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Canadian Bacon (1995) -- The U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war against Canada.

Overview

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Director:
Michael Moore
Writer (WGA):
Michael Moore (written by)
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Release Date:
22 September 1995 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
It Gets Lonely at the Top, When There's No More Butt to Kick. more
Plot:
The U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war against Canada. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Take a remake of Dr. Strangelove... more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

John Candy ... Sheriff Bud Boomer

Alan Alda ... President of the United States
Rhea Perlman ... Honey

Kevin Pollak ... Stu Smiley

Rip Torn ... General Dick Panzer
Kevin J. O'Connor ... Roy Boy

Bill Nunn ... Kabral
G.D. Spradlin ... R. J. Hacker (as G. D. Spradlin)
Steven Wright ... Niagara Mountie

James Belushi ... Charles Jackal (as Jim Belushi)
Brad Sullivan ... Gus

Stanley Anderson ... Edwin S. Simon

Richard Council ... Russian President
Wallace Shawn ... Canadian Prime Minister
Michael Copeman ... Panzer's Aide
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for mild language and violence.
Runtime:
91 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Certification:
Australia:PG | USA:PG (NO. 33582) | Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) | Iceland:L | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | UK:PG
Filming Locations:
Buffalo, New York, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Director Cameo: [Michael Moore]as gun-toting anti-Canadian. more
Goofs:
Continuity: After Sheriff Boomer is forced to spray the French translations onto the side of his truck, a shot is later seen with only the English. more
Quotes:
R.J. Hacker, President of Hacker Dynamics: The American public's attention span is about as long as your dick. more
Movie Connections:
Edited from WarGames (1983) more
Soundtrack:
High Hopes more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Take a remake of Dr. Strangelove..., 18 March 2000
Author: gbroagfran from Kentucky, USA

...or a facsimile thereof, minus the black humor, add stupid jokes about Canadians and a happy ending, and you've got Canadian Bacon. Seduced yet? Hey, I liked Strangelove the first time around. The scene of the gluttonous Russian officials and the war-room scenes are lifted right out of the former. Canadian Bacon makes all the obvious Canadian/American jokes (Canadians are naive country cousins, Americans are violent, Russians are coarse, etc). Derivative and tiresome.

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