Beer (film) explained

Beer
Director:Patrick Kelly
Producer:Robert Chartoff
Starring:Loretta Swit
Rip Torn
Kenneth Mars
David Alan Grier
William Russ
Ralph Manza
Saul Stein
David Wohl
Dick Shawn
Music:Bill Conti
Cinematography:Bill Butler
Studio:Orion Pictures
Distributor:Orion Pictures
Runtime:83 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

Beer (also known as The Selling of America) is a 1985 American comedy film produced by Orion Pictures that satirizes the advertising industry, specifically the TV commercial industry.

Plot

Cynical ad executive B. D. Tucker (Loretta Swit) is desperate not to lose the account of the financially ailing Norbecker Brewery. When three losers (David Alan Grier, William Russ, and Saul Stein) inadvertently prevent a robbery in a bar, Tucker and her minions give them a macho image and center an entire ad campaign around them.

Cast