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==Synopsis==

[[File:Assignme1956.webm|thumb|The complete 1956 film]]

Jim is a middle-level oil engineer who is being relocated to [[Lake Maracaibo]], [[Venezuela]], with his family: wife Ann and two sons. He initially tries to use a Spanish [[Phrase book|pocket phrase book]] unsuccessfully, but is quickly greeted at [[La Chinita International Airport|Grano de Oro Airport]] by a company rep.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://weirdovideo.com/2019/03/13/assignment-venezuela-1956/|title=Assignment: Venezuela – 1956|website=Weirdo Video|accessdate=16 June 2019}}</ref> Jim is taken on a tour of [[Maracaibo]], [[Caracas]], and [[Lagunillas Municipality, Zulia|Lagunillas]] to familiarize him with the new country; Venezuela is depicted in a positive fashion. In Maracaibo, Jim drives across the waterfront in an imported American car, and in Caracas he explores the newly- built [[University City of Caracas]], and studies Spanish intensively.<ref name=blackmore/>^:97–98 He writes letters to Ann telling her how great Venezuela is before his family joins him a few weeks later, all having learnt Spanish beforehand.<ref name=morgan>{{cite book|last=Morgan|first=Chris|title=The Comic Galaxy of Mystery Science Theater 3000: Twelve Classic Episodes and the Movies They Lampoon|publisher=McFarland|year=2015|ISBN=9781476618838}}</ref>^:158

==Production==