Americathon
4.6
“The ultimate spectacle is now a movie.”
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.
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John Ritter
President Chet Roosevelt
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Harvey Korman
Monty Rushmore
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Vincent Vanderhoff
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Sam Birdwater
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Richard Schaal
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Peter Riegert
Eric McMurkin
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Nancy Morgan
Lucy Beth
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Howard Hesseman
Kip Margolis
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Jay Leno
Larry Miller (Poopy Butt)
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Peter Marshall
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Neal Israel Director · Monica Johnson Screenplay Michael Mislove Screenplay
Worldwide gross $6.2M · United States release August 10, 1979 · Produced in United States, Germany
Box office
Worldwide gross
$6,171,763
Production
Lorimar Motion Pictures
Production
Lorimar Filmgesellschaft GmbH
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio · Production
United States · Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 10, 1979
Theatrical
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