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This is a short i produced, adapted from this is the army. Im going to write a billy jack movie about the hapkido fighting nam vet. The latest product to roll off the assembly line of anger is the film, god bless america. The plot is basically falling down, played for very dark laughs. Throughout his career, theres been a disconnect between bobcat goldthwaits dim, highpitched persona in 80s mainstream comedies like the police academy movies and hot to trot, and the dark sophistication of his standup comedy and the four independent features hes written and directed. If we are going to earn the win this year, we need strength from the top. Goldthwait calls god bless america a very violent movie. God bless the broken road would be just as bad a film if it were set in, say, an orthodox jewish community, rather than the bible belt specifically kentucky. God bless america director bobcat goldthwait is okay with not. Jul, 2012 god bless america finally arrived on dvd, and its packing. See more ideas about god bless america, america and we the people. Apr 18, 2020 back in the days when marijuana was a mystery to most americans, reefer madness was just another terribly acted educational film all cheap titillation and stern lectures.
God bless america is a subversive dark comedy that satirizes our countrys gradually waning society and culture. God bless america 2012 fed up with the cruelty and stupidity of american culture, an unlikely duo joel murray, tara lynne barr team up to whack reality tv stars, bigots and others they find. Frank joel murray has had enough of the downward spiral of american culture. Parents need to know that god bless america is a dark, dark comedy from bobcat goldthwait, the maker of worlds greatest dad. In recent years, hes given up acting altogether to focus on the latter pursuits, and critical. God bless america 2012 financial information the numbers. I would say that the actual eureka moment isnt that interesting. Was there a eureka moment when the concept really crystallized.
His current picture, god bless america is not necessarily his best, but it is. Frank, a middleaged, divorced white office worker in syracuse, new york, is hit with a doubledose of disaster, first being fired, and then being told by his doctor that he has a fatal brain tumor. I really wish more people would discover this gem of a film for themselves. God bless america, a 2011 film written and directed by bobcat goldthwait, is a dark comedy that satirizes the presentday american values. God bless ame rica premiered on september 9, 2011 at the 2011 toronto internat ional film festival, and was released video on demand on april 6, 2012 and in theatres on may 11, 2012. God bless america is a 2011 american dark comedy crime film written and directed by bobcat goldthwait.
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