UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. -- Hugh Grant (Bridget Jones' Diary) and Dennis Quaid (In Good Company) star in American Dreamz, the season's most outrageously funny comedy about living the American dream, from the writer and director of American Pie, Paul Weitz.

Available on DVD October 3, 2006 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment, American Dreamz takes audiences on a wild ride through the absurd world of reality talent competitions.

Featuring an all-star ensemble cast including Mandy Moore (Saved), Chris Klein (American Pie), Marcia Gay Harden (Mona Lisa Smile) and two-time Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe (Inside Man), the film sets the stage for the most shocking and wildly funny talent showdown the country has ever seen.

Hosted by a foul-mouthed, egomaniacal scoundrel (Hugh Grant), "American Dreamz" is the number one television program in America, a real-life talent show that allows singing hopefuls to compete for instant fame.

When the President of the United States (Dennis Quaid) agrees to be a judge for the show's finale, a ruthlessly ambitious young woman from America's heartland (Mandy Moore) faces off against a show tune loving immigrant (newcomer Sam Golzari) with potentially explosive results.

American Critics Sing Praises of "American Dreamz"

"American Dreamz" won over reviewers from coast to coast, who stopped laughing just long enough to applaud its hilarious take on contemporary values. It is "an outrageously funny film," raves Pete Hammond of Maxim. "A funny and engaging movie!" gushes Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly. Thelma Adams of US Weekly crows, "A riot!"

Synopsis
On the morning of his re-election, the President of the United States (Dennis Quaid) decides to read the newspaper for the first time in four years, starting him down a slippery slope. He holes up in his bedroom, reading obsessively and reexamining his black and white view of the world.

Frightened by the President's apparent nervous breakdown, his chief of staff (Willem Dafoe) pushes him back into the spotlight by booking him as a guest judge on the weekly talent show and television ratings juggernaut "American Dreamz."

America can't seem to get enough of the show, which is hosted by self- aggrandizing, self-loathing Martin Tweed (Hugh Grant), ever on the lookout for the next insta-celebrity.

His latest crop of hopefuls includes Sally (Mandy Moore), a conniving all-American girl with a devoted, dopey veteran boyfriend (Chris Klein), and Omer, a recent Southern Californian immigrant who just happens to be a bumbling, show tune singing, would-be terrorist awaiting activation.

When both Sally and Omer make it to the final round, where the President will be judging along with Tweed, the stage is set for a show the nation will never forget.