I tried really hard not to call him a philosopher, but I could come up with little else. And I dig Denis Leary as an actor. At that, he's preeeetty good.
And here's the website for American: The Movie.
http://americanthemovie.com/
I thought it was strange that Ron Howard was making a movie about someone the vast majority of people have absolutely no idea about, but it should be interesting if nothing else.