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

Colour:

Colour

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

George S. Patton: An American Fail

Dennis Hopper, What happened? You were in Easy Rider for gods sake, you shouldn't have to be in Spew like this. Did you blow all the money you had on weed? good god. This film is Horrible. Seeing Michael Mo... Er... Malone get slapped wasn't funny the first time, and seeing it 45 times isn't making it any funnier. Same with all the fat jokes. It's not funny, and it make it seem like you are guilty of deformation of character, instead of making a decent counter argument. the entire movie is 83 minutes long, and the closet thing to laughing i came was seeing the name of a band call Whiskey falls, which is only funny because of the stereo type of Drunken hill billies that like country music. Unfortunately it's a real band. Besides, they miss the entire point of Michael Moore's movies, His point is that America isn't perfect, and, Unless you are completely shut out to the rest of the world, than you know that it is not perfect. The people who made this movie should be ashamed of themselves. American carol fails on the most basic levels of comedy film making, and remember kids, if you wish to make a Comedy, you need Humor.