The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters (1982)

Name: The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
Released: 1982-03-16

The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters poster

Directed by: Richard Bartlett
Country: United States
Rating: 6.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere: IMDb

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A boy named Ralph Parker recalls his adventures during a Fourth of July celebration. He deals with family antics and the mishaps of childhood.

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What happens

The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters is an American made-for-television family-comedy film, directed by Richard Bartlett, with a script written by Jean Shepherd. Produced by Olvia Tappan, the film is the second installment in the Ralph Parker franchise. Based on Shepherd's book In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash and similar to all the other Parker Family films, the film depicts fictionalized events from his real-life childhood. Released exclusively as it aired on American Playhouse, season one, episode ten, the film was met with moderately positive critical reception. In the years since, the film has been labeled as a 4th of July holiday movie classic film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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