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Canadian Bacon
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMichael Moore
Written byMichael Moore
Produced byMichael Moore
StarringAlan Alda
John Candy
Rhea Perlman
Kevin J. O'Connor
Bill Nunn
Kevin Pollak
G.D. Spradlin
Rip Torn
CinematographyHaskell Wexler
Edited byMichael Berenbaum
Wendey Stanzler
Music byElmer Bernstein
Peter Bernstein
Production
companies		Dog Eats Dog Films, Propaganda Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Maverick Films
Distributed byGramercy Pictures
Release dateSeptember 22, 1995
Running time91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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

Production

The film was shot in fall 1993, 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

References

  1. 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.
  2. "Festival de Cannes: Canadian Bacon". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
  3. "Canadian Bacon > Overview". Allmovie. Retrieved 2011-02-18.
  4. :: ETM :: Edna Talent Management Ltd ::: Ed Sahely - PDF Resume
  5. 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)
  6. "Rhea Pearlman at the Niagara Falls Arena During the Filming of Canadian Bacon". Retrieved 2008-04-10.
  7. "John Candy at the Niagara Falls Arena During the Filming of Canadian Bacon". Retrieved 2008-04-10.
  8. Dan Aykroyd's cameo can be verified by watching the film. 63 minutes into the film, he can be seen on a motorbike, gesturing for a van, which is driven by John Candy, to pull over. The fact that this is uncredited, can be verified by watching the credits at the end of the film, where no credit appears for Dan Ackroyd.
  9. "Canadian Bacon". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  10. 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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