Re: the future long term financial apocalypse of the USA

On 11 May 2024 11:24:22 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
(with regard to Americathon)

>
I have never even heard of this movie.  There is a trailer.
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyD4y_HkZwY
>
It looks like a present day version of Idiocracy.

>
The premise is kind of different, and basically takes the 1970s oil crisis
a bit farther.  I saw it in a theatre when it came out and at some point
when I was running the Arisia film program I was able to get a 35mm print
of it from the archives and a lot of people talked about how they'd seen it
as kids but that the film seems to have disappeared.

It's available on DVD:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004G14XN4/

I've had it on my Amazon wishlist for years, hoping someone would get
it for me for Christmas.  I saw Americathon on cable a bunch of times
when I was around 13 or 14 years old and loved it.  Don't know how
well it would hold up, but I'd like to see it again someday.

  -- Bob