An American Carol (2008)

Max Schreck as Graf Orlok in "Nosferatu" (1922)

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Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror." This 1922 classic of cinema based on Bram Stoker's "Dracula" (but with names changed) directed by F.W. Murnau and starring Max Schrek in one of films most famous and frightening make-up jobs.

Trace Adkins and Kevin P. Farley in 'An American Carol' - Vivendi Entertainment

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: Oct 3, 2008

Running Time: 84 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Trace Adkins, Kelsey Grammer, Jon Voight, Leslie Nielsen, Dennis Hopper, Kevin Farley, Travis Schuldt, Jillian Murray, Anna Osceola, Julian Berlin

director: David Zucker

An American Carol

A cynical, Anti-American “Hollywood” filmmaker sets out on a crusade to abolish the 4th of July holiday. He is visited by three spirits who take him on a journey in an attempt to show him the true meaning of America.

The director of Airplane! and The Naked Gun leans too far to the right in this scathing but terribly unfunny poke at Michael Moore.

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Skewering the politics of the left--and Michael Moore, in particular--is not a terrible idea for comedy, but American Carol doesn't do it very successfully. Using the hackneyed, uninspired approach of spoofing Dickens' A Christmas Carol, director David Zucker's version has the Ghosts of John F. Kennedy (Chriss Anglin), General George S. Patton (Kelsey Grammer)…