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Lost in America (1985)

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A husband and wife in their 30s decide to quit their jobs, live as free spirits and cruise America in a Winnebago.

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  • Albert Brooks and Julie Hagerty in Lost in America (1985)
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  • Albert Brooks and Julie Hagerty in Lost in America (1985)
  • Albert Brooks and Julie Hagerty in Lost in America (1985)
  • Albert Brooks in Lost in America (1985)
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1 win & 1 nomination.

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7 August 2011 | kenjha
7
| Episodic but Funny
A Yuppie couple leaves its jobs, liquidates its assets, and buys an RV, intent on living on the road like their idols in "Easy Rider." Things don't go as planned because of a single event. That single event is so contrived and unbelievably stupid that one doesn't feel any sympathy for the couple. However, one can laugh at them. Brooks could be Woody Allen's irritable cousin in terms of his neurotic behavior and impatience. Like Allen's films prior to "Annie Hall," this one is episodic, and some of the episodes are quite funny. It doesn't quite come together as a satisfying whole, but the journey is worth taking, and Brooks knows not to overstay his welcome.

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Albert Brooks plays the voice role of Hans the Mercedes dealer, the credit of Hans Wagner is fictitious. As revealed by Albert Brooks during the new interview he conducted with Robert Weide in 2017 for the Criterion Collection Blu Ray special features. Albert claims nobody ever caught that detail until Robert asked him 32 years after the film's release.

Quotes

David Howard: What's this?
Bellman: Junior bridal suite.
David Howard: Gee, I gave a guy a hundred bucks to get the best bridal suite in the house. Is there a senior bridal suite?
Bellman: I don't know.
David Howard: But I gave him $100.
Bellman: I don't know.
David Howard: Can I get into this room? Is there a big living room that goes ...

Goofs

In the final montage, between Newnan, Georgia (where David tosses the map out the window), and the approach to Atlanta, there is a shot of a water tower shaped like a giant peach. They would likely pass this water tower on their journey, but it is located in Gaffney, South Carolina, and not southwest of Atlanta as implied.

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New York, New York
Written by John Kander (uncredited) and Fred Ebb (uncredited)
Performed by Frank Sinatra
Courtesy of Bristol Productions, Inc. and Reprise Records

Storyline

Plot Summary

Genres

Comedy

Details

Release Date:

8 February 1985

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

13400 Kismet Ave, Sylmar, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$154,877 17 March 1985

Gross USA:

$10,179,000

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$10,179,000

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