Classic Tuesday: Lost In America (1985)

Albert Brooks stars as David Howard, a frustrated ad executive who, after being denied a promotion, quits his job, convinces his wife Linda (Julie Hagerty) to do the same, and trades their conventional life for a cross-country escape in a Winnebago. Determined to “find themselves” and live freely off their $145,000 nest egg, their adventure takes an immediate wrong turn in Las Vegas—where dreams dissolve faster than chips at the roulette table. Directed and co-written by Brooks, this sharp, witty satire skewers the fantasy of dropping out and starting over, turning a midlife crisis into a hilarious, all-too-relatable American odyssey.