Americathon

'We're out of gas.' The President's announcement was meant to be a joke. But in this 1979 comedy, it's the terrifying truth. A bankrupt, energy-starved America has one week to raise a massive loan or be sold off piece by piece to foreign investors. The desperate plan? A coast-to-coast telethon hosted by a neurotic TV producer and a burned-out rock star. From a Native American casino mogul to a roller-skating network executive, the nation's last hope rests on a parade of eccentric characters and their pledge-drive antics. A satirical snapshot of late-70s anxiety, *Americathon* is a bizarre and frantic race against the clock to save a country running on fumes.