The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew (1983)

Directors:

Rick Moranis
Dave Thomas

Writers:

Rick Moranis (written by) &
Dave Thomas (written by) ...

Release Date:

26 August 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

The McKenzie brothers beer up under misfortune.

Plot:

Canada's most famous hosers, Bob and Doug McKenzie, get jobs at the Elsinore Brewery, only to learn that something is rotten with the state of it.

Plot Keywords:

Brewery | Hockey | Canada | Spinning Newspaper | Interruption By Audience

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Dave Thomas	...	Doug McKenzie
Rick Moranis	...	Bob McKenzie
Max von Sydow	...	Brewmeister Smith (as Max Von Sydow)
Paul Dooley	...	Claude Elsinore
Lynne Griffin	...	Pam Elsinore
Angus MacInnes	...	Jean LaRose
Tom Harvey	...	The Inspector
Douglas Campbell	...	Henry Green
Brian McConnachie	...	Ted
Len Doncheff	...	Jack Hawkland
Jill Frappier	...	Gertrude
David Beard	...	The Judge
Thick Wilson	...	The Prosecutor
Robert Windsor	...	Bailiff
Sid Lynas	...	Angry Man at Movie

Also Known As:

Strange Brew (USA) (short title)
The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) | USA:PG (No. 26857) | UK:PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Among many others, the "If I didn't have puke breath, I'd kiss you." line was improvised.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Bob is giving the man and his children their money back in the alley, a woman is passing them just as the camera changes angles. When it does, the woman is gone.

Quotes:

Policeman: I wouldn't go in there. There's a big skunk in there.
The Inspector: [Flashes his badge] We know about that. It's a Toronto skunk. My jurisdiction.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Jeopardy!: (#16.37)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

Strange Brew

One of the best comedies out there!

I love this movie so much, I even have a poster of it hanging on my door, eh! I first viewed it in my eighth grade geometry class (where we never did anything but watch movies--this class also introduced me to classics such as "Back to the Future" and "Little Shop of Horrors").

This is from the peak of the so-stupid-it's-funny era of comedy (which is starting to become popular again, only this time around it's just not funny), and it may very well be the best of them all, even better than "Airplane!". It's one of those beautiful comedies where all the jokes are incredibly stupid and incredibly smart at the same time. The courtroom scene and the "death" scene rate as two of the funniest moments in comedy history, in my opinion.

Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas have perfect chemistry together, too. The stupid bickering between Bob and Doug is hilarious (I love it when they have to go in separate directions for the first time in their life). If you haven't seen this, I cannot recommend it enough.

9/10 stars. Now take off, eh!