This film looks at the wilder side of life in America. Starting off with the bloodier side of the American car culture by showing a series of crashes at race events, the film then goes on to lesser-known sexual practices. Included among these is a porno movie award show, a nude beauty contest, a sex therapy session, and a detailed explanation of where dildos come from.

This Is America (1977)
  • Rating: (120 votes)
  • Tagline:Shows What America Is Into Today! »
  • Runtime:97 minutes
  • Director: Romano Vanderbes
  • Country:USA
  • Actors:
    Herself
    Fanne Foxe
    Mercenary
    Anibal O. Lleras
    Narrator (voice: German version)
    Ulli Lommel
    Narrator
    Norman Rose
    Himself (uncredited)
    Ron Jeremy
    Bodybuilder at Gold's Gym (uncredited)
    Arnold Schwarzenegger
    Herself (uncredited)
    Holly Woodlawn
  • Genre:Documentary
  • Producer:
    Romano Vanderbes
    producer  
  • Plot: Inspired by shock-documentaries like Mondo Cane, this film looks at the wilder side of life in America. Starting off with the bloodier side of the American car culture by showing a series of crashes at race events, the film then goes on to lesser-known sexual practices. Included among these is a porno movie award show, a nude beauty contest, a sex therapy session, and a detailed explanation of where dildos come from. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>
This Is America
  • User's comment:An entertaining mondo shockumentary! by Sorsimus

    One of the more entertaining mondos, This Is America is well worth a look. Focusing on the bizarre activities of the American people it "documents" phenomena from the Indianapolis 500 to satanism and from peculiar sexual practices to drive in religion.

    Although some of the documentary material does not seem that real, every minute is entertaining. Groovy seventies atmosphere is a big plus.

    Released on video in Finland in the early eighties.


  • Also known as: Afti einai i Ameriki (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title), Crazy Ridiculous American People (UK), Das ist Amerika (West Germany), Jabberwalk ( - undefined), L'Amérique en folie (Canada - French title), L'Amérique interdite (France), Loucuras Americanas (Portugal - imdb display title), Questa è l'America (Italy - imdb display title), Sex Maniac's Guide to the USA (Australia - recut version), Tämä on Amerikka (Finland),

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