Beer (film)

1985 film
  • August 30, 1985 (1985-08-30)
Running time
83 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Beer (also known as The Selling of America) is a 1985 American comedy film produced by Orion Pictures that satirizes the advertising industry, specifically the TV commercial industry.

Plot

Cynical ad executive B. D. Tucker (Loretta Swit) is desperate not to lose the account of the financially ailing Norbecker Brewery. When three losers (David Alan Grier, William Russ, and Saul Stein) inadvertently prevent a robbery in a bar, Tucker and her minions give them a macho image and center an entire ad campaign around them.

Cast

  • Loretta Swit as B. D. Tucker
  • Rip Torn as Buzz Beckman
  • David Alan Grier as Elliott Morrison
  • Saul Stein as Frankie Falcone
  • Kenneth Mars as Norbecker
  • William Russ as Merle Draggett
  • Dick Shawn as Talk Show Host

External links

  • Beer at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Beer at AllMovie


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