

The History of White People in America
satire
Genres
Overview
In this parody of documentaries, host Martin Mull discusses the contributions that white people have made to the USA, visits the Institute of White Studies, and follows a typical white family as they go about their everyday lives.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
47 min
Release Date
1985-06-04
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
6
Vote Average
6.2
Martin Mull
Host
Mary Kay Place
Joyce Harrison
Fred Willard
Hal Harrison
Steve Martin
Self
Edie McClurg
Housewife
Craig Richard Nelson
Christian Jacobs
Tommy Harrison
Amy Lynne
Debbie Harrison
Eileen Brennan
John Brent
Bob Eubanks
Self
Teri Garr
Self
Mina Kolb
Julie Payne
Barney Pell
Robert Ridgely
Jack Riley
Scientist
Jeremy Schoenberg
Harry Shearer
Rabbi
PJ Torokvei
4.9
Rumours
En route to the annual G7 summit, the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest liberal democracies get lost in the woods and face increasing peril while attempting to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis.
2024-07-01 | en
6.5
D.E.B.S.
The star of a team of teenage crime fighters falls for the alluring villainess she must bring to justice.
2004-01-22 | en
7.8
Life of Brian
Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.
1979-08-17 | en
6.9
Problemista
Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream.
2024-03-01 | en
4.3
How to Apply for a Sexual Position
Reverse Cowgirl. Rusty Trombone. The Wheelbarrow. Go inside the government office responsible for creating sexual positions as one woman pitches the position she hopes will take the world by storm.
2017-08-02 | en
7.2
Forgotten Silver
The life story of Colin McKenzie, a forgotten pioneer of international cinema who was born in rural New Zealand in 1888.
1997-10-03 | en
8.3
The Great Dictator
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
1940-10-15 | en
8.1
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop it.
1964-01-29 | en
6.9
Spaceballs
When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
1987-06-24 | en
6.9
Sleeper
Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.
1973-12-17 | en
6.7
Serial Mom
Beverly is the perfect happy homemaker, along with her doting husband and two children, but this nuclear family just might explode when her fascination with serial killers collides with her ever-so-proper code of ethics.
1994-04-13 | en
6.2
The Kentucky Fried Movie
A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.
1977-08-10 | en
7.0
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.
1988-12-07 | en
7.0
Polyester
Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart -- until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow.
1981-05-29 | en
6.1
The Onion Movie
Venerable newscaster Norm Archer reports the latest news in politics, health, culture and entertainment - such as an automotive recall of decapitation-inducing "Neckbelts" and a study finding that "depression hits losers hardest". This compilation of bogus news stories, celebrity profiles, movie trailers and skits come courtesy of the ace satirists at The Onion.
2008-05-31 | en
6.3
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
1989-05-05 | en
3.5
La civilización está haciendo masa y no deja oír
1974-04-25 | es
7.4
Adam's Apples
A neo-nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devotional priest.
2005-04-15 | da
7.5
Ninotchka
A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
1939-11-23 | en
7.3
Pleasantville
Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's peaceful but boring routine, she literally brings color into its life.
1998-09-17 | en