Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 04/21/06 Home Video 10/17/03 MPAA Rating Rated PG-13 for brief strong language and some sexual references Running Time 1 hour 47 minutes Genre Comedy Director/Writer Paul Weitz Cast Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore, Marcia Gay Harden, Chris Klein, Jennifer Coolidge, Seth Meyers, John Cho, Judy Greer, Sam Golzari and Willem Dafoe Studio Universal Pictures |
AMERICAN DREAMZ
SYNOPSIS
Filmmaker Paul Weitz -- whose comic explorations
have ventured into the synergistic halls of corporate
culture (In Good Company), the perils of
psychological isolationism (About a Boy) and the
vicissitudes of losing one's virginity (American Pie)--
now delivers a comedy yanked from right-now
popular culture...where the nation's shrinking
attention span is more focused on "what's hot" than
on hot-button headlines: American Dreamz.
On the morning of his re-election, the President
(Quaid) decides to read the newspaper for the first
time in four years. This starts him down a slippery
slope. He begins reading obsessively, reexamining
his black and white view of the world, holing up in
his bedroom in his pajamas. Frightened by the
President's apparent nervous breakdown, his Chief
of Staff (Dafoe) pushes him back into the spotlight,
booking him as a guest judge on the television
ratings juggernaut (and the President's personal
fave), the weekly talent show American Dreamz.
Filmmaker Paul Weitz -- whose comic explorations
have ventured into the synergistic halls of corporate
culture (In Good Company), the perils of
psychological isolationism (About a Boy) and the
vicissitudes of losing one's virginity (American Pie)--
now delivers a comedy yanked from right-now
popular culture...where the nation's shrinking
attention span is more focused on "what's hot" than
on hot-button headlines: American Dreamz.
On the morning of his re-election, the President
(Quaid) decides to read the newspaper for the first
time in four years. This starts him down a slippery
slope. He begins reading obsessively, reexamining
his black and white view of the world, holing up in
his bedroom in his pajamas. Frightened by the
President's apparent nervous breakdown, his Chief
of Staff (Dafoe) pushes him back into the spotlight,
booking him as a guest judge on the television
ratings juggernaut (and the President's personal
fave), the weekly talent show American Dreamz.
America can't seem to get enough of American Dreamz, hosted by self-aggrandizing, self-loathing Martin
Tweed (Grant), ever on the lookout for the next insta-celebrity. His latest crop of hopefuls includes Sally
(Moore), a conniving steel magnolia with a devoted, dopey veteran boyfriend (Klein), and Omer, a recent
Southern Californian immigrant (who just happens to be a bumbling, show tune singing, would-be
terrorist awaiting activation). When both Sally and Omer make it to the final round of Dreamz--where the
President will be judging along with Tweed--the stage is set for a show the nation will never forget.
American Dreamz is written, produced and directed by Paul Weitz (writer/director of In Good Company,
co-director/Academy Award®-nominated co-screenwriter of About A Boy and co-director of American
Pie). Rodney Liber and Andrew Miano also produce; Chris Weitz and Kerry Kohansky serve as executive
producers.
--© Universal Pictures
Tweed (Grant), ever on the lookout for the next insta-celebrity. His latest crop of hopefuls includes Sally
(Moore), a conniving steel magnolia with a devoted, dopey veteran boyfriend (Klein), and Omer, a recent
Southern Californian immigrant (who just happens to be a bumbling, show tune singing, would-be
terrorist awaiting activation). When both Sally and Omer make it to the final round of Dreamz--where the
President will be judging along with Tweed--the stage is set for a show the nation will never forget.
American Dreamz is written, produced and directed by Paul Weitz (writer/director of In Good Company,
co-director/Academy Award®-nominated co-screenwriter of About A Boy and co-director of American
Pie). Rodney Liber and Andrew Miano also produce; Chris Weitz and Kerry Kohansky serve as executive
producers.
--© Universal Pictures
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