American Dreamz

20062006
PG-13PG-13
1h 47m

American Dreamz (2006)

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The new season of "American Dreamz," the wildly popular television singing contest, has captured the country's attention, as the competition looks to be between a young Midwestern gal (Moore... Read allThe new season of "American Dreamz," the wildly popular television singing contest, has captured the country's attention, as the competition looks to be between a young Midwestern gal (Moore) and a showtunes-loving young man from Orange County (Golzari). Recently awakened Preside... Read allThe new season of "American Dreamz," the wildly popular television singing contest, has captured the country's attention, as the competition looks to be between a young Midwestern gal (Moore) and a showtunes-loving young man from Orange County (Golzari). Recently awakened President Staton (Quaid) even wants in on the craze, as he signs up for the potential explosive s... Read all

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Martin Tweed is the host of a talent show called American Dreamz, and whilst he despises each new season, it's a hit with the ratings. Tweed decides it's time for a new and interesting batch of contestants, and sends out his team to find the weirdest bunch possible. Whilst all this is happening, the President of the United States is becoming more and more depressed, and relies on his Chief of Staff to talk him through everything, even into appearing as a judge on the TV show. Perfect news for the terrorists who use the talent contest as a way to reach the President. —FilmFanUK

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Taglines
- Imagine a country where the President never reads the newspaper, where the government goes to war for all the wrong reasons, and more people vote for a pop idol than their next President.
Genres
- Comedy
- Music
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for brief strong language and some sexual references
Parents guide

Trivia
Writer/director Paul Weitz claims that he wrote the original draft of the American Dreamz (2006) script before he had ever watched an episode of American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (2002).

Goofs
Sally's boyfriend and the production staff look through a dressing room keyhole. The keyhole is to a modern tumbler lock, which can't be seen through.

Quotes
Jessica: [Opening Lines]
[after Martin receives a fax showing American Dreamz as the top rated show]
Jessica: How are the numbers?
Martin Tweed: Incredible.
[chuckles]
Martin Tweed: Absolutely incredible.
Jessica: Congratulations.
[pause]
Jessica: I'm leaving you.
[long pause]
Jessica: Did you hear what I said? I'm leaving you.
Martin Tweed: [still staring at the fax] Yeah, I heard. Yeah, Yeah
Jessica: I'm not kidding.
Martin Tweed: I know.
[turns and walks toward her]
Martin Tweed: Look, I think it's an excellent decision on your part.
Jessica: You do?
Martin Tweed: You're a fantastic person and the last year's been really great. You're beautiful. The sex has been wonderful. You're kind and supportive. You wait for me with dinner when I work late: you're amazing. And it's driving me out of my *fucking* mind.
[she stares in disbelief]
Martin Tweed: You know, with numbers like this, this should be the happiest day of my life and instead i have to worry about whether I make *you* happy all the time!
[pause, her lip quivers]
Martin Tweed: Jessica, sweetheart, you make me feel like being a better person. And I'm not a better person. I'm me.
Jessica: [teary-eyed as she walks away] I feel sorry for you.
Martin Tweed: Don't. I certainly don't. In fact, I envy myself deeply.

Connections
Featured in The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007)

Soundtracks
Stars and Stripes Forever
Written by John Philip Sousa

Top review

9/10

a RARE satire because it breaks taboos about what we can satirize

Perhaps this film has gotten mixed reviews because it breaks an unwritten code about how far a movie can go in satirizing America's myths. When before have we seen the President of the United States on happy pills and robotic-ally pro- gram-med by his Rovelike handlers ? Who would suggest that an Al-Quaeda training camp could be funny and that someone in it has up scale all-American relatives in Orange County, California ? Could our love affair with American Idol be an escape from the collapsing American middle class way of life ?

This film IS often funny but it doesn't want that humor to stay in a feel good zone. It WANTS to make us uncomfortable and to face things that we don't want to look at too closely. The "sin" that this film has committed is that it wants us to grow up.

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Release date
- April 21, 2006 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Official site
- Universal (United States)
Languages
- English
- Mandarin
Also known as
- Американська мрія
Filming locations
- Los Angeles Center Studios - 450 S. Bixel Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies
- Universal Pictures
- Depth of Field
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Budget
- $17,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $7,191,830
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,667,420
- Apr 23, 2006
Gross worldwide
- $16,656,103

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Runtime
1 hour 47 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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