The Hendersonville Film Society will show My Fellow Americans Sunday, Nov. 15, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.
My Fellow Americans
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In Brief: My Fellow Americans (1996) is a likable, if undistinguished, political action comedy — not a political satire. Though vaguely left-leaning, it is way too careful at being inoffensive to ever pass as satire. Certainly, it's agreeable entertainment, especially in the teaming of Jack Lemmon and James Garner as a pair of ex-presidents (of the one-term variety) — one Republican (Lemmon), one Democrat (Garner) — who absolutely detest each other, but who are forced to band together when they become enmeshed in a plot to whitewash the current president (Dan Aykroyd). The stakes are raised even higher when it turns out that their deaths are essential to carry out this scheme. It's all handled in a workmanlike manner by director Peter Segal, who went on to helm three Adam Sandler movies. The film is probably of greater interest locally because of the use of area locations. We get the Black Mountain train station, downtown Marshall (and the Rock Cafe) and downtown Asheville (you can see the Miles Building, which houses the Xpress offices in a scene at a gay pride parade). Granted, Asheville and Marshall play towns in Virginia (and maybe Ohio), but locals will have no problem spotting them.
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| Genre: | Political Action Comedy |
| Director: | Peter Segal (Anger Management) |
| Starring: | Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd, John Heard, Wilford Brimley, Lauren Bacall |
| Rated: | PG-13 |
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