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Original Title: Michael Kael contre la World News Company
Status
Released
Release
1998
Runtime
1h 37m
A naive French reporter is sent to an African town to cover a sensational news story, unaware that it has been faked by an international news giant in the hopes of getting the US president re-elected for a third term.
24 Cast Members
Benoît Delépine
Michel Chel alias Michael Kael
Féodor Atkine
Maj. Sylvain
Marine Delterme
Paola Maertens
Victoria Principal
Leila Parker
Elliott Gould
Coogan
William Atherton
James Denit
Mickey Rooney
Griffith
Jules-Édouard Moustic
Renée Le Calm
Yves Jacques
Charles Robert
Alix de Konopka
Miss Picotte
Michael Morris
Robert Kipp
Luc Bernard
Steve Walsh
Paul van den Mulder
Jean Crevier
Jacques Bonnaffé
Le médecin chef
Pat Rick
Le président U.S. (sosie de Bill Clinton)
Chad Ayers
William
Jeff Breslauer
First Vigil
Steve Greenberg
Weathercaster
Barbara Heller
Reporter (archive footage)
