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This being the debut of my new film column, it seems apt to take stock of the decade in progress. Is there a cinema of the 2010s yet? This time 30 years ago, the cinema of the 80s—flying cars and neon ...

Americathon is a little known cult comedy from 1979, set 20 years into the future and stars the likes of John Ritter and even Meatloaf, jumping over a car. In it, the US goes bankrupt and into a debt ...

"The ultimate spectacle is now a movie." ...

Farce about a 30-day telethon set up to save the United States from bankruptcy in 1998. Harvey Korman, John Ritter. Eric: Peter Riegert. Vanderhoof: Fred Willard. Mouling: Zane Buzby. Lucy Beth: Nancy ...