Canadian Bacon (1995)

Director:

Michael Moore

Writer (WGA):

Michael Moore (written by)

Release Date:

22 September 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

It Gets Lonely at the Top, When There's No More Butt to Kick.

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.

Plot Keywords:

Canadian Stereotype | Actor's Final Role | Police Officer | Canada | Niagara Falls

Cast

John Candy	...	Sheriff Bud B. Boomer
Alan Alda	...	U.S. President
Rhea Perlman	...	Deputy Honey
Kevin Pollak	...	Stuart Smiley, National Security Advisor
Rip Torn	...	General Dick Panzer
Kevin J. O'Connor	...	Roy Boy
Bill Nunn	...	Kabral Jabar
G.D. Spradlin	...	R.J. Hacker, President of Hacker Dynamics
James Belushi	...	Charles Jackal, NBS Reporter (as Jim Belushi)
Steven Wright	...	RCMP Officer at Headquarters
Brad Sullivan	...	Gus, CIA Canada Desk Agent
Stanley Anderson	...	Edwin S. Simon, NBS News Anchor
Richard Council	...	Russian President Vladimir Krushkin
Wallace Shawn	...	Canadian Prime Minister Clark MacDonald
Michael Copeman	...	Panzer's Aide

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (DeLuxe)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:PG | Iceland:L | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Buffalo, New York, USA

Company:

Dog Eat Dog Films

Trivia:

Director Cameo: [Michael Moore]as gun-toting anti-Canadian.

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.

Quotes:

U.S. President: The American people, Mr. Smiley, would never ever buy this.
Smiley: Mr. President, the American people will buy whatever we tell them to.

Movie Connections:

Edited from WarGames (1983)

Soundtrack:

God Bless America Again

The View From Canada

As a Canadian, I laughed my head off for the first 2/3 of this movie and after that I stopped but only because it started to fall apart NOT because any material in it was offensive. The jabs at BOTH countries was excellent. I also live near the Falls and got a blast out of the "plungers" into the river. Funniest parts: -Jim Belushi announcing that Canada has massed 90% of its population along the border in obvious preparation for an attack. -Boomer and Honey and everyone insulting Canadian beer at a hockey game and causing a riot. -Stephen Wright as an RCMP officer in parade dress getting punched and stating, "That was totally unnecessary." -argument about Toronto or Ottawa being the capital of Canada -the deployment of Omega Force in spite of Rip Torn's mentioning of its strict prohibition against Caucasians according to the Helms Amendment -the "Summit Thingy" between Alan Alda and the Russians and their obsession with MTV and "what's that other one? VH-1!" -the "Canada Desk" at the CIA.

Also, at the hospital, Honey getting a get-well card from Gordon Lightfoot and looking out the window, seeing a blizzard and dog-sleds and muttering, "Ottawa." under her breath. Moore SCORES!!! ALL the clichés and satires are perfect on both sides of the border.