Canadian Bacon

Movie Description

"Surrender pronto, or…we'll level Toronto!"

Writer/director Michael Moore (Roger and Me) serves up a "delightfully ludicrous" (Sight and Sound) political send-up brimming with madcap hilarity and side-splitting slapstick! Starring legendary funnyman John Candy, as well as Rhea Perlman, Alan Alda, Kevin Pollak, Rip Torn and Steven Wright, Canadian Bacon is one "funny, acidic satire" (Variety)!

Faced with sagging approval ratings and disgruntled arms manufacturers, the U.S. President (Alda) decides to cook up a new Cold War... with Canada! And after a flood of media propaganda, Americans waste no time in "patriotically" burning their ice skates and swearing off maple syrup. But when bumbling U.S. sheriff Boomer (Candy) and his hair-trigger deputy Honey (Perlman) decide to take matters into their own hands and lead a preemptive strike, they soon find themselves embroiled in a hilarious international incident that's too close for comfort, eh!

Director

•   Michael Moore

Cast

•   John Candy (Sheriff Bud B. Boomer)
•   Alan Alda (U.S. President)
•   Rhea Perlman (Deputy Honey)
•   Kevin Pollak (Stuart Smiley, National Security Advisor)
•   Rip Torn (General Dick Panzer)
•   Kevin J. O'Connor (Roy Boy)
•   Bill Nunn (Kabral Jabar)
•   G.D. Spradlin (R.J. Hacker, President of Hacker Dynamics)
•   James Belushi (Charles Jackal, NBS Reporter (as Jim Belushi))
•   Steven Wright (RCMP Officer at Headquarters)
•   Brad Sullivan (Gus, CIA Canada Desk Agent)
•   Stanley Anderson (Edwin S. Simon, NBS News Anchor)
•   Richard Council (Russian President Vladimir Krushkin)
•   Wallace Shawn (Canadian Prime Minister Clark MacDonald)
•   Michael Copeman (Panzer's Aide)
•   Bruce Hunter (President's Aide)
•   Beth Amos (Ruthie, Night Shift at Canadian Power Plant)
•   Jack Mather (Pops, Night Shift at Canadian Power Plant)
•   Kenner Ames (Mountie Sergeant)
•   Roger Dunn (Mountie Major)
•   Natalie Rose (Toronto Kid)
•   Michael Woods (State Trooper)
•   Matt Cooke (State Trooper)
•   Barbara Schroeder (Kelly Green, Newswoman)
•   Tara Meyer (Candy Striper at Canadian Hospital)
•   Fab Filippo (Candy Striper at Canadian Hospital)
•   Carlton Watson (Clarence Thomason)
•   Stan Coles (Secretary of State)
•   Adrian Hough (Russian Aide)
•   Bryan Armstrong (Auctioneer)
•   Kelsey Binder Moore (Ice Cream Girl)
•   Leah Binder Moore (Ice Cream Girl)
•   Wally Bolland (Special Ops Soldier)
•   Markus Parilo (Omega Force Leader (as Marcos Parilo))
•   Jim Czarnecki (Snake, Bar Patron)
•   Tony Proffer (Dell)
•   Ben Hamper (Redneck Protester #1)
•   Michael Moore (Redneck Protester #2)
•   Linda Genovesi (Polite Canadian Woman)
•   Sheila Gray (Hacker Hellstorm (voice))
•   Dana Brooks (Paulette Kalini, Talk Show Host)
•   Dan Aykroyd (OPP Officer (uncredited))
•   Gordon Michael Woolvett (Male candy striper (uncredited))