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- Release date: September 22, 1995 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109370/
- Director: Michael Moore http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109370/
- Writer: Michael Moore http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109370/
- Editor: Michael Berenbaum, Wendey Stanzler http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109370/
- Production company: Dog Eat Dog Films http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109370/
- Studio: Gramercy http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109370/
- Running time: 91 min http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109370/
- MPAA rating: PG http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109370/
- Genre: Comedy http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109370/
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Canadian Bacon is 1995 comedy movie, written and directed by political commentator, Michael Moore. The film stars John Candy as a patriotic US sheriff who takes a stand against rival country, Canada. The film was the last complete movie John Candy starred in before his death.
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Reviews
"Moore's agit-prop is mildly amusing, but far too preachy to hold water." &mdashRob Vaux, Flipside Movie Emporiumhttp://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/canadian_bacon/articles/1431128/moores_agit_prop_is_mildly_amusing_but_far_too_preachy_to_hold_water"A funny, underrated little gem that doesn't say much for Michael Moore as a fictional director, but does showcase his talents as a writer. The last decent John Candy film."—Larry Carroll, Countingdown.com http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/canadian_bacon/articles/839903/a_funny_underrated_little_gem_that_doesnt_say_much_for_michael_moore_as_a_fictional_director_but_does_showcase_his_talents_as_a_writer_the_last_decent_john_candy_film
"The best thing you can say about this scattershot political satire is that the late John Candy's next-to-last picture is relatively funnier and less depressing than his valedictory Wagons East."—Mike Clark, USA Todayhttp://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/canadian_bacon/articles/42775/the_best_thing_you_can_say_about_this_scattershot_political_satire_is_that_the_late_john_candys_next_to_last_picture_is_relatively_funnier_and_less_depressing_than_his_valedictory_wagons_east
Cast
- John Candy as Sheriff Bud B. Boomer
- Alan Alda as the President of the United States
- Rhea Perlman as Honey
- Kevin Pollak as Stu Smiley
- Rip Torn as General Dick Panzer
- Kevin J. O'Connor as Roy Boy
- James Belushi as Charles Jackal
- Bill Nunn as Kabral
- Steven Wright as Niagara Mountie
Plot Synopsis
After the end of the Cold War, the U.S. president (played by Alan Alda) faces declining poll ratings, he assigns blame to a lack of war. His advisers, NSA Stuart Smiley (played by Kevin Pollak) and General Dick Panzer (played by Rip Torn), convince him that he needs to fabricate a war with a brand-new enemy to stir American patriotism. After a much-publicized American-Canadian brawl at a hockey game on the border of the two countries, the U.S. government settles on Canada as the new enemy and declares war based on fictitious allegations of nuclear weapon stockpiling. An outraged local US sheriff, Bud B. Boomer (John Candy), takes the Canadian affront personally and organizes as group of patriots to lead a raid over the border for a grand act of littering, causing headaches for the American government.
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