Americathon Movie Review 1979

It is the year 1998 and the United States is almost bankrupt, so President Chet Roosevelt decides to stage a telethon to keep the country from going broke. Interesting satiric premise with a diverse cast, but a poor script and slack pacing spoil all the fun. The soundtrack features music by The Beach Boys and Elvis Costello while the narration is by George Carlin.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 85 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Satire & Parody, Politics, Woofs!

Screenplay

Monica Johnson, Neal Israel

Cast

Terence McGovern, Allan Arbus, David Opatoshu, John Lone, Cybill Shepherd, Dorothy Stratten, Peter Riegert, John Ritter, Nancy Morgan, Harvey Korman, Fred Willard, Meat Loaf Aday, Elvis Costello, Dan George, Howard Hesseman, Jay Leno

Director

Neal Israel

Music

Earl Brown

Other

Tommy Lasorda, Peter Marshall, George Carlin

Producer

Lorimar Productions