- Release Date: 1990
- Runtime: 82 min
- Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
- Starring: Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald V. Casale, Carl Reiner, Nancye Ferguson ... see all
- Director: Lucas Reiner
- Plot: Future Americans decide to time travel to 1776 to ask the founding fathers for the solutions to their problems. A glitch in the time machine changes their destination to 1976.... Read more
User Reviews
Spirited fun abounds, in this humorous trip back to the seventies
Oct 21, 2006
Amy Adler - imdb.com
Oct 21, 2006Amy Adler - imdb.com
In the future, civilization has really declined. The fashions are U.S.S.R. retro, don't you know. Not only that, no one is flourishing. Therefore, when a man named Adam 11 (David Cassidy) insists he has made a time machine, the U.S. government... Full review
Horrible but fun, in a silly way,...
Jul 30, 2002
Wayne Malin - imdb.com
Jul 30, 2002Wayne Malin - imdb.com
ONLY if you grew up during the 1970s. David Cassidy (looking great), Olivia d'Abo (with English accent intact) and Geoff Hoyle (WHO???) travel from 2176 to 1976 by mistake. While there totally predictable "hilarity" ensures. The jokes are horribly bad (there's... Full review
Wonderful concept, mediocre film
Jul 04, 1999
hotbread - imdb.com
Jul 04, 1999hotbread - imdb.com
Whoever came up with this concept deserves an award of some kind. Time travelers from the future need to visit 1776 to learn vital information about the founding of the nation. Unfortunately, something goes wrong, and the explorers wind up in... Full review
Critics Reviews
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Sure, this was the decade the gave us Led Zeppelin and some of the finest American movies of all time....It's called The Spirit of '76 and it's a cute little hoot for those who remember the 70s with equal parts nostalgia and derision.....there's a sunny good humor to the societal ribbings that helps keep the movie afloat throughout the periodic slow spots.....the admittedly silly sci-fi plot (which somehow ends up including tetrahydrozoline, aka eye drops) works just well enough to keep the 82-minute affair ... Full Review
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