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Canadian Bacon
1995
In this wacky satire on the cold war mentality, the president of the United States and an arms manufacturer find it in their best economic interests to plant rumours of a potential nuclear attack--by Canada. Then, following a border incident at a hockey tournament, a patriotic sheriff and his deputies plan a counteroffensive..... Read more
| Starring | John Candy, Alan Alda, Rhea Perlman, Bill Nunn |
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| Director | Michael Moore |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Canadian Bacon
In this wacky satire on the cold war mentality, the president of the United States and an arms manufacturer find it in their best economic interests to plant rumours of a potential nuclear attack--by Canada. Then, following a border incident at a hockey tournament, a patriotic sheriff and his deputies plan a counteroffensive...with hilarious results.
Directed by activist-writer-television mogul Michael Moore, CANADIAN BACON combines the talents of John Candy and Dan Aykroyd with such actors and comedians as Steven Wright, Rip Torn, and James Belushi. The film is reminiscent of the terrific Peter Sellers vehicle THE MOUSE THAT ROARED, which dealt with the Duchy of Grand Fenwick declaring war on the United States in order to lose and thus receive millions in reparations.
| Starring | John Candy, Alan Alda, Rhea Perlman, Bill Nunn, Kevin O'Connor, Kevin Pollak, Rip Torn |
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| Director | Michael Moore |
| Studio | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 31 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 02 Feb 2004 Production year: 1995 |
| Format | DVD |
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Director Michael Moore impressed both with his satirical documentary Roger & Me and his small-screen series TV Nation, but he came a cropper with this, his feature debut. Reversing the old The Mouse That Roared idea, the story has US President Alan Alda declaring war on Canada to boost his popularity rating. This should have been the signal for some incisive cross-border comedy, but Moore too often goes for easy laughs and settles for national stereotypes instead of fully rounded characters. Kevin Pollak's spin doctor has a couple of good lines, but GD Spradlin's shady tycoon and John Candy's redneck sheriff typify the lazy characterisation.
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Moore took a mischievous but pointed look at American mores in Roger & Me and in his small-screen series TV Nation.... read more on Time Out
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4 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Not as funny as fact
A half-funny fictional forerunner of Bowling for Columbine but this doesn't have the satirical impact of his documentaries.
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4 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Not as funny as fact
A half-funny fictional forerunner of Bowling for Columbine but this doesn't have the satirical impact of his documentaries.
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