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Michael Moore (written by)
Release Date:
22 September 1995 (USA)
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Tagline:
It Gets Lonely at the Top, When There's No More Butt to Kick. See more »
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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 »
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Brilliantly Funny Film On Canada/Us Quirks
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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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Rated PG for mild language and violence.
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91 min
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Australia:PG | Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) | USA:PG (NO. 33582) | Iceland:L | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | UK:PG
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Director Cameo: [Michael Moore]as gun-toting anti-Canadian.See more »
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Continuity: During the opening suicide attempt, Roy-Boy has a strip of duct tape over his mouth. After climbing over the guardrail at Niagara Falls, the duct tape is gone.See more »
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Highway Patrolman:Ah, Americans. Welcome to Ontario, sportsman's paradise!
Boomer:Isn't it though.
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Boomer:Isn't it though.
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References Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)See more »
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God Bless America AgainSee more »
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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.