An American Carol (2008) on Netflix
Documentary filmmaker Michael Malone campaigns to abolish the Fourth of July. Three Afghan terrorists posing as producers offer him a film deal, and three spirits arrive to show him America.
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On the Fourth of July a grandfather tells his grandchildren the story of Michael Malone, a documentary filmmaker who wants the holiday abolished and refuses to spend it with his family. Malone's film Die, You American Pigs! has brought him attention, and he is already at work on another one, Fascist America. Three Afghan terrorists decide that Malone despises the United States, so they pose as producers and ask him to make a feature that will help them recruit. On the night of July 3, Malone watches an address by President John F. Kennedy, reads it as a plea to avoid war at any cost, and Kennedy comes out of the television set to correct him and tell him that three spirits will visit.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about An American Carol (2008)
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- An American Carol was not screened in advance for critics; director David Zucker said the studio feared an unfair hearing because of the film's conservative politics and had been told most reviewers disagreed with them.
- The 2008 satire was the last time director David Zucker and actor Leslie Nielsen worked together; Nielsen died in 2010.
