First Family (1980)
Release Date: Dec 25, 1980 Wide
Release Date: Dec 25, 1980 Wide
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Gilda Radner, Bob Newhart, and Madeline Kahn star in this comedy. The farce sends up an idiotic First Family in the persona of a bumbling president (Newhart), his semi-alcoholic wife (Kahn), and his oversexed daughter (Radner). Satirizing the artificial, formal speech of real-life First Families in television interviews, director Buck Henry carries this mode of speech into their private lives as well. The trio travel to an African country where the First Daughter is kidnapped and white Americans
Dec 25, 1980 Wide
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Gilda Radner
Gloria Link -
Bob Newhart
President Manfred Link -
Madeline Kahn
Mrs. Link -
Richard Benjamin
Press Secretary Bunthom... -
Bob Dishy
Vice President Shockley -
Harvey Korman
Ambassador Spender -
Austin Pendleton
Alexander Grade -
Rip Torn
Gen. Dumpston -
Fred Willard
Presidential Assistant ... -
Julius Harris
Ambassador Longo -
John Hancock
President Mazai Kalundr... -
Maurice Sherbanee
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Buck Henry
Fr. Sandstone -
Lou Felder
Secretary of State Reig... -
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Dudley Knight
Secretary of Defense Sp... -
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