First Family

1h 44m 1980

Brief Synopsis

The U.S. president negotiates a crucial trade deal with an African nation.

Cast & Crew

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Buck Henry

Bob Newhart

John Hancock

Madeline Kahn

Richard Benjamin

Maurice Sherbanee

Photos & Videos

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First Family (1980) -- (Movie Clip) The President Is Not A Depraved Half-Wit

First Family (1980) -- (Movie Clip) Meet A Nice Tall Average Blonde Guy

First Family (1980) -- (Movie Clip) Can I Deny Something?

First Family (1980) -- (Movie Clip) Not Fit To Suck On My Hat

Film Details

MPAA Rating

Genre

Comedy

Release Date

1980

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 44m

Synopsis

Manfred Link is a particularly inept President of the United States whose family consists of an alcoholic wife and an oversexed daughter. When the First Family travels to the country of Upper Gorm in Africa, the daugther is kidnapped and Americans are taken as slaves.

Director

Buck Henry

Cast

Bob Newhart

John Hancock

Madeline Kahn

Richard Benjamin

Maurice Sherbanee

Julius Harris

Fred Willard

Buck Henry

Rip Torn

Bob Dishy

Gilda Radner

Austin Pendleton

Harvey Korman

Crew

Dick Alexander

Toni Basil

Skip Beaudine

Assistant Director

Ralph Burns

Music Conductor

Ralph Burns

Kevin F Cleary

Kevin G. Cremin

Assistant Director

Les Fresholtz

Buck Henry

Leslie Hill

Associate Producer

Bill Hiney

Jerry Jost

Fred J. Koenekamp

Director Of Photography

Joe Kuri

Gemma Lamana

Bruce Lawhead

Stu Linder

Robert Macdonald

Special Effects

Susan Martin

Daniel Melnick

Phil Rawlins

Associate Producer

Phil Rawlins

Unit Production Manager

May Routh

Tex Rudloff

Saul Saladow

Assistant Editor

Nancy Sales

Assistant Editor

Charles Schram

Rick Simpson

John Philip Sousa

Vivienne Walker

Cassandra Wilson

Videos

First Family (1980) -- (Movie Clip) Meet A Nice Tall Average Blonde Guy First scene for Madeline Kahn as first lady Constance Link, with Gilda Radner as daughter Gloria, who’s just been thwarted by the Secret Service in what is apparently one of many inept attempts at a tryst, in writer-director Buck Henry’s First Family, 1980, starring Bob Newhart as the president.

First Family (1980) -- (Movie Clip) Not Fit To Suck On My Hat Very much a set piece, in the first scene for Harvey Korman as the American U.N. Ambassador, Maurice Sherbanee the Arab delegate, Bruce Kimmel the translator, writer-director Buck Henry romping, in his little-noticed political comedy First Family, 1980.

First Family (1980) -- (Movie Clip) The President Is Not A Depraved Half-Wit Opening with Bob Newhart as president Manfred Link delivering a State Of The Union address, though from the oval office, William Sylvester the TV commentator, Roger Bowen the senator, Gilda Radner, whom we’ll learn is the president’s daughter, busted by the Secret Service, in writer-director Buck Henry’s First Family, 1980.

First Family (1980) -- (Movie Clip) Can I Deny Something? A forerunner of the walk-and-talk scenes known from The West Wing and other TV shows, Bob Newhart the president, Madeline Kahn the first lady, Fred Willard the aide Feebleman, Richard Benjamin the press secretary, Gilda Radner the daughter attempting another escape, in writer-director Buck Henry’s First Family, 1980.

Film Details

MPAA Rating

Genre

Comedy

Release Date

1980

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 44m

Articles

First Family

September 26, 2016

The U.S. president negotiates a crucial trade deal with an African nation.

First Family

First Family

The U.S. president negotiates a crucial trade deal with an African nation.

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Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States December 1980

Released in United States July 18, 1990

Released in United States on Video July 18, 1990

Released in United States Winter December 25, 1980

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rtg MPAA R

Released in United States July 18, 1990

Released in United States on Video July 18, 1990

Released in United States December 1980

Released in United States Winter December 25, 1980

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