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FDR: American Badass is set for DVD release on September 25th, 2012 (see the trailer here).  The press release says it all, or at least as much as I need to know:

The shocking secret history of our 32nd American President is finally revealed in what critics are calling “nothing short of hilarious” (Todd Rigney, Beyond Hollywood), the triple-threat action/horror/comedy FDR: AMERICAN BADASS, available on DVD September 25th from Screen Media. A sensation at this year’s Comic-Con, the film stars Barry Bostwick, of TV’s “Spin City,” “Cougar Town” and The Rocky Horror Picture Show fame, as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who, after being left crippled by a werewolf bite, decides to run for President in order to stop a global werewolf curse controlled by Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito.

Joining Bostwick in the ass-kicking fun is a who’s who of cult film and television stars, including Lin Shaye (There’s Something About Mary) as Eleanor Roosevelt (continue reading…)

This is a redband trailer, which means it’s all naughty, violent, and profane. But, it’s FDR: American Badass! Franklin Delano Roosevelt in a machine gun blasting wheelchair fighting werewolf Nazis. Werewolf Nazis whose attack causes FDR’s bout with polio. Actually quote: “I think the werewolf came from Germany.”

One of SnarkCriticPop’s favorite actors — Barry Bostwick, the actor who actually thought about his role in an Asylum film, 2010: Moby Dick, and built his own gun to use in the movie — plays Roosevelt. This FDR drops such quotes in the trailer as: “Playa to playa, pimp to pimp, I appreciate it.” And: “I’m a motorcycle of death, I ain’t got no sidecar.” If that’s not enough, according to imdb.com Kevin Sorbo plays Abraham Lincoln. Say what? Watch and believe: (continue reading…)