# My Fellow Americans (1996)

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**Runtime**: 101 min
**Genres**: Comedy
**Directed by**: Peter Segal
**Written by**: Peter Tolan, Richard Chapman, E. Jack Kaplan
**Starring**: Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd, John Heard, Wilford Brimley, Lauren Bacall

> *A comedy about life, liberty and the pursuit of two ex-presidents.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Oh, to be a fly on the wall during the pitch meeting for this one. After a White House scandal implicates them both, two ex-presidents from opposite parties must team up to clear their names. It's a buddy comedy that got made, for better or worse.

**Mood tags**: cozy, playful

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