American Dreamz Plot

American Dreamz is a 2006 comedy film that satirizes both American politics and popular entertainment.

It was widely speculated that the movie is meant to parody both the TV show American Idol and the George W. Bush administration, a speculation director Paul Weitz seemed to confirm when he said about the movie, "It’s almost too timely. Both the administration and American Idol do such a great job of parodying themselves that you almost can’t top them."

Tagline: Imagine a country where more people vote for their pop idol than they do for their next President.

On the morning of his re-election, President Staton (Dennis Quaid) decides to read the newspaper for the first time in four years. This starts him down a slippery slope. He begins reading obsessively, reexamining his black and white view of the world, holing up in his bedroom in his pajamas. Frightened by the President's apparent nervous breakdown, his Chief of Staff (William Dafoe) pushes him back into the spotlight, booking him as a guest judge on the television ratings juggernaut (and the President's personal favorite), the weekly talent show "American Dreamz", a show similar in format to the modern-day American Idol.

America can't seem to get enough of American Dreamz, 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 Kendoo (Mandy Moore), a conniving steel magnolia with a devoted, dopey veteran boyfriend, 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 of Dreamz—where the President will be judging along with Tweed—the stage is set for a show the nation will never forget.

Omer is instructed by his terrorist organisation to kill the president in a suicide attack. Security is bypassed by assembling the bomb after the security check, in the toilet, from small parts smuggled in. Small pieces of explosives are disguised as chewing gum. Omer agrees, but changes his mind and disposes of the bomb in the toilet. Sally's boyfriend William Williams (Chris Klein), a soldier, sees Sally having sex with Martin, and is furious. After he finds the bomb in the toilet he comes on stage and threatens to detonate it. While the other people evacuate, William starts singing and Martin films it. Accidentally the bomb is detonated, killing the two.