First Family


1h 44m 1980
First Family

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.

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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


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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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