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Beer (1985) -- An advertising firm, desperate to keep an account from a financially-ailing brewery, concocts a macho ad campaign centering on three losers who inadvertently prevent a robbery at a bar -- in the process making the beer #1 in America.

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Director:
Patrick Kelly
Writer:
Allan Weisbecker (writer)
Release Date:
30 August 1985 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
An advertising firm, desperate to keep an account from a financially-ailing brewery, concocts a macho... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Less filling cause it doesn't taste great more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Loretta Swit ... B.D. Tucker

Rip Torn ... Buzz Beckerman
Kenneth Mars ... A.J. Norbecker
David Alan Grier ... Elliott Morrison
William Russ ... Merle Draggett

Saul Stein ... Frankie Falcone

Peter Michael Goetz ... Harley Feemer
David Wohl ... Stanley Dickler
Dick Shawn ... Talk Show Host

Ren Woods ... Mary Morrison

Alan C. Peterson ... Thief (as Alar Aedma)
William Mooney ... Newscaster
Robert Wolberg ... Smythe
Gerald Vichi ... Bartender Freddie
Maurice Shrog ... Bartender Eddie
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Selling of America
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Runtime:
82 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Certification:
Australia:M | USA:R | Iceland:12
Filming Locations:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Sandra Bernhard was fired and replaced by Loretta Swit. more
Quotes:
A.J. Norbecker: Norbecker Lite. For whether you take it in a bottle or in the can. more
Movie Connections:
References Capricorn One (1978) more
Soundtrack:
Tons of Beer more

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1 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Less filling cause it doesn't taste great, 8 July 2004
Author: movieman_kev from United States

A struggling beer company employs a new ad campaign conceived by 'Hot Lips' Houlihan and lensed by Larry Sander's Director based on three losers (David Grier, William Russ, and Saul Stein, WOW talk about life imitating art)whom happened to be in the right place at the right time & get credit for foiling a robbery. The satire falls flat. While there ARE a few chuckles here and there, the movie as a whole makes you gassy. Skip this one, and either go to your favorite bar & drink real beer instead or just keep waiting for Coupon: The Movie.

My Grade:C-

Where i saw it: Showtime

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