Directed by Bob Cesca
Produced by Tara Donnon
First Assistant Director: Sandra Cimochowski
Second Assistant Director: Rick Weinhoffer
Original Music by Tim Panella
Additional music by Motor Ace and The Movies
"Thumbs Up to the USA" written by Tim Panella with vocals by Mark Slaughter
Story by Bob Cesca
Edited by Bob Cesca

Ron Bisaga as Bob Hope
Richard Bradbury as Roy Tuttle
Bill Brosey as Buzz
Barbara Cimochowski as Minnie Minnich
John Gancar as Jeff Dabney
Gary Melton as Pappy McSween
Ted Robidas as The Booger
Irene Romanelli as Dolores Hope
Jack Sergeant as Chit Minnich
Rick Weinhoffer as State Senator Skippy
Deane Weislogel as Robbie Thurston

"Subversive and hilarious. Far more on message than Michael Moore's BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE."
-David Walley,
Social Historian and author:
"No Commercial Potential: The Saga of Frank Zappa" and "The Ernie Kovacs Phile"

"A funny and satirical mockumentary gem."
-Philadelphia Film Society

"“This movie should be on TV or in theaters THIS WEEK… THE WAR EFFORT rules. I can't wait to see it again.”
-Brian Lynch,
AngryNakedPat.com,
Screenwriter: SCARY MOVIE 3
And then there was Afghanistan...

President George W. Bush goes to war against evil-doers in what he calls "a new kind of war". Meanwhile, Americans everywhere are caught in the grips of Patriotism Fever. Department stores can barely keep American flags in stock, potential terrorists lurk in every hole, and Dick Cheney camps out in mysterious undisclosed locations.

In a medium sized Pennsylvania city, a documentary movie crew sets out to capture the lives of a handful of self-proclaimed Patriots. THE WAR EFFORT follows the lives of these citizens as they forge head-first into the War, each equipped with their own brand of pro-American jingoism. And all with the firm belief that they're supporting their President, their nation, and their war.

But can they withstand the spotlight of the media and the lure of cash and prizes? Or will they bring down the wrath of the new Office of Homeland Security?

THE WAR EFFORT rips into all these facets of modern wartime American life.

You'll never look at an car windshield mounted American flag the same way again...