Lost in America

E305548

Lost in America is a 1985 satirical road comedy film written, directed by, and starring Albert Brooks, following a couple who abandon their conventional lives to travel across the United States in search of freedom.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lost in America canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film
road comedy film
satirical film
basedOn original screenplay
cinematography Eric Saarinen
colorProcess color
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Albert Brooks
distributedBy Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy David Finfer
followsCharacterOccupation advertising executive
genre comedy film
road movie
satire
hasFilmRating R
hasHomeMediaRelease Blu-ray
DVD
VHS
hasPosterCaption Theatrical release poster
hasSettingElement cross-country road trip
hasTheme disillusionment with the American Dream
dropping out of corporate life
financial irresponsibility
includedInList AFI list of 100 funniest American movies
surface form: AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs (nominee)
mainCharacter David Howard
Linda Howard
medium 35 mm film
musicBy Arthur B. Rubinstein
narrativeFocus married couple abandoning conventional life
notableFor Albert Brooks' satirical take on yuppie culture
originalLanguage English
portrays American consumer culture
midlife crisis
search for freedom
producer Herb Nanas
Marty Katz
productionCompany The Geffen Company
releaseDate 1985-03-15
releaseYear 1985
runtimeMinutes 91
screenplayBy Albert Brooks
Monica Johnson
setIn United States of America
surface form: United States
starring Albert Brooks
Julie Hagerty
Maggie Roswell
Michael Greene
writer Albert Brooks
Monica Johnson

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Albert Brooks notableWork Lost in America
Albert Brooks directed Lost in America
Albert Brooks wrote Lost in America