Tracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins (born January 13, 1962) is an American country music artist and actor. He made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, Adkins has released seven more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations. In addition, he has charted more than 20 singles on the Billboard country music charts, including the Number One hits "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing", "Ladies Love Country Boys", and "You're Gonna Miss This", which peaked in 1997, 2007, and 2008, respectively. "I Left Something Turned on at Home" went to #1 on Canada's country chart. All but one of his studio albums have received gold or platinum certification in the United States; his highest-selling to date is 2005's Songs About Me, which has been certified 2× Multi-Platinum for shipping two million copies.
He has also made several appearances on television, including as a panelist on the game shows Hollywood Squares and Pyramid, as a finalist on The Celebrity Apprentice, as the voice for recurring character Elvin on King of the Hill, and in television commercial voice-overs for the KFC fast food restaurant chain. In addition, Adkins has written an autobiography entitled A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Free-Thinking Roughneck, which was released in late 2007. He has appeared in numerous films, including The Lincoln Lawyer.
Plot
At a July 4 barbecue, gramps tells the kids the story of Michael Malone, a documentary filmmaker and Michael Moore look-alike who hates America and wants to abolish July 4th. He refuses to celebrate with his nephew Josh, who's shipping out soon to the Middle East. That night, Michel has a vision of his hero, JFK, who predicts that three ghosts will visit Michael. Sure enough, General Patton, George Washington, and country music star Trace Adkins visit Michael show him the fruits of patriotism, just wars, and pacifism. Meanwhile, Arab terrorists want Malone to help them with a propaganda film. Is he the next Leni Riefenstahl or will he see the light?
Keywords: absurdism, afghanistan, ak-47, american-flag, anti-americanism, anvil, arab-stereotype, award, award-ceremony, banjo
Laugh like your country depends on it.
WARNING! This movie may be offensive to children, young people, old people, in-the-middle people, some people on the right, all people on the left, terrorists, pacifists, war-mongers, fish mongers, Christians, Jews, Muslims, atheists, agnostics (though you'd have to prove it to them), the ACLU, liberals, conservatives, neo-cons, ex-cons, future cons, Republicans, Democrats, Libertarian, people of color, people of no color, English speakers, English-as-a-second language speakers, non-speakers, men, women, more women, & Ivy League professors. Native Americans should be okay.
Michael Malone: Who are these people?::General George S. Patton: They're not people, they're the ACLU!
Josh: Oh, grandpa fell asleep again.::Timm: No, he's dead.
Timm: [upon Michael Malone arriving] Oh, look, it's Uncle Asshole.
Michael Malone: [John F. Kennedy, George S. Patton and Bill O'Reilly slap Michael Malone]::[to Bill O'Reilly]::Michael Malone: Hey, wait a minute, you're not a ghost!::Bill O'Reilly: I know! I just enjoy slapping you.
Mohammed: It is getting harder and harder to find suicide bombers. And all the really good ones are gone.
Bacon Stains Malone: Don't you worry Mas'sa Malone we got dem bacon stains out of the upholstry, just like you asked. Take over Lebron, I'll do the limo.
Michael Malone: Look can you make them stop singing.::Rastus Malone: Hey, Mas'sa don't wanna hear that slave shit, kick something in the fo fo.
Michael Malone: [misunderstanding his appearance] I always stood up for gay rights.::Angel of Death: I am the angel of freakin' death, you turdhead.
Michael Malone: I love America. That's why it needs to be destroyed. So that it can come to it's senses.
George Mulrooney: [Accepting an award for a film about McCarthyism] Thank you. I dedicate this award to all the courageous filmmakers who take on tough issues like, well, McCarthyism, even though it no longer exists. Or like slavery or Nazism, even though they ended too. But you know, evil exists today like, uh, well, Islamic terrorism, but like I'm gonna make *that* movie, right? Like I wanna get beheaded! [laughs and mimics being beheaded]