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<html> <head> <title>Canadian Bacon</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- .fotmbar { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none} .fotmbar:hover { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline} .newslink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .newslink:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink:hover { color: blue; text-decoration: underline} .b1f, .b2f, .b3f, .b4f {font-size:1px; overflow:hidden; display:block;} .b1f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 5px;} .b2f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 3px;} .b3f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 2px;} .b4f {height:2px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 1px;} .contentf {background: #e6e6e6; padding: 2px; } .contentf div {margin-left: 5px;} --> </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/trailer.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/trailer.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <div> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table> <!-- COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED --> <!-- NO PART OF THIS WEBSITE MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION --> <!-- OF SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS (ON THE WEB, IN PRINT, OR OTHERWISE) --> <!-- --> <!-- SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- PO BOX 4436, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040 USA --> </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=15 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Canadian Bacon <nobr>(22-Sep-1995)</nobr></b></font><p> <img src="t.cb-1.jpg" height=220 width=151 hspace=10 vspace=10 align=right><p> <p><p> <b>Director:</b> <a href="/people/554/000024482/">Michael Moore</a><p><b>Writer:</b> <a href="/people/554/000024482/">Michael Moore</a><p><b>Music Composed by:</b> <a href="/people/893/000022827/">Elmer Bernstein</a>; Peter Bernstein<p><b>Producers:</b> David Brown; Ron Rotholz; <a href="/people/554/000024482/">Michael Moore</a><p><b>Keywords:</b> <a href="/lists/801/000083552/">Comedy</a>, <a href="/lists/846/000084594/">Canada</a><p><div><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/half-star-20.png"><img src="/empty-star-20.png"><img src="/empty-star-20.png"></div><p>Low opinion polls prompt the U.S. President to start a war with <i>someone</i>. A fight at a hockey game which escalates into a riot sets the perfect stage for a propaganda war against America's polite Northern neighbor. This hit-and-miss satire is Michael Moore's only feature film. Compare <a href="/films/052/000035944/">South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut</a> (1999), which takes anti-Canada to new levels.<p> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/887/000023818/"><font size=-1>Alan Alda</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Jan-1936</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Capt. Hawkeye Pierce on <i>M*A*S*H</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/379/000025304/"><font size=-1>Jim Belushi</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Comic</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Jun-1954</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>According to Jim</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/237/000024165/"><font size=-1>John Candy</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Oct-1950</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1994</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Uncle Buck</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/554/000024482/"><font size=-1>Michael Moore</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Apr-1954</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Fahrenheit 9/11</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/469/000137058/"><font size=-1>Bill Nunn</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Oct-1953</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Sep-2016</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Do the Right Thing</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/228/000136817/"><font size=-1>Kevin J. O'Connor</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Nov-1963</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Candy Mountain</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/543/000023474/"><font size=-1>Rhea Perlman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Mar-1948</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Cheers</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/613/000025538/"><font size=-1>Kevin Pollak</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Comic</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Oct-1957</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Host of <i>Celebrity Poker</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/504/000024432/"><font size=-1>Wallace Shawn</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Nov-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Ate dinner with Andre</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/983/000275158/"><font size=-1>G. D. Spradlin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Aug-1920</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Jul-2011</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Canadian Bacon</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/549/000022483/"><font size=-1>Rip Torn</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Feb-1931</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Arthur on <i>The Larry Sanders Show</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/700/000022634/"><font size=-1>Steven Wright</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Comic</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Dec-1955</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>King of Wry</td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>CAST</b></font><p><table border=0><tr><td><a href="/people/887/000023818/">Alan Alda</a></td><td> ... President of the United States</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/237/000024165/">John Candy</a></td><td> ... Sheriff Bud Boomer</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/469/000137058/">Bill Nunn</a></td><td> ... Kabral</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/228/000136817/">Kevin J. O'Connor</a></td><td> ... Roy Boy</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/543/000023474/">Rhea Perlman</a></td><td> ... Honey</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/613/000025538/">Kevin Pollak</a></td><td> ... Stu Smiley</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/983/000275158/">G. D. Spradlin</a></td><td> ... R. J. Hacker</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/549/000022483/">Rip Torn</a></td><td> ... Gen. Dick Panzer</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/700/000022634/">Steven Wright</a></td><td> ... Niagara Mountie</td></tr><tr><td>Brad Sullivan</td><td> ... Gus</td></tr><tr><td>Stanley Anderson</td><td> ... Edwin S. Simon</td></tr><tr><td>Richard Council</td><td> ... Russian President</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/379/000025304/">Jim Belushi</a></td><td> ... Charles Jackal</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/504/000024432/">Wallace Shawn</a></td><td> ... Canadian Prime Minister</td></tr><tr><td>Michael Copeman</td><td> ... Panzer's Aide</td></tr><tr><td>Bruce Hunter</td><td> ... President's Aide</td></tr><tr><td>Beth Amos</td><td> ... Ruthie</td></tr><tr><td>Jack Mather</td><td> ... Pops</td></tr><tr><td>Kenner Ames</td><td> ... Mountie Sergeant</td></tr><tr><td>Roger Dunn</td><td> ... Mountie Major</td></tr><tr><td>Natalie Rose</td><td> ... Toronto Kid</td></tr><tr><td>Michael Woods</td><td> ... State Trooper #1</td></tr><tr><td>Matt Cooke</td><td> ... State Trooper #2</td></tr><tr><td>Barbara Schroeder</td><td> ... Newswoman</td></tr><tr><td>Tara Meyer</td><td> ... Candy Striper #1</td></tr><tr><td>Fab Filippo</td><td> ... Candy Striper #2</td></tr><tr><td>Carlton Watson</td><td> ... Clarence Thomason</td></tr><tr><td>Stan Coles</td><td> ... Secretary of State</td></tr><tr><td>Adrian Hough</td><td> ... Russian Aide</td></tr><tr><td>Bryan Armstrong</td><td> ... Auctioneer</td></tr><tr><td>Kelsey Binder Moore</td><td> ... Ice Cream Girl #1</td></tr><tr><td>Leah Binder Moore</td><td> ... Ice Cream Girl #2</td></tr><tr><td>Wally Bolland</td><td> ... Special Ops Soldier</td></tr><tr><td>Marcos Parilo</td><td> ... Omega Force Leader</td></tr><tr><td>Jim Czarnecki</td><td> ... Snake</td></tr><tr><td>Tony Proffer</td><td> ... Dell</td></tr><tr><td>Ben Hamper</td><td> ... Redneck Guy #1</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/554/000024482/">Michael Moore</a></td><td> ... Redneck Guy #2</td></tr><tr><td>Linda Genovesi</td><td> ... Polite Canadian Woman</td></tr><tr><td>Sheila Gray</td><td> ... Hacker Hellstorm (voice)</td></tr><tr><td>Dana Brooks</td><td> ... 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