Comedy
Americathon
"The ultimate spectacle is now a movie."
User Score11 votes
35%3.5/10
Release1979→
Runtime1H 24M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans.
Principal Cast8
John Ritter
President Chet Roosevelt
Harvey Korman
Monty Rushmore
Fred Willard
Vincent Vanderhoff
Chief Dan George
Sam Birdwater
Richard Schaal
Jerry
Peter Riegert
Eric McMurkin
Nancy Morgan
Lucy Beth
Meat Loaf
Oklahoma Daredevil, Roy Budnitz
Media6
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Director
Neal Israel
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Certification
PGKeywords
futuregovernmenttelethon
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Countries:United States of America
Production:Lorimar Motion Pictures