Canadian Bacon (film)
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Template:Infobox Film Canadian Bacon is a 1995 comedy/satire film written, directed and produced by Michael Moore. It was one of the last films to star the late John Candy.
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Plot
A U.S. president (played by Alan Alda), faced with falling public opinion ratings, decides to go to war to distract voters from domestic troubles and invigorate the economy. The problem with this plan is that with the demise of the Soviet Union, there's no-one left to go to war with. But some brainstorming leads to an attempt to start a cold war with Canada ("everyone hates Canadians"), using media manipulation as the main tool to stoke the passions of the US public. Unfortunately, a local sheriff, Bud B. Boomer (John Candy, ironically a Canadian in real life), in a town along the US/Canada border takes it a bit further.
Tagline: Surrender pronto, or we'll level Toronto.
Cast
- Alan Alda as The President
- John Candy as Sheriff Bud B. Boomer
- Rhea Perlman as Deputy Honey
- Kevin Pollak as Stuart Smiley, National Security Advisor
- Rip Torn as General Dick Panzer
Production
The movie was filmed in Toronto and Niagara Falls Ontario. The Parkwood Estate in Oshawa was the site for the White House.
Trivia
- This is the only Michael Moore film which is not a documentary.
- This was John Candy's last film.
- The film is noted for its high number of cameos by Canadian Actors.
- The film is also noted for featuring both Canadian and American stereotypes.
See also
- Wag the Dog, a 1997 film about a similarly premised war