An American Carol (2008)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

David Zucker

Writers (WGA):

David Zucker (written by) &
Myrna Sokoloff (written by) ...

Release Date:

3 October 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy

Tagline:

WARNING! This movie may be offensive to children, young people, old people, in-the-middle people, some people on the right, all people on the left, terrorists, pacifists, war-mongers, fish mongers, Christians, Jews, Muslims, atheists, agnostics (though you'd have to prove it to them), the ACLU, liberals, conservatives, neo-cons, ex-cons, future cons, Republicans, Democrats, Libertarian, people of color, people of no color, English speakers, English-as-a-second language speakers, non-speakers, men, women, more women, & Ivy League professors. Native Americans should be okay.

Plot:

An anti-American filmmaker who's out to abolish the July Fourth holiday is visited by three ghosts who try to change his perception of the country.

Plot Keywords:

Filmmaker | George Washington | Terrorist | Documentary Filmmaker | Shipping Out

Cast

Trace Adkins	...	Angel of Death / Trace Adkins
Kevin P. Farley	...	Michael Malone (as Kevin Farley)
Kelsey Grammer	...	General George S. Patton
Chriss Anglin	...	John F. Kennedy
Robert Davi	...	Aziz
Serdar Kalsin	...	Ahmed
Bill O'Reilly	...	Himself
Geoffrey Arend	...	Mohammed
Dennis Hopper	...	The Judge
Jillian Murray	...	Heather
Scott Bailey	...	Celebrity #2
Dana Lyn Baron	...	Speaker 1940's
Mark Vafiades	...	Look out! It's those Christians! (as Mark Basil)
Jon Voight	...	George Washington
Morgan Beck	...	"Free History Term Papers"

Also Known As:

Big Fat Important Movie (UK) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for rude and irreverent content, and for language and brief drug material.

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44639) | Australia:M | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Mpower Pictures

Trivia:

The woman who says "I gave up an ass lift for this?" is played by Kelsey Grammer's wife, Camille.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: After Michael Malone is escorted into the concert at that end of the movie he sneaks away as the soldiers are distracted by the fireworks. On the floor you can see they are "trampling" an American flag. This is part of the extended scene which can be found in the DVD's bonus features.

Quotes:

Michael Malone: Who are these people?
General George S. Patton: They're not people, they're the ACLU!

Movie Connections:

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Soundtrack:

1968

I Gave it a Chance; Don't Be So Serious

Keep in mind folks, this is just a comedy but it does contain enough messages to anger any ultra-liberal. It won't hurt anyone to watch this movie and even the far left liberals should get a good laugh. You have to admit after watching it that it's a harmless movie and is in good spirit. Those that are left leaning, head this warning, it will bring to light some painfully harsh realities of the problems our American culture is facing within our own borders and how ridiculous some of those ultra left leaning (progressives) are. If you are open minded, do not care about politics and would like to experience the Zucker style of humor, go see it. You'll get to see an angle of things that hasn't come from Hollywood in recent years.