Spacecraft America

Pre-dating the Watergate Scandal, this prophetic satire
uses commercials and TV coverage of Nixon's second
inauguration to humorously demonstrate the absurdity
of American culture and politics.

Spacecraft America demonstrates that advertising
is directing American culture and fogging the fine distinction
between commercial exploitation of fantasies and political reality.

"A delightful comment upon the TV-commercial-type
quality of life in this country."
The Baltimore Sun

Winner of the Silver Award
Atlanta International Film Festival

Written, Produced and Directed by Michael R. Lawrence

Eric Severeid

"For the first time, the big heavy contributors to the President's campaign have been seated on each side of these East Capitol steps. All these rich folks buy these tickets, and they make a profit on it somehow or other. Roger, was there anyone on the grounds - any spectator who was just part of the public - without a ticket? Even to stand?"

Roger Mudd

"No, you couldn't do it. It's a public ceremony, but you still needed a ticket."

Dan Rather

"Walter, we've already had an interesting assortment of people arriving for the inaugural ceremony, ranging from John and Martha Mitchell to Colonel Sanders of fried-chicken fame. Colonel Sanders appears at an awful lot of places that he's not really scheduled to be."

Charles Karoult

"A crowd of demonstrators burned a flag earlier today. There are as many as 25,000 demonstrators gathered at the Lincoln Memorial for an anti-war rally."

Walter Cronkite

"The weather was supposed to be clear; but as you can see, there are some very dark clouds hovering over the White House."

Eric Severeid

"Charles Karoult has reported that some tomatoes and bottles were thrown at the President's car; but as you can see on the television screen, it seemed that the President and Mrs. Nixon were totally oblivious to anything going on around them."

Dan Rather

"Walter, you know the movie Patton is still the most popular movie at the White House. President Nixon continues to see that movie about every six or seven weeks."

Michael Lawrence Films

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