FilmmakerPaulWeitz-whosecomicexplorationshaveventuredintothesynergistichallsofcorporateculture("InGoodCompany"),theperilsofpsychologicalisolationism("AboutaBoy")andthevicissitudesoflosingone'svirginity("AmericanPie")-nowdeliversacomedyyankedfromright-nowpopularculture...wherethenation'sshrinkingattentionspanismorefocusedon"what'shot"thanonhot-buttonheadlines:"AmericanDreamz". 　　Onthemorningofhisre-election,thePresident(Quaid)decidestoreadthenewspaperforthefirsttimeinfouryears.Thisstartshimdownaslipperyslope.Hebeginsreadingobsessively,reexamininghisblackandwhiteviewoftheworld,holingupinhisbedroominhispajamas.FrightenedbythePresident'sapparentnervousbreakdown,hisChiefofStaff(Dafoe)pusheshimbackintothespotlight,bookinghimasaguestjudgeonthetelevisionratingsjuggernaut(andthePresident'spersonalfave),theweeklytalentshow"AmericanDreamz". 　　Americacan'tseemtogetenoughof"AmericanDreamz,"hostedbyself-aggrandizing,self-loathingMartinTweed(Grant),everonthelookoutforthenextinsta-celebrity.HislatestcropofhopefulsincludesSally(Moore),aconnivingsteelmagnoliawithadevoted,dopeyveteranboyfriend(Klein),andOmer,arecentSouthernCalifornianimmigrant(whojusthappenstobeabumbling,showtunesinging,would-beterroristawaitingactivation).WhenbothSallyandOmermakeittothefinalroundofDreamz-wherethePresidentwillbejudgingalongwithTweed-thestageissetforashowthenationwillneverforget. 　　"AmericanDreamz"iswritten,producedanddirectedbyPaulWeitz(writer/directorof"InGoodCompany,"co-director/AcademyAward?nominatedco-screenwriterof"AboutABoy"andco-directorof"AmericanPie").AndrewMianoandRodneyLiberalsoproduce;ChrisWeitzandKerryKohanskyserveasexecutiveproducers.