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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.
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Overview

User Rating:
5.7/10   8,521 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Michael Moore (written by)
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Release Date:
22 September 1995 (USA) more
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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
User Reviews:
Brilliantly Funny Film On Canada/Us Quirks more (104 total)

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

Also Known As:
Kanadiko bacon (Greece) (festival title) [el]
Kindynos apo to Vorra (Greece) (cable TV title) [el]
Operação Canadá (Brazil) [pt]
Operação Toucinho Canadiano (Portugal) [pt]
Operación Canadá (Spain) [es]
Operacja 'Bekon' (Poland) [pl]
Operazione Canadian Bacon (Italy) [it]
Pajzs a résen (Hungary) [hu]
Pekonia kanadalaisittain (Finland) [fi]
Unsere feindlichen Nachbarn (Germany) (video title) [de]
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MPAA:
Rated PG for mild language and violence.
Runtime:
91 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:PG | USA:PG (NO. 33582) | Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) | Iceland:L | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | UK:PG
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
A deleted scene featured James Belushi and Mary Charlotte Wilcox as Canadian border guards wearing beaver hats. They improvised the entire scene. Afterward, Belushi, a relative newcomer to the comedy scene, told comedy veteran Wilcox (whom he didn't recognize) "You're kind of funny" and that she should try to get into comedy. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: At the beginning the motorcade is described as being in Niagara Falls where in fact it drives by Dofasco Steel on Ottawa Street in Hamilton Ontario. As well, the factory shot from across the water is also Hamilton, but this is a shot of Stelco Steel, Dofasco's neighbor. more
Quotes:
Roy Boy: How come you never see any black guys playing hockey?
Kabral: Now do you think it's easy to just gradually take over every professional sport? Let me tell you something, man. Brothers have started figuring out this ice thing. Hope you enjoyed it!
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Movie Connections:
References The Guns of Navarone (1961) more
Soundtrack:
Ballad Of The Green Beret more

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18 out of 29 people found the following review useful.
Brilliantly Funny Film On Canada/Us Quirks, 17 May 2004
10/10
Author: gavinw33

First of all I'd like to correct those who have claimed this film was written by a Canadian. Michael Moore wrote, produced and directed this film and he was born in Flint, Michigan. In fact his much acclaimed earlier film Roger & Me was all about his hometown and its unfortunate plight.

With that out of the way I'd like to say that Michael Moore did a wonderful job capturing the humour in the quirky traits and differences that separate Canadians and Americans whether that be Canada's pride for hockey and their beer or America's ignorance of Canada as a whole. The film is filled with funny little political hints and satire of the typical Moore fashion that helped make his last film Bowling For Columbine the best selling documentary of all time.

This movie is not a documentary but rather a witty story that brings forth the same concept of a president creating a fake conflict to boost poll ratings that Wagging The Dog was to later use more seriously.

Some of the comments made in this film show eerie foreshadowing to what has happened in the world since it was produced.

No matter what your motivation for watching this film you can expect to get the same formula of political commentary delivered with wit and humour that you get in all of Michael Moore's Films, TV Shows, and novels.

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