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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. more
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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. full summary | full synopsis
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Cast

  (in credits order)
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"

Leslie Nielsen ... Himself

James Woods ... Michael's Agent

Julian Berlin ... Woman at Awards Party

Randall Bosley ... Mussolini
Joanne Bowland ... Intern

Cocoa Brown ... Airport Security Guard #1

Vicki Browne ... Rosie O'Connell
Mary Castro ... Hottie

Gary Coleman ... Bacon Stains Malone

Jeff Corbett ... Policeman #2
Rebekah Crane ... Girl Scout
Tony Deale ... Security Guard

Nikki Deloach ... Lily

Susan Deming ... "It’s that Michael Malone!"

Alexander DiPersia ... Rehearsal Actor

Chrisanne Eastwood ... Hippie #2
Mell Flynn ... "Traitor!"
Lisa Fredrickson ... Singer
Carl DeGersdorff ... Teddo

Katie Gill ... Rehearsal Actress

Cameron Goodman ... Political Aide
Camille Grammer ... "I gave up an ass lift for this?"
David Alan Grier ... Rastus Malone

Allen Lee Haff ... Airport Security Guard #2 (as Allen Haff)
Mary Hart ... Entertainment Tonight Host

Joe Hartzler ... "Marines!' / Sassy Sailor

Jesse Heiman ... Young Michael Malone
Mark Henderson ... Minister #2

Paris Hilton ... Herself

Alaina Huffman ... Celebrity #1 (as Alaina Kalanj)

Benton Jennings ... Hitler

Jack Kelly ... "You’re a disgrace" Protest Yeller

Kaleigh Kennedy ... Becca / Kaleigh
Coco Leigh ... Nun on Bus

Zachary Levi ... Lab Tech #1

Simone Lotter ... Partygoer #2

Brandon Alter ... "He's much fatter in person."

Joey Luthman ... Boy Scout
Brent Lydic ... Wounded Soldier

Christopher McDonald ... Lab Supervisor

Rich McDonald ... "Thought you hated country music!"
Meghan McEveety ... Trophy Girl
Brighid McEveety ... Girl at BBQ

Steve Monroe ... Airport Passenger #2

Tyler Jacob Moore ... Marty

Oliver Muirhead ... Neville Chamberlain
Joey Naber ... Terrorist #2
Durrell Nelson ... Chaplain

Gail O'Grady ... Jane Wagstaffe
John O'Hurley ... Silvano

Anna Osceola ... Molly Duncan

David Oved ... Afghan Prisoner #2
Norman Panto ... Accordion Player
Lu Parker ... Reporter #1

Robert Pierce ... Minister #1
Bill Posley ... Mose Malone

Amy Povich ... Airport Passenger #1

Oren Rehany ... Terrorist on Bike

F. Lee Reynolds ... Subway Policeman

Simon Rex ... Himself

Bryant Romo ... "Sailors!"
Elizabeth Scott ... "I’m starved."
Evan Sayet ... Patient in Line
Travis Schuldt ... Josh

Atticus Shaffer ... Timm / Atticus

Sammy Sheik ... Fayed - Subway Terrorist
Abbie Shepherd ... Trophy Girl at BBQ
Joe Sikorra ... Policeman (MSG) #1

Jane Park Smith ... Reporter #2

Kevin Sorbo ... George Mulrooney
Steve Spiro ... Cuban Commander

Richard Tanner ... Village Voter

Peter F. Tegan ... Stagehand (as Peter Tegan)

Fred Travalena ... Jimmy Carter

Karri Turner ... Lab Tech #2
Hiroshi Ueha ... Tojo
Jenna Vogeler ... Tiny Tina / Jenna
Lee von Ernst ... Hippie #1

Lauren Lee Smith ... Voice of Reason #1 (as Lauren Smith)
Josh Zucker ... Voice of Reason #2
Sarah Zucker ... Voice of Reason #3
Paul R. Goldberg ... Cocktail Musician #1
John T. Hatton ... Cocktail Musician #2
Allen Simpson ... Cocktail Musician #3 / Musician #3 (as Allen H. Simpson)
Joanna Repsold ... Wedding Guest #1
Badger Wagstaffe ... Wedding Guest #2
Cheryl Baxter ... Parent #1

Troy Christian ... Parent #2

Nadine Ellis ... Parent #3

Laura Fremont ... Parent #4
Michael Higgins ... Parent #5
Elisabeth Jee ... Parent #6
Marilyn Rising ... Parent #7
Blane Savage ... Parent #8
Marc Oka ... Parent #9

Carlton Wilborn ... Parent #10
Bobbie Bates ... Professor #1

Heather Lea Gerdes ... Professor #2

Marcy Goldman ... Professor #3
Ernest Harden Jr. ... Professor #4
Sandra Asbury-Johnson ... Professor #5

Anthony Marciona ... Professor #6
Stan Mazin ... Professor #7
Bubba Dean Rambo ... Professor #8
Jerry Trent ... Professor #9
Keith Allen ... Plantation Singer #1
Fred Skaggs ... Plantation Singer #2
Eddie Eason ... Plantation Singer #3
Jimmy Fisher ... Plantation Singer #4
Julio Hanson ... Plantation Singer #5
Tyree Mills ... Plantation Singer #6
Andre Washington ... Plantation Singer #7
Reshma Gajjar ... Columbia Student "1968" #1

Christopher Jenkins Holmes ... Columbia Student "1968" #2

Brian Jones ... Columbia Student "1968" #3 (as Brian Michael Jones)
Julianne Waters ... Columbia Student "1968" #4

Christy Williams ... Columbia Student "1968" #5
Eric Gustafson ... Musician #1
David Kogge ... Musician #2
Dan Vulovic ... Musician #4
Adam Yasmin ... Musician #5
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Andre Alexsen ... Movie Star Man / Supporting

Susan Brock ... On-Air Reporter

Hannah Cowley ... Miss Bling

Brian F. Durkin ... US Marine at protest

Krystal Grenseman ... Hott Blonde

Eric Martic ... Terrorist

Tom McComas ... Zombie #3

Taylor Mills ... Hero Group Girl

Marlies Pinto ... Trophy Girl

Deanna Webb ... Ted Kennedys Girlfriend

Marissa Welsh ... Jane's Assistant

Lili Asvar ... Afghani Woman (uncredited)

Simone Bargetze ... Subway zombie (uncredited)

Shannah Barrett ... Guest at Film Premeire (uncredited)

Amanda Burrill ... Subway Patron (uncredited)

Jack Chevanty ... College Student (uncredited)

Jacob Crawford ... Marine #3 (uncredited)

Kristen De Luca ... Mulrooney's Award Show Date (uncredited)

Nicole Dionne ... Bride (uncredited)
Tyler Farrell ... Ghost of Civil War Soldier (uncredited)
Andrew Ferguson ... Protestor (uncredited)

Kelly Frazier ... Young Mother (uncredited)
Eileen Gonzales ... Reporter (uncredited)
Jon Huybrecht ... Ghost Soldier (uncredited)

Jennifer Kleinman ... Hottie (uncredited)
Marie Lynn ... College Student (uncredited)

Turk Matthews ... Marine #2 (uncredited)
Stefan Mavi ... Aggressive College Student (uncredited)
Joe Murray ... News Anchor Camera Man (uncredited)

Shanna Olson ... Starlet (uncredited)

Alex Parlar ... Afghani Escort (uncredited)

David Pearl ... Bartender (uncredited)

Scott C. Roe ... American Revolution Soldier Ghost (uncredited)
Joel Shock ... US marine at protest (uncredited)

Arne Starr ... Protester (uncredited)

Tyler Strother ... Boy scout (uncredited)

Hannah Rebecca Telle ... 1940's Protestor (uncredited)
Pleasant Wayne ... Military Wife (uncredited)

Wolfgang J. Weber ... WWII Navy Seal Ghost (uncredited)

Jacob White ... Nazi Soldier (uncredited)
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Directed by
David Zucker 
 
Writing credits
(WGA)
David Zucker (written by) &
Myrna Sokoloff (written by) and
Lewis Friedman (written by)

Produced by
Mike Ades .... associate producer
Todd Burns .... co-producer
Lewis Friedman .... co-producer
Diane Hendricks .... executive producer
Stephen McEveety .... producer
Tim Moore .... line producer
John Shepherd .... producer
Myrna Sokoloff .... executive producer
David Zucker .... producer
 
Original Music by
James L. Venable 
 
Cinematography by
Brian Baugh (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Vashi Nedomansky 
 
Casting by
Beverly Holloway 
 
Production Design by
Patrick M. Sullivan Jr. 
 
Art Direction by
Aaron Haye 
 
Costume Design by
Rachel Good 
 
Makeup Department
Mark Bautista .... key makeup artist
Laura Hill .... makeup artist: daychecking
Elizabeth Hoel .... key makeup artist
Lucia Mace .... hair department head
Tania McComas .... makeup department head
Michael Mosher .... makeup artist
Matthew W. Mungle .... special makeup effects artist
Matthew W. Mungle .... special prosthetics: Jon Voight
Ken Niederbaumer .... makeup artist
Michele Tyminski .... makeup department head
 
Production Management
D. Scott Easton .... unit production manager
Holly Hagy .... production supervisor
Daniel Voltz .... post-production supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paula Case .... second assistant director
Darin Rivetti .... first assistant director
Frank Tignini .... second second assistant director
 
Art Department
Andrew P. Alvarez .... labor foreman
Jody Bergman .... additional shopper (2008)
Derek Dean .... set dresser
Bryan Hill .... leadman
Cindy Ichikawa .... coordinator
Ilana Iturbe .... junior set designer
Eric Knight .... set painter
Robert E. Knight .... set painter
Kim Lincoln .... graphic designer
James R. Lord .... carpenter gang boss
Loren Nickloff .... general foreman
Dennis Richardson .... carpenter
Graham Robertson .... set dresser
Steven M. Saylor .... set designer
Robert Silcock .... gang boss
Gary Thomas .... storyboard artist
Sara Wilhelmi .... graphic designer
 
Sound Department
Bastien Benkhelil .... sound editor
Damon Claus .... adr assistant: Market Street Sound
Danny Ferraro .... adr recordist: Market Street Sound
Stephen Hunter Flick .... supervising sound editor
Mark C. Grech .... boom operator: additional photography
Charles Hamilton .... sound recordist
William Jacobs .... dialogue editor
Alyson Dee Moore .... foley artist
Chris Navarro .... adr mixer
Matthew Olexiewicz .... utility sound
Jamey Scott .... additional sound designer
Jamey Scott .... adr recordist
Jamey Scott .... temp sound mixer
Mark Steinbeck .... sound mixer
Deron Street .... assistant sound editor
Zadran Wali .... adr artist
Ben Wienert .... boom operator
John Roesch .... foley artist (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Matt Kutcher .... special effects supervisor
Ryan A. Riley .... propmaker
Parry Willard .... special effects coordinator
Robert G. Willard .... special effects foreman
 
Visual Effects by
Rodrigo Armendariz .... digital compositor
Meliza Fermin .... digital compositor
Ragui Hanna .... digital compositor
Daniel Kumiega .... visual effects
Reid Paul .... visual effects producer: Stargate Digital
James W. Riley .... visual effects executive producer
Jon Rosenthal .... digital effects artist
Ryan Wieber .... digital compositor
 
Stunts
Simone Bargetze .... stunt performer
Troy Lindsay Brown .... stunt double
Stacey Carino .... stunts
Monty Cox .... stunt coordinator
Eddy Donno .... stunt zombie
Tony Donno .... stunts
Dennis Fitzgerald .... stunts
Gary Guercio .... utility stunts
Jessica Harbeck .... utility stunts
Michael Hugghins .... stunt rigger
Steve Hulin .... stunts
Henry Kingi Jr. .... stunt performer
Ralf Koch .... stunts
Mandy Kowalski .... stunts
Nito Larioza .... stunts
Tom McComas .... stunt performer
Bob McGovern .... stunt performer
Becky Ohmes .... stunt double
Marque Ohmes .... stunt performer
Jimmy Ortega .... stunt performer
Josh Ortega .... stunt double
Andy Owen .... utility stunts
Steve Rizzo .... stunt performer
David Rowden .... stunts
Ann Scott .... utility stunts
Vladimir Tevlovski .... stunt performer
Vladimir Tevlovski .... stunts
Sabine Varnes .... stunt performer
Omid Zader .... stunts
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Matt Ardine .... set lighting technician
Alfredo Denila .... grip
Damon Dulas .... lighting technician
Sam Emerson .... still photographer
Brandon Flohr .... grip
Danny Gonzalez .... lighting technician
Seth Greenwald .... key grip
Christian Grosselfinger .... chief lighting technician
Nate Havens .... first assistant camera
Philip J. Jaffe .... additional camera assistant
David Kane .... lighting technician
Mark La Bonge .... Steadicam operator
Mark La Bonge .... camera operator: "a" camera
Adam Meltzer .... lighting technician
Darryl Murchison .... lighting technician
Ben Penny .... grip
Cass Rasmussen .... lighting technician
Ralph Scherer .... dolly grip
David Schmalz .... video assist operator
S. Douglas Smith .... director of photography: second unit
Jeff Snyder .... additional video assist operator
Somsy Vejsiri .... assistant chief lighting technician
 
Casting Department
Chris Bustard .... extras casting
Mariann H.W. Lee .... extras casting
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Miranda Kelley .... set costumer
Philip Maldonado .... costumer
Aimee McCue .... costumer
Gregory B. Peña .... costume supervisor
Bess Stansell .... costumer
Bianca White .... costumer
 
Editorial Department
Tony Dustin .... digital film colorist
Gary Friedman .... assistant editor
Aidan Stanford .... color timer
Everette Webber .... digital intermediate editor
 
Music Department
Fletcher Beasley .... composer: additional music
Shawyne Fisher .... choir coordinator
Andrew Goodloe .... composer: additional music
Ron James .... composer: additional music
Chet Leonard .... music playback
Michael Patti .... composer: additional music
Jamey Scott .... composer: additional music
Jamey Scott .... music editor
Jermaine Stegall .... composer: additional music
 
Transportation Department
Nicholas Acquaviva .... driver
Chris Deguzman .... driver generator operator
Anthony J. Mignano .... construction driver
Mike Ortiz .... transportation
Kirk Roberts .... driver
Domiciano Rodriquez .... transportation co-captain
Alana Stelling .... transportation captain
Larry Stelling .... transportation coordinator
Paul Veluzat .... driver
 
Other crew
David Bear .... production assistant
Lee Boxleitner .... production assistant
Todd Burns .... production attorney
Ashley Cambers .... photo double
Jenni Cardone .... stand-in: jillian murray
Sherice Chandler .... production accountant
Elena Chernock .... production assistant
Enayat Delawary .... adr voice
Tony Didio Jr. .... armorer
Fahim Fazli .... adr voice
Vincent Joseph Flaherty .... armorer
Jay Floyd .... clearance administrator
Kent Hamilton .... insurance agent
Seth Hauer .... production assistant
Andrew Hyatt .... creative executive
Imani Irving .... accounting clerk
Kristin Johnsen .... first assistant accountant
Candice Lee .... production assistant
Shannon Lee .... production assistant
Victor Licas .... payroll accountant
Kimberly Lisner .... production assistant
Anthony Marciona .... assistant choreographer
Stephen A. Marinaccio II .... production executive: Mpower Pictures
Eddie Merino .... key assistant location manager
Travis Pell .... production assistant
Rebecca Poulos .... script supervisor
Josh Rader .... development executive
Joanna Repsold .... assistant: producer
Dana-Sammee Reyes .... production intern
F. Lee Reynolds .... military technical advisor
Michael Rooney .... choreographer
Garrett Sanson .... assistant: Kevin Farley
Ryan Sanson .... production assistant
Christopher Scholl .... technical advisor: military
Linda Stelling .... set medic
Martin Usher .... production assistant
Daniel Veluzat .... location liaison (uncredited)
 
Thanks
Paul Kampf .... special thanks
 

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Also Known As:
Big Fat Important Movie (UK) (DVD title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for rude and irreverent content, and for language and brief drug material.
Runtime:
83 min
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USA:PG-13 (certificate #44639) | Australia:M | Argentina:13
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Both 'Wayne Knight (I)' and Frank Caliendo turned down the role of Michael Malone. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Patton speaks dismissively of his portrayal in Patton (1970) ("That Patton was an actor!"). And yet throughout the film Kelsey Grammer speaks in the gruff, gravely voice that George C. Scott used in that picture. In fact, the real historical Patton spoke in a sharp, nasal, and slightly Southern accented voice. more
Quotes:
Josh: Oh, grandpa fell asleep again.
Timm: No, he's dead.
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Movie Connections:
References The Flintstones (1994) more
Soundtrack:
Sweet Home Alabama more

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Is this movie based on "A Christmas Carol"?
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22 out of 43 people found the following review useful.
Warning: Shocking Content - An Actual Anti-Liberal Film!, 14 January 2009
7/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

What a shock this is to see: a movie knocking liberals?! This is unheard of in movie annals. It's always the other way around.

The good and the bad: There were some very good, laugh-out-loud poking-fun-at jokes and sight gags in here that made the film worth seeing. Kelsey Grammar was outstanding as "General Patton." I can't say the rest of the cast impressed me that much, including Kevin Farley who played "Michael Malone," a caricature of Michael Moore. In Farley's defense, they wanted his character to be as silly and goofy as you can get and he certainly delivered that! Grammar, however, gets an "A" for his more subtly humorous effort.

Much of the humor is slapstick where someone gets hit or slapped in the face (or worse). That's okay, but after the tenth slap it gets tiring. I also found it, as I always do, offensive to hear little kids use profanity, although I know it was used for shock affect. Still, there are better ways to go for laughs than have eight-year-olds use profanity.

Overall, it was refreshing to hear and see the Left Loonies bashed for a change. Since there were good, patriotic messages, I just wish the film had less "potty" humor. For adults, though, who enjoy an irreverent comedy along the lines of Airplane, The Naked Gun, etc., then, by all means, check it out!

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