An American Carol

An American Carol
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Directed by	David Zucker
Produced by	David Zucker Stephen McEveety John Shepherd Todd Matthew Burns Diane Hendricks
Written by	David Zucker Myrna Sokoloff Lewis Friedman
Starring	Kevin Farley Kelsey Grammer Jon Voight Dennis Hopper Leslie Nielsen Jillian Murray Sammy Sheik
Music by	James L. Venable
Cinematography	Brian Baugh
Edited by	Vashi Nedomansky
Distributed by	Vivendi Entertainment
Release date	October 3, 2008 (2008-10-03)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$20 million
Box office	$7,013,191

An American Carol is a 2008 American comedy film directed by David Zucker and starring Kevin Farley.

In some other countries the film is known as Big Fat Important Movie. Presented from a conservative-leaning perspective, the film is a parody of liberal filmmaker Michael Moore that "lampoons contemporary American culture, particularly Hollywood." It uses the framework of A Christmas Carol but moves the setting of the story from Christmas to Independence Day. The screenplay is written by Myrna Sokoloff and Zucker. The supporting cast includes Kelsey Grammer, Jon Voight, Dennis Hopper (in his final live action movie), Trace Adkins, Gary Coleman, Jillian Murray and Leslie Nielsen. The film was released on October 3, 2008, to mostly negative reviews from critics.

Left-wing activist and filmmaker Michael Malone (Kevin Farley), a parody of Michael Moore, campaigns to end the celebration of the Fourth of July holiday. Malone holds pronounced anti-American views and truculently argues that America's past and present are both offensive, and therefore should not be celebrated.

On the evening of July 3, Malone watches a speech from President John F. Kennedy and mistakenly interprets the speech to mean avoiding war at any cost. President Kennedy rises out of the television set, corrects Malone regarding the intent of the speech, and informs him that he will be visited by three spirits.