list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Canadian Bacon on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Canadian_Bacon/90110/default.aspx Title: Canadian Bacon
Year: 1995
Director: Michael Moore
Plot: In Michael Moore's political satire, the U.S. president (Alan Alda) decides to wage a cold war against Canada in an attempt to reverse his slipping popularity, and, as a result, he drives a small group of incensed Canadians to take matters into their own hands. Alda is the first president in years not to lead his country into war, which naturally means that his approval rating is dangerously low. The sure-fire way to boost his popularity is to start a war and demonstrate American superiority. Unfortunately, as his advisors point out, the U.S. has run out of enemies. That is, until Alda's National Security Advisor Stuart Smiley (Kevin Pollak) happens to catch a segment on the news about a brawl at a Canadian hockey game that began when local American sheriff Bud Boomer (John Candy) made a remark about Canadian beer. This incident gives Smiley the notion to make the public believe that Canada is their new enemy. Determined to demonstrate the mighty power of America to the Canadians, Boomer gets a group of equally angry fellow Americans together to cross the border and perform the most serious of all Canadian crimes -- littering. However, the invasion is foiled and Boomer's numerous blunders threaten to turn a fabricated war into a real one. Written, directed, and produced by Michael Moore, Canadian Bacon takes lighthearted jabs at the differences between the U.S. and Canada, while also satirizing America's obsession with its military strength. The film features John Candy in his last complete screen performance. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide
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]]>Fri, 08 May 2009 01:51:37 GMTCanadian Bacon1995Michael MooreIn <a href="/players/P___103383/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Michael Moore</a>'s political satire, the U.S. president (<a href="/players/P____79264/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Alan Alda</a>) decides to wage a cold war against Canada in an attempt to reverse his slipping popularity, and, as a result, he drives a small group of incensed Canadians to take matters into their own hands. Alda is the first president in years not to lead his country into war, which naturally means that his approval rating is dangerously low. The sure-fire way to boost his popularity is to start a war and demonstrate American superiority. Unfortunately, as his advisors point out, the U.S. has run out of enemies. That is, until Alda's National Security Advisor Stuart Smiley (<a href="/players/P____57231/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Kevin Pollak</a>) happens to catch a segment on the news about a brawl at a Canadian hockey game that began when local American sheriff Bud Boomer (<a href="/players/P____10608/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>John Candy</a>) made a remark about Canadian beer. This incident gives Smiley the notion to make the public believe that Canada is their new enemy. Determined to demonstrate the mighty power of America to the Canadians, Boomer gets a group of equally angry fellow Americans together to cross the border and perform the most serious of all Canadian crimes -- littering. However, the invasion is foiled and Boomer's numerous blunders threaten to turn a fabricated war into a real one. Written, directed, and produced by <a href="/players/P___103383/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Michael Moore</a>, Canadian Bacon takes lighthearted jabs at the differences between the U.S. and Canada, while also satirizing America's obsession with its military strength. The film features <a href="/players/P____10608/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>John Candy</a> in his last complete screen performance. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide15Tag Target (>10)2312http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t11140zg5rg.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Canadian_Bacon/90110/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/the_mow/archive/2009/5/7/42164.aspx Post By: The_MOW
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Post Date: 5/7/2009 9:51:37 PM
Body: The President of the United States of America (Alan Alda) is doing miserable in the polls. So, on the advice of his advisors, he declares a Cold War on Canada. And the people of Niagra Falls, New York, are solidly behind the new anti-Canada stance of the country. Especially since its weapons maker, the biggest employer in town, was closing down and auctioning off its constructed weapons built for the US military to the citizens of the town at very low prices. The cat is pretty good, and do a pretty good job with an unfunny script. John Candy, who was a Canadian, was real good at tossing what many could take as insulting stereotypical jokes. To make things worse, this was Candy's completed movie before his death ("Wagons East" being his final film, but it was completed with a body-double, as Candy died during production). I found only one joke through the whole movie laughable. The rest I found quite insulting. This is easily the least funny movie I've seen. Actually, it's not funny at all. The musical soundtrack has no memorable tracks. There are some fairly well-known tunes, but you won't go away humming them. Director Michael Moore, who is best known for his political documentaries, does a barely fair job at bringing his horrible script to life. None of the scenes are really memorable. In fact, many scenes are obvious stock footage, and they were not merged into scenes well at all. Moore had something to say, like in his documentaries, but whatever it was was completely lost to me. His agenda was completely a miss with this film. The special effects were typical (explosions and sound effects). Nothing spectacular since it looked like, to me, like the movie was low-budget. If you are a fan of Moore, you might like the movie. But, if you are not into politics or would like to laugh at a comedy movie, then avoid this one at all cost.
]]>Fri, 08 May 2009 01:51:37 GMTThe_MOWThe_MOW Blog5/7/2009 9:51:37 PMThe President of the United States of America (Alan Alda) is doing miserable in the polls. So, on the advice of his advisors, he declares a Cold War on Canada. And the people of Niagra Falls, New York, are solidly behind the new anti-Canada stance of the country. Especially since its weapons maker, the biggest employer in town, was closing down and auctioning off its constructed weapons built for the US military to the citizens of the town at very low prices. The cat is pretty good, and do a pretty good job with an unfunny script. John Candy, who was a Canadian, was real good at tossing what many could take as insulting stereotypical jokes. To make things worse, this was Candy's completed movie before his death ("Wagons East" being his final film, but it was completed with a body-double, as Candy died during production). I found only one joke through the whole movie laughable. The rest I found quite insulting. This is easily the least funny movie I've seen. Actually, it's not funny at all. The musical soundtrack has no memorable tracks. There are some fairly well-known tunes, but you won't go away humming them. Director Michael Moore, who is best known for his political documentaries, does a barely fair job at bringing his horrible script to life. None of the scenes are really memorable. In fact, many scenes are obvious stock footage, and they were not merged into scenes well at all. Moore had something to say, like in his documentaries, but whatever it was was completely lost to me. His agenda was completely a miss with this film. The special effects were typical (explosions and sound effects). Nothing spectacular since it looked like, to me, like the movie was low-budget. If you are a fan of Moore, you might like the movie. But, if you are not into politics or would like to laugh at a comedy movie, then avoid this one at all cost. http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/4/8/27100.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 4/8/2008 2:00:41 PM
Body: It didn’t work out so well for Michael Moore, but who is to say other documentarians can’t succeed in fiction filmmaking? Recent notables to make the switch have included Nick Broomfield (whose unscripted yet dramatized Battle for Haditha opens at New York’s Film Forum next month), Barbara Kopple, Andrew Jarecki and Seth Gordon, who originally seemed to be crossing the line to remake his own The King of Kong as a narrative feature but has instead become attached to other fiction projects. The latest, though, is a bit of a shocker, even if he is famous for making a dramatization-heavy doc. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Errol Morris’ next project is a comedy, which he’s currently writing. Titled The End of Everything, the script is at least based on a true story and Morris says the film will be, “a new idea of how to blend drama with reality.” Fortunately, Morris isn’t simply whoring himself out to some Hollywood romcom, as his other quote would suggest: “I’m a funny guy, and I’d like to make something funny now,” he said. “I can’t see myself making one political film after another. I’m glad I made these two movies, but I’d like to do something different.” Doesn’t that sound like the defense of someone suddenly going from Oscar-winning drama to kid-friendly slapstick? But since this is the guy who made a riveting film out of a 95-minute interview with a single subject — an unpopular one at that — we’re probably in for something brilliant. Or else something a thousand times more disappointing than Canadian Bacon, Havoc and The Beverly Hillbillies combined. Anyway, I guess with so many people making docs these days, we need someone to make fiction films. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:00:41 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com4/8/2008 2:00:41 PMIt didn’t work out so well for Michael Moore, but who is to say other documentarians can’t succeed in fiction filmmaking? Recent notables to make the switch have included Nick Broomfield (whose unscripted yet dramatized Battle for Haditha opens at New York’s Film Forum next month), Barbara Kopple, Andrew Jarecki and Seth Gordon, who originally seemed to be crossing the line to remake his own The King of Kong as a narrative feature but has instead become attached to other fiction projects. The latest, though, is a bit of a shocker, even if he is famous for making a dramatization-heavy doc. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Errol Morris’ next project is a comedy, which he’s currently writing. Titled The End of Everything, the script is at least based on a true story and Morris says the film will be, “a new idea of how to blend drama with reality.” Fortunately, Morris isn’t simply whoring himself out to some Hollywood romcom, as his other quote would suggest: “I’m a funny guy, and I’d like to make something funny now,” he said. “I can’t see myself making one political film after another. I’m glad I made these two movies, but I’d like to do something different.” Doesn’t that sound like the defense of someone suddenly going from Oscar-winning drama to kid-friendly slapstick? But since this is the guy who made a riveting film out of a 95-minute interview with a single subject — an unpopular one at that — we’re probably in for something brilliant. Or else something a thousand times more disappointing than Canadian Bacon, Havoc and The Beverly Hillbillies combined. Anyway, I guess with so many people making docs these days, we need someone to make fiction films. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/3/28/26711.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 3/28/2008 1:00:53 PM
Body: There is so much going on these days in the marketing of The Dark Knight (see Chris Thilk’s most recent update/summary here), but Warner Bros. may be wasting a lot of time and money on its campaigns. If we’re to believe an AP story from yesterday, there’s already enough interest in the Batman Begins sequel coming from two separate directions: comic book fandom (”the magnitude of a comic-book franchise with an illustrious 70-year history”) and, of course, the cult of celebrity death (”arguably the biggest movie featuring a posthumous role in Hollywood history.”). The article highlights a number of posthumous film releases, including those of James Dean (Rebel Without a Cause and Giant), Spencer Tracy (Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner), Will Rogers (Steamboat Round the Bend), Bruce Lee (Enter the Dragon), his son, Brandon Lee (The Crow), John Candy (Canadian Bacon and Wagon’s East!), Natalie Wood (Brainstorm), Carole Lombard (To Be or Not to Be), Oliver Reed (Gladiator), Clark Gable (The Misfits) and Aaliyah, whose Queen of the Damned is implied to have only been successful on account of the singer/actress’ accidental demise. However, none of these performers, the article argues, had the benefit of having such a blockbuster swan song as a Batman movie (coupled with the Terry Gilliam movie, of course, but Ledger’s actual final film is considerably less anticipated and so may be less notable). So certainly Ledger will be winning the contest for Biggest Posthumous Box Office. (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:00:53 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com3/28/2008 1:00:53 PMThere is so much going on these days in the marketing of The Dark Knight (see Chris Thilk’s most recent update/summary here), but Warner Bros. may be wasting a lot of time and money on its campaigns. If we’re to believe an AP story from yesterday, there’s already enough interest in the Batman Begins sequel coming from two separate directions: comic book fandom (”the magnitude of a comic-book franchise with an illustrious 70-year history”) and, of course, the cult of celebrity death (”arguably the biggest movie featuring a posthumous role in Hollywood history.”). The article highlights a number of posthumous film releases, including those of James Dean (Rebel Without a Cause and Giant), Spencer Tracy (Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner), Will Rogers (Steamboat Round the Bend), Bruce Lee (Enter the Dragon), his son, Brandon Lee (The Crow), John Candy (Canadian Bacon and Wagon’s East!), Natalie Wood (Brainstorm), Carole Lombard (To Be or Not to Be), Oliver Reed (Gladiator), Clark Gable (The Misfits) and Aaliyah, whose Queen of the Damned is implied to have only been successful on account of the singer/actress’ accidental demise. However, none of these performers, the article argues, had the benefit of having such a blockbuster swan song as a Batman movie (coupled with the Terry Gilliam movie, of course, but Ledger’s actual final film is considerably less anticipated and so may be less notable). So certainly Ledger will be winning the contest for Biggest Posthumous Box Office. (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/Re_Top_5_Guilty_Pleasure_films/190/8443/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: josephkuzma
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Post Date: 5/8/2007 11:32:23 PM
Body: My list is more guilty pleasures as actors, not films. I could probably make Top 5 lists out of each of these people and more... but here goes: 1. Sylvester Stallone: Rocky II, III & IV. I don't include the first because it's a great movie and I am not ashamed of liking it. I didn't include V because it's crap. And I haven't seen Rocky Balboa so I can't say one way or the other. Also Cop Land.2. Arnold Schwarzenegger's 80s (and early 90s) catalog defines guilty pleasure over and over. I hate that I like Twins, Terminator, The Running Man, Total Recall, Predator. However, I will proudly say that I like T2. Now if only T3 had been watchable...3. Keanu Reeves - Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure/Bogus Journey, Matrix: Reloaded/Revolutions (the first wasn't a guilty pleasure in my book), Point Break , Feeling Minnesota, My Own Private Idaho, The Devil's Advocate, The Watcher.I could almost combine 4 - 5 and some of them probably aren't guilty pleasures so much but I'm listing them anyways. Take them for what you will.4. John Candy - I can't help it. Uncle Buck, The Great Outdoors, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Nothing But Trouble, Canadian Bacon? Brilliant.5. Dan Akroyd - Nothing But Trouble, Coneheads, Ghostbusters/Ghostbusters 2, Spies Like Us, Grosse Pointe Blank, Blues Brothers, Feeling Minnesota.
]]>Wed, 09 May 2007 03:32:23 GMTjosephkuzmaTop 55/8/2007 11:32:23 PMMy list is more guilty pleasures as actors, not films. I could probably make Top 5 lists out of each of these people and more... but here goes: 1. Sylvester Stallone: Rocky II, III &amp; IV. I don&#39;t include the first because it&#39;s a great movie and I am not ashamed of liking it. I didn&#39;t include V because it&#39;s crap. And I haven&#39;t seen Rocky Balboa so I can&#39;t say one way or the other. Also Cop Land.2. Arnold Schwarzenegger&#39;s 80s (and early 90s) catalog defines guilty pleasure over and over. I hate that I like Twins, Terminator, The Running Man, Total Recall, Predator. However, I will proudly say that I like T2. Now if only T3 had been watchable...3. Keanu Reeves - Bill &amp; Ted&#39;s Excellent Adventure/Bogus Journey, Matrix: Reloaded/Revolutions (the first wasn&#39;t a guilty pleasure in my book), Point Break , Feeling Minnesota, My Own Private Idaho, The Devil&#39;s Advocate, The Watcher.I could almost combine 4 - 5 and some of them probably aren&#39;t guilty pleasures so much but I&#39;m listing them anyways. Take them for what you will.4. John Candy - I can&#39;t help it. Uncle Buck, The Great Outdoors, Planes, Trains &amp; Automobiles, Nothing But Trouble, Canadian Bacon? Brilliant.5. Dan Akroyd - Nothing But Trouble, Coneheads, Ghostbusters/Ghostbusters 2, Spies Like Us, Grosse Pointe Blank, Blues Brothers, Feeling Minnesota. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/war/MemberTagFilms.aspxwar
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