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Americathon is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Neal Israel released in USA on 10 august 1979 with John Ritter

Americathon (1979)

Americathon
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Released in USA 10 august 1979
Length 1h26
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Rating45% 2.259482.259482.259482.259482.25948

Americathon (also known as Americathon 1998) is a 1979 American comedy film starring John Ritter, Fred Willard, Peter Riegert, Harvey Korman, and Nancy Morgan, with narration by George Carlin, based on a play by Firesign Theatre alumni Phil Proctor and Peter Bergman. The film also includes appearances by Jay Leno, Meat Loaf, Tommy Lasorda, and Chief Dan George, with a musical performance by Elvis Costello.

Being cast 20 years into the future, the film contains many prophetic elements, such as: predicting the demise of the Soviet Union, the prevalence of reality television, and the sale of public assets to the private sector (a trend starting shortly after the film's release.) Also, The Beach Boys are shown still together and recording in 1998.

Synopsis

In the (then-near future) year 1998, the USA has run out of oil, and many Americans are living in their now-stationary cars and using other non-gas-powered means of transportation such as jogging, riding bicycles and rollerskating. Many Americans wear sweatsuits. In search of leadership, Americans elect Chet Roosevelt (Ritter) as President. Roosevelt, a "cosmically inspired" former governor of California, proves to have little else in common with Teddy Roosevelt or FDR other than his name. Roosevelt, an overly-optimistic man who quotes positive affirmation slogans, stages a number of highly publicized fund raising events, all of which fail. Real money comes in the form of loans from a cartel of Native Americans, led by billionaire Sam Birdwater (George), in control of Nike (which has been renamed "National Indian Knitting Enterprise").

Actors

John Ritter

(President Chet Roosevelt)Peter Riegert

(Eric McMurkin)Harvey Korman

(Monty Rushmore)Fred Willard

(Vincent Vanderhoff)Richard Schaal

(Jerry)
And :
Chief Dan George
Nancy Morgan
Zane Buzby
Meat Loaf
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