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American Dreamz (2006)

PG-13   |    |  Comedy, Music

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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) 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 season finale.

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Director:

Paul Weitz

Writer:

Paul Weitz
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1 nomination.

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28 December 2014 | Dr_Sagan
American (Z)atire
This is an attempt for a multi-satire. And by that I mean a satire with far too many recipients to be really effective in any of them.

This movie tries to ...hmm...well...let's count: The dream of regular people that want basically to be famous and treated as such. Their mothers who want their children to succeed where themselves failed. The myth (?) of one true love. How ruthless can you be with other people feelings. The need for (any) heroes. The government, the POTUS and how they operate. The Jihadists who might be more into the American culture than they can admit. The long lasted public figures who are sick of themselves etc. etc. etc.

The movie as an entertainment is so-so. The cast is good and it delivers some good performances but something is missing to glue them all together. A couple of scenes are funny but i personally got a sad feeling watching this movie. Especially because of the ending which I obviously won't spoil.

Overall: Even if you have a couple of hours to spend I wouldn't recommended it. It's not bad but seems more like a hit and miss.

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Trivia

The interior White House scenes were shot on the set of The West Wing (1999).

Quotes

Shazzy Riza: So at the mall today, I upgraded my plan to 5,000 minutes, but it's a family plan.
Omer: Thank you auntie.
Iqbal Riza: You should have gone to 10,000.
Omer: Um, Iqbal.
Iqbal Riza: Yeah.
Omer: Something very odd happened today, it's funny really.You see, uh, these people from the American Dreamz ...

Goofs

On the tray with the President's breakfast there's a small coffee pot placed right at the middle of the tray, obscuring the reflection of the camera. When the tray enters the President's bedroom, the pot has moved to the side of the tray.

Soundtracks

Luck Be a Lady
from Guys and Dolls (1955)
Written by Frank Loesser
Performed by Sam Golzari

Storyline

Plot Summary

Synopsis (WARNING: Spoilers)

Genres

Comedy | Music

Details

Release Date:

21 April 2006

Language

English, Mandarin

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Los Angeles Center Studios - 450 S. Bixel Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$17,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,667,420 23 April 2006

Gross USA:

$7,191,830

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$16,656,103

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