The Spirit of '76

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Plot: A virtual pantheon of icons from the 1970s populate Spirit of '76, a 1991 homage of sorts to the decade of excessive, tacky design. David Cassidy plays an inventor from a drab, lifeless futur...( read more read more... )e that wants to send a team back to 1776 to retrieve the Constitution; a technical foul-up lands them in 1976 instead. You can imagine what follows: Crazy, funky get-ups and limp jokes about Watergate, self-actualization seminars, GM Pacers, streakers, and disco. Leif Garrett, Moon Zappa, Devo, Tommy Chong, Rob Reiner, and others make cameo appearances, as well as more contemporary personalities like Julie Brown. It would be charitable to assume that the filmmakers put all this together lovingly and didn't want to distract from the warm glow of nostalgia by making anything actually funny. Also featuring Olivia D'Abo, Geoff Hoyle, and members of the band Redd Kross. --Bret Fetzer

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  • fallingpigs
    fallingpigs
    4.0 Stars
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    July 9, 2007
    This movie didn't have much to it but it was hilarious. Kind of reminded me of Austin Powers and making fun of the 70's.

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  • Rated: (PG-13)
  • Directed by: Lucas Reiner
  • Genres: Comedy, Musical & Performing Arts
  • Released: January 1, 1990
  • DVD Released: June 3, 2003

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