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This article is about the film. For other uses, see Canadian bacon. 1995 American film| Canadian Bacon | |
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| Directed by | Michael Moore |
| Written by | Michael Moore |
| Produced by | Michael Moore |
| Starring | Alan Alda John Candy Rhea Perlman Kevin J. O'Connor Bill Nunn Kevin Pollak G.D. Spradlin Rip Torn |
| Cinematography | Haskell Wexler |
| Edited by | Michael Berenbaum Wendey Stanzler |
| Music by | Elmer Bernstein Peter Bernstein |
| Production companies | Dog Eats Dog Films, Propaganda Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Maverick Films |
| Distributed by | Gramercy Pictures |
| Release date | September 22, 1995 |
| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $11 million |
| Box office | $178,104 |
Canadian Bacon is a 1995 comedy film which satirizes Canada–United States relations along the Canada–United States border written, directed and produced by Michael Moore. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival, and was the final released film to star John Candy, though it was shot before the earlier-released Wagons East!.
Premise
The President of the United States (Alan Alda) has not led his country into war, and his approval rating falls. His National Security Advisor, Stuart Smiley (Kevin Pollak), suggests Canada as a new enemy after seeing a news segment about a brawl between Canadians and Americans at a hockey game in Niagara Falls, Ontario. A local American sheriff, Bud Boomer (John Candy), whose statement of preference for American beer over Canadian beer started the brawl, is caught up in the idea of invading Canada and leads a small group of fellow Americans into the country to commit the crime considered worst by Canadian standards: littering. The invasion is quickly halted by a pair of Mounties, but because of Boomer's actions, the fabricated cold war quickly escalates into a real international confrontation.
Cast
- John Candy as Sheriff Bud Boomer, Sheriff of Niagara County
- Alan Alda as President of the United States
- Rhea Perlman as Honey, Deputy sheriff of the Niagara County Sheriff Department
- Bill Nunn as Kabral, Deputy sheriff of the Niagara County Sheriff Department
- Kevin J. O'Connor as Roy Boy, friend of Sheriff Bud Boomer
- Kevin Pollak as Stu Smiley, National Security Advisor
- G. D. Spradlin as R.J. Hacker, Owner of Hacker Dynamics
- Rip Torn as General Dick Panzer, U.S. Army Chief of Staff
- Steven Wright as Niagara Mountie
- Jim Belushi as Charles Jackal, news reporter for NBS News
- Richard E. Council as Russian President Vladimir Kruschkin
- Brad Sullivan as Gus
- Stanley Anderson as Edwin S. Simon, news anchor for NBS News
- Wallace Shawn as Canadian Prime Minister
- Michael Moore as Redneck guy
- Dan Aykroyd (uncredited) as Ontario Provincial Police officer
- Ed Sahely (uncredited) as Mountie
Production
The film was shot in fall 1993,<refr>Bradley, Ed (April 26, 1995). "Moore Gets to 'Super Bowl' of Film Makers". Flint, Michigan: The Flint Journal via Dog Eat Dog Films (Michael Moore official site). Retrieved August 2, 2012. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)</ref> in Toronto, Hamilton, and Niagara Falls, Ontario; and Buffalo and Niagara Falls, New York. Scenes depicting the rapids of the Niagara River were actually filmed at Twelve Mile Creek in St. Catharines. Parkwood Estate in Oshawa was the site for the White House, and Dofasco in Hamilton was the site for Hacker Dynamics. The scene where the American characters look longingly home at the US across the putative Niagara River is them looking across Burlington Bay at Stelco steelworks in Hamilton, Ontario.
The hockey game and subsequent riot (due to insulting Canadian beer) were shot at the Niagara Falls Memorial Arena in Niagara Falls, Ontario, and the actors portraying the police officers (who eventually join in the riot upon hearing that Canadian beer "sucks") are wearing authentic Niagara Regional Police uniforms.
The film has many cameos by Canadian actors, including Dan Aykroyd, who appears uncredited as an Ontario Provincial Police officer.
Reception
Canadian Bacon received poor reviews from film critics, receiving a 14% from Rotten Tomatoes.
Stephen Holden in a 1995 review concluded "The movie is so busy spearing the dragons of American aggression that its cartoonish vision of Canadians as wimpy Pollyannas has little resonance."
See also
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, a 1964 Stanley Kubrick comedy about a fictional element of the cold war
- The Mouse that Roared
- The Canadian Conspiracy, a 1986 fictional documentary about how Canadian entertainers are conquering TV and movies in the United States.
- Wag the Dog, a 1997 film about a war devised for similar reasons
- War Plan Red, also known as the Atlantic Strategic War Plan, was a plan for the United States to make war with Great Britain, by attacking Canada.
- Canadian Idiot, a parody of Green Day's "American Idiot", by "Weird Al" Yankovic, which explores similar themes, and actually mentions the idea of a "preemptive strike" against Canada.
- "A Speculative Fiction", a song by Canadian band Propagandhi that explores a war between Canada and the U.S.
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, the 1999 South Park film about a similar war (though in this case the war's reason is a moral panic rather than explicitly to boost a president's sagging poll numbers).
- The real life War of 1812 between the United States and British North America (now Canada).
References
- Fine, Marshall (1993-11-28). "Movies: On Location: Will His 'Bacon' Sizzle? : Sure, Michael Moore can get a rise out of former GM honcho Roger Smith, but let's see how the documentarian does with his first feature". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
- "Festival de Cannes: Canadian Bacon". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- "Canadian Bacon > Overview". Allmovie. Retrieved 2011-02-18.
- :: ETM :: Edna Talent Management Ltd ::: Ed Sahely - PDF Resume
- "Rhea Pearlman at the Niagara Falls Arena During the Filming of Canadian Bacon". Retrieved 2008-04-10.
- "John Candy at the Niagara Falls Arena During the Filming of Canadian Bacon". Retrieved 2008-04-10.
- "Canadian Bacon". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
- Holden, Stephen (September 22, 1995). "Canadian Bacon (1994): America's Cold War With Canada. Just Kidding!". The New York Times. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
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