{"id":37069,"date":"2016-08-15T08:43:25","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T15:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37069"},"modified":"2023-10-29T22:17:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T05:17:53","slug":"american-success-company-the-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37069","title":{"rendered":"American Success Company, The (1980)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I sensed there was something I could learn from him that would save my marriage.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/American-Success-Company-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/American-Success-Company-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-37070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/American-Success-Company-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/American-Success-Company-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/American-Success-Company-Poster-768x1176.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/American-Success-Company-Poster-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/American-Success-Company-Poster.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA milquetoast (Jeff Bridges) married to the supremely spoiled daughter (Belinda Bauer) of an arrogant millionaire (Ned Beatty) is inspired by an aggressively virile man (David Allen Brooks) he sees at a party, and seeks help from a prostitute (Bianca Jagger) in gaining confidence to take on a new identity and carry out a heist at his father-in-law&#8217;s business.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Character Arc<\/li>\n<li>Heists<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Bridges Films<\/li>\n<li>Mistaken or Hidden Identities<\/li>\n<li>Ned Beatty Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis obscure black comedy &#8212; written by Larry Cohen, and directed by William Richert, best known for helming the assassination paranoia flick <em>Winter Kills<\/em> (1979) &#8212; is a surreal ride through a rather simplistic premise, one that seems better suited for a short comedy sketch than a full-length feature. Nothing much happens here other than a man of questionable taste and morals seeking revenge on a raging narcissist; it&#8217;s all meant to be madcap and satirical, but falls pretty flat. I&#8217;m puzzled why Peary lists this title in <em>GFTFF<\/em>; it&#8217;s only recommended for diehard Bridges fans. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jeff Bridges as Harry\/Mac<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ASC-Bridges.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ASC-Bridges.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"688\" height=\"512\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ASC-Bridges.png 688w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ASC-Bridges-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ASC-Bridges-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. Listed as a Sleeper and a Cult Movie in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0078765\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1982\/01\/05\/movies\/richert-s-american-success.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=7475&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/us\/film\/the-american-success-company\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/the-american-success-company\/review\/113432\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I sensed there was something I could learn from him that would save my marriage.&#8221; Synopsis: A milquetoast (Jeff Bridges) married to the supremely spoiled daughter (Belinda Bauer) of an arrogant millionaire (Ned Beatty) is inspired by an aggressively virile man (David Allen Brooks) he sees at a party, and seeks help from a prostitute (Bianca Jagger) in gaining confidence to take on a new identity and carry out a heist at his father-in-law&#8217;s business. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37069\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37069"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92844,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37069\/revisions\/92844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}