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Beer (1985) -- An advertising firm, desperate to keep an account from a financially-ailing brewery, concocts a macho ad campaign centering on three losers who inadvertently prevent a robbery at a bar -- in the process making the beer #1 in America.

Overview

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4.8/10   287 votes
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Director:
Patrick Kelly
Writer:
Allan Weisbecker (writer)
Release Date:
30 August 1985 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
An advertising firm, desperate to keep an account from a financially-ailing brewery, concocts a macho... more | add synopsis
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User Reviews:
It has aged pretty well more (7 total)

Cast

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Loretta Swit ... B.D. Tucker

Rip Torn ... Buzz Beckerman
Kenneth Mars ... A.J. Norbecker
David Alan Grier ... Elliott Morrison
William Russ ... Merle Draggett

Saul Stein ... Frankie Falcone

Peter Michael Goetz ... Harley Feemer
David Wohl ... Stanley Dickler
Dick Shawn ... Talk Show Host

Ren Woods ... Mary Morrison

Alan C. Peterson ... Thief (as Alar Aedma)
William Mooney ... Newscaster
Robert Wolberg ... Smythe
Gerald Vichi ... Bartender Freddie
Maurice Shrog ... Bartender Eddie
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Selling of America
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Runtime:
82 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Certification:
Australia:M | USA:R | Iceland:12
Filming Locations:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Company:
Orion Pictures Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Sandra Bernhard was fired and replaced by Loretta Swit. more
Quotes:
Elliott Morrison: It's just an idea, B.D., I'm not married to it or anything. more
Movie Connections:
References Capricorn One (1977) more
Soundtrack:
Tons of Beer more

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7 out of 8 people found the following review useful.
It has aged pretty well, 5 December 1999
Author: mpenman (mpenman@ipass.net)

I caught this when it first came out, and considered it a lame-ass attempt at Brooks-style humor.

Just rented it for a buck yesterday, and it actually turned out to be halfway funny. Just getting to see some old *real* beer commercials was worth a point, and Loretta Swit showing off her withered dugs via various plunging necklines gained it another. Dick Shawn and A.J. Mars are always great (especially that final "sensitive" commercial). And seeing David Alan Grier get in some practice for his later "In Living Color" bits was keen.

I give it 6 out of 10.

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