 An American Carol
Starring: Kevin P. Farley, Kelsey Grammer, Trace Adkins, Leslie Nielson, Dennis Hopper, James Woods, Robert Davi, Jon Voight
Directed by: David Zucker
Screenplay by: David Zucker, Myrna Sokoloff
Release Date: October 3, 2008
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for rude and irreverent content, and for language and brief drug material.
Studio: Vivendi Entertainment
 Domestic: $7,013,191 (100.0%)
Foreign: ---
Total: $7,013,191 (Worldwide)
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 Tagline: Laugh like your country depends on it.
The story starts with a Fourth of July barbecue, where the kids implore “Grandpa” (Leslie Nielsen) to tell one of his “famous” stories. As he begins his Independence Day, “once upon a time” rip-off of the Charles Dickens classic tale, we are introduced to highly lionized but extremely frustrated “wannabe” feature film director Michael Malone (Kevin Farley).
Struggling to be taken seriously and unable to get financing for his feature debut, Fascist America, Malone is having a really bad day. His latest documentary, Die, You American Pigs!, has just bombed at the box office; worse yet, he's also having trouble getting his latest cause célèbre to take flight: he wants to abolish the Fourth of July holiday in protest of the corrupt American war machine and it's foreign policy.
His family life is no better as Malone is also fighting to maintain a meaningful relationship with his polar opposite nephew, Josh (Travis Schuldt), a Naval officer just days away from shipping off to Iraq, leaving behind a long-suffering wife and three sick children: Timmy, on crutches; Tiny Becca, blind and crossed-eyed; and tiny Tina, stoically awaiting a kidney.
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