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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| 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 | |
| Jim Belushi | ... | Charles Jackal | |
| 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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The US economy is in a rut, and so is the president's approval rating. What we need is a good war, but the Russians aren't interested. Hey -- how about that big polite country to the north? Niagara Falls Sheriff Bud B. Boomer takes this all a bit too seriously, though. Written by Jon Reeves <jreeves@imdb.com>
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22 September 1995 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$11,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$53,349, 25 September 1995, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$178,104Company Credits
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Highway Patrolman: Le Quebecois.
Boomer: Huh?
Highway Patrolman: You know. Wine drinkers. Pea soup eaters. French Canadians!
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[Highway patrolman tells Boomer why his graffiti must be in both English and French]Highway Patrolman: Le Quebecois.
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Dear Canadians who were offended by this movie,
Please reference dictionary definitions of "satire" and "irony".
I watched this movie for the first time on Sunday, and watched it again this morning. Moore's a genius.
I thought the funniest moment was when the president called Clark MacDonald, the prime minister, to plead with him to shut off the Hacker Hellstorm, and was forced to speak stilted French with the prime minister's French-Canadian wife as the clock ticked down.
Even if you can't see the irony in Americans not knowing that Ottawa's the capital of Canada, or the Americans being glad to leave the clean, non-odorous, Canada for the polluted, smoke-stack befouled America, didn't you chuckle a little when Honey looked out the hospital window and upon seeing a blizzard and a guy with a sled, exclaimed "Ottawa!" ?
Oh, the "aboot" joke, IMHO, could have been left out, but the scene where Boomer was forced to add French translations of his illiterate English insults had me rolling on the floor.
I even like Neil Young.