Lost in America
Lost in America is a 1985 comedy film directed by Albert Brooks and cowritten by Brooks with Monica Johnson. The film stars Brooks alongside Julie Hagerty as a married couple who decide to quit their jobs and travel across America.
The Howards decide to sell their house, liquidate their assets, drop out of society, like in Easy Rider, and travel the country in a Winnebago recreational vehicle. They leave L.A. with nest egg of a hundred thousand dollars, but do not get very far. The plan goes awry when Linda loses all their savings playing roulette at the Desert Inn Casino in Las Vegas.Out of money and with nowhere to go, the couple ends up in Safford, Arizona. David unsuccessfully applies for a delivery job at a local pharmacy and resorts to an employment agency. Obnoxiously reminded by a counselor about being fired from his highpaying job in advertising, David accepts the best position availableas a crossing guard, taunted by local school kids. ........
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