooks' protagonists' ideals are presented as a dark reflection of the idealism that suffered such a hard death after the 1960s. Lost in America's satirical emulation of ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Albert Brooks
David Howard
Julie Hagerty
Linda Howard
Garry Marshall
Casino Manager
Art Frankel
Employment Agent
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