Canadian Bacon
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792849643
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792849647
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 22, 2001
Running Time: 91 minutes
Sales Rank: 9563
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: September 22, 1995
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'Surrender pronto, or we'll level Toronto!' Writer/director Michael Moore (Roger and Me) serves up a 'delightfully ludicrous' (Sight and Sound) political send-up brimming with madcap hilarity and side-splitting slapstick! Starring legendary funnyman John Candy, as well as Rhea Perlman, Alan Alda, Kevin Pollak, Rip Torn and Steven Wright, Canadian Bacon is one 'funny, acidic satire' (Variety)! Faced with sagging approval ratings and disgruntled arms manufacturers, the U.S. President (Alda) decides to cook up a new Cold War with Canada! And after a flood ofmedia propaganda, Americans waste no time in 'patriotically' burning their ice skates and swearing off maple syrup. But when bumbling U.S. sheriff Boomer (Candy) and his hair-trigger deputy Honey (Perlman) decide to take matters into their own hands and lead a preemptive strike, they soon find themselves embroiled in a hilarious international incident that's too close for comfort, eh!
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Fresh from the success of Roger and Me, documentary filmmaker Michael Moore made the mistake of trying his hand at fiction film. Hoping to satirize America's leap into the Gulf War (and its abandonment of its industrial base), he wrote and directed this disappointing comedy, which fell flat despite a cast that included Alan Alda, Rip Torn, Rhea Perlman, John Candy, and Kevin Pollak. The premise is that the president (Alda) is so far down in the polls that he has to create a war to bolster his popularity; he picks a fight with Canada, demonizing the bland denizens of the Great White North to the point that a group of Niagara Falls law-enforcement types (led by Candy in one of his final film roles) decides to invade on their own initiative. There are a couple of funny moments (mostly having to do with the propaganda campaign against Canada), but otherwise, a frozen stiff. --Marshall Fine
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- Great MovieI saw this when i was a kid and i remember that it was really good. The rose colored glasses of my ... Read More
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- Canadian funOk, here's the full disclosure. I grew up in Michigan, so Canada was a 45 minute drive away. If ... Read More
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- Wow!This is clearly a true cultural classic! It is also the only Michael Moore film that I could say that ... Read More
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- Much better than I thoughtWhen this movie came out I was turned off by the stupid title and unattractive cast. But when I saw it ... Read More
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- Michael Moore goes Hollywood? What would Roger Smith think?Actually, as big a jerk as Smith is,
who cares? Moore peaked with 'Roger
and Me' , though ... Read More
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