American Dreamz Movie Review 2006

Weitz's obvious satire has self-loathing, smarmy Brit Martin Tweed (Grant) hosting the universally popular reality show of the title. This latest version will be highlighted by the appearance of dim-witted, affable American President Staton (Quaid) as a guest judge. He has the time because the country is actually being run by his power-hungry chief of staff (Dafoe). Vying for celebrity status are small-town blonde Sally Kendoo (Moore), who hides her unholy ambitions behind a girl-next-door smile, and Omer (Golzari), a showtune-loving Iraqi who has been chosen as a suicide bomber. Grant and Moore fare best as conniving players who recognize and respect the dark streak in each other.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Running time 107 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Presidency, Satire & Parody, Showbiz Comedies, Terrorism

Screenplay

Paul Weitz

Cast

Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore, Willem Dafoe, Chris Klein, Jennifer Coolidge, Marcia Gay Harden, John Cho, Sam Golzari, Seth Meyers, Judy Greer, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Bernard White

Cinematography

Robert Elswit

Director

Paul Weitz

Music

Stephen Trask

Other

David Wyman, Kathy Nelson, Myron Kerstein, Sue Chan, Molly Maginnis, William Arnold

Producer

Paul Weitz, Rodney Liber, Andrew Miano, Depth of Field, Universal