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Sammy-Gate (2020)
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Genre: Biography
Country: USA
Story:
Equal parts "Dr. Strangelove," "Zelig," and "Network," "Sammy-Gate" takes you on a psychedelic trip into the 1970s polyester heart of darkness. On a USO tour of Vietnam, Sammy Davis Jr. stumbles upon a CIA-sponsored plot to smuggle heroin into the United States. Through comic ineptitude mixed with noble intentions, Davis triggers a chain of bizarre missteps by the FBI, the Mafia, and the Nixon administration that result in the Watergate scandal.
Style:
satirical, dark comedy, absurd, black comedy, parody, psychedelic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, government corruption, alternate history, counterculture, vietnam war, media satire, social commentary, spy thriller, biopic, mafia, cia, fbi, conspiracy, black history, howard hughes, watergate, mob
Time:
70s
Place:
vietnam, usa, washington d.c., united states
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, period piece, political and serious films with plots about biopic, politics, legacy, satire, president, historical figure and dark humor mostly in Biography, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like Sammy-Gate: A Single oman (2008), Gerry (2011), iSteve (2013), Loro 2 (2018), Wills & Burke (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Biography
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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