My Fellow Americans (1996) on Netflix
PG-1319961h 41mAdventureComedy
Two former presidents and rivals, Russell Kramer and Matt Douglas, find themselves targets of a conspiracy inside President William Haney's administration. They set out to clear their names.
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Plot summary
Republican senator Russell Kramer wins the presidency by a narrow margin over his rival, Democratic governor Matt Douglas. Douglas takes the office from him in a landslide four years afterward, and four years after that Kramer's former vice president, William Haney, defeats Douglas. Three years on, Kramer writes books and gives speeches at inconsequential functions, while Douglas finishes a book of his own and divorces. The Democratic Party then learns of Olympia, the codename for bribes that the defense contractor Charlie Reynolds paid Haney. Joe Hollis, who chairs the party, asks Douglas to investigate, offering Democratic backing for a presidential run. Haney's chief of staff Carl Witnaur and Haney work out how to pin the scandal on Kramer. When rumors link Kramer to Olympia, he opens an inquiry.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about My Fellow Americans (1996)
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- The film had initially been written for Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon, before the Matthau role ultimately went to James Garner due to Matthau vacating for health reasons.
- In his memoirs Garner wrote that he enjoyed working with Lemmon but felt Segal "was a self appointed genius who didn't know his ass from second base and Jack and I both knew it."
- In Asheville, North Carolina, the downtown area stands in for an unnamed town in West Virginia, where the Western Carolina University Marching Band portrays the fictional "All Dorothy Marching Band", based on Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz, at a gay pride parade.
- The character of DNC Chair Joe Hollis was initially to be played by Daniel Benzali, but he left the role due to scheduling conflicts with his series Murder One and was replaced with Wilford Brimley.
