"The ultimate spectacle is now a movie." 10 August 1979 Comedy 84 mins
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.
Watch the official Americathon 1979 trailer in HD below or find more Americathon videos on Vidimovie.
John Ritter as President Chet Roosevelt
Harvey Korman as Monty Rushmore
Fred Willard as Vincent Vanderhoff
Chief Dan George as Sam Birdwater
Richard Schaal as Jerry
Peter Riegert as Eric McMurkin
Nancy Morgan as Lucy Beth
Meat Loaf as Oklahoma Daredevil, Roy Budnitz
Elvis Costello as The Earl of Manchester
Howard Hesseman as Kip Margolis
Jay Leno as Larry Miller (Poopy Butt)
Peter Marshall as Himself
Nellie Bellflower as Missy, VP Advertising
Zane Buzby as Mouling Jackson
Terence McGovern as Danny Olson
Tommy Lasorda as Jimmy Dumphy
Neal Israel Director
Peter Bergman Adaptation
Michael Mislove Screenplay
Joe Roth Producer
Peter Bergman Theatre Play
John C. Howard Supervising Film Editor
Daniel Paredes Costume Design
Neal Israel Screenplay
Phil Proctor Theatre Play
Stan Jolley Production Design
David Nichols Associate Producer
Gerald Hirschfeld Director of Photography
David Blangsted Editor
Phil Proctor Adaptation
Edward Rosen Executive Producer
Monica Johnson Screenplay
United States 10 August 1979
If you liked the Americathon trailer, you may like these ones:
26 January 1989
In the not too distant future, in the year 1999: In Germany, payment may only be made by credit card, which leads to many people purchasing things they cannot pay for.
25 December 1997
During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.
19 July 1991
Amiable slackers Bill and Ted are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De Nomolos, a villain from the future, sends evil robot duplicates of the two lads to terminate and replace them.
16 August 2002
The year is 2087, the setting is the moon. Pluto Nash, the high-flying successful owner of the hottest nightclub in the universe, finds himself in trouble when he refuses to sell his club to lunar gangster Mogan, who just happens to be helping the mysterious Rex Crater mastermind a plan to take over the entire moon.
30 March 1974
A group of scientists are sent on a mission to destroy unstable planets. Twenty years into their mission, they have to battle their alien mascot as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to question the meaning of its existence.
25 January 2000
A comedy that pays tribute to the science fiction genre -- specifically, the sub-genre of time travel.
06 June 1990
George Jetson is forced to uproot his family when Mr. Spacely promotes him to take charge of a new factory on a distant planet.
06 February 2009
Leela becomes an outlaw when she and a group of ecologically-minded feminists attempt to save an asteroid of primitive life forms and the Violet Dwarf star from being destroyed, while Fry joins a secret society and attempts to stop a mysterious species known as the "Dark Ones" from destroying all life in the universe.
20 August 1992
A super strain of genetically engineered mutants are designed to take over the universe, hungry to conquer the galaxy, with an appetite for mankind.
19 September 2024
As a result of mysterious circumstances, seventeen-year-old Olga from 2005 finds herself in 2024 in the body of herself, but already a thirty-six-year-old single mother.
01 October 1995
Jack, a soon-to-be graduate, finds he's having a difficult time letting go of the college life -- and decides maybe he doesn't have to.
20 August 2005
Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning begins with Captain James B. Pirk of the starship Kickstart shipwrecked on the 21st century Earth with his crew.
More movie trailers, teasers, and clips from Americathon:
Based on a play by Firesign Theatre alumni Phil Proctor and Peter Bergman.
In 1998 the world's oil supply is exhausted. The Treasury is empty and in deep debt to a billionaire businessman (Chief Dan George) who'll foreclose on the ...
This movie about the having to throw a telethon for itself because we run out of money features one of the coolest opening credit scenes in movie history (if ...
In 1998 the world's oil supply is exhausted. The Treasury is empty and in deep debt to a billionaire businessman (Chief Dan George) who'll foreclose on the ...
Americathon (1979) – Mouling Jackson Watch AMERICATHON Now! ➤ Click here to subscribe ➤ == Americathon ...
Americathon (1979) – Jay Leno Boxing Old Ladies Watch AMERICATHON Now! ➤ Click here to subscribe ➤ ...
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1979:
14 August 1979
After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the empire into a bloody spiral of madness and depravity.
13 April 1979
An intellectually-challenged man and woman meet, fall in love, and are determined to get married, despite the initial objections of their families and friends.
01 January 1979
“I don’t drive, but I know people who’ll drive 100 metres to go to the shops. Our society is obsessed with the car, with coming and going, getting somewhere.
27 November 1979
John Dexter’s brilliant production, James Levine’s masterful conducting of the eclectic score, and a sensational cast come together to make this Kurt Weill–Bertolt Brecht masterpiece a riveting evening of music theater.
01 January 1979
Three youngsters set out to unravel the mysteries of a strange castle at the edge of town. In the process they learn about self-esteem and acceptance.
12 May 1979
The Riehl family has recently owned a small house in a new development in the countryside. Mr. Riehl drives into town every morning, where he works in a furniture store.
01 January 1979
Italian crime movie from 1979 directed by Alfonso Brescia.
01 January 1979
Michel Auder’s Jesus – in which underground NY artists and Warhol superstars openly discuss their beliefs.
09 January 1979
During the time of the Peasants' Wars, the free knight Götz von Berlichingen gets into all kinds of private and political entanglements when he defends the Bishop of Bamberg.
19 May 1979
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist.
Have you watched Americathon yet? What did you think about it?
Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1979 Lorimar Motion Pictures.