Canadian Bacon

Details

Release year: 1995

Storyline

The U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war against Canada.

Top credits

Did you know

• Final theatrical feature film of actor, comedian, and movie star John Candy, although filming had wrapped on this film before Wagons East (1994), which was released a year earlier.

• The final note in the credits, "To Johnny LaRue - thanks to you, we got our crane shot", is a reference to one of John Candy's recurring characters on SCTV Channel (1983) .

• Alan Alda's character is never given a name, and is both referred to and credited only as the President of the United States.

Box Office

Gross (Domestic): $163,971

Opening Weekend (Domestic): $53,349 (1995-09-24)

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Technical specs

Sound mix

Dolby SR

Aspect ratio

1.85 : 1

Color

Color

FAQ

• Canadian Bacon is the last Candy movie to be released, Wagons East! the second-to-last. Candy died in Durango MX, where the latter was filmed. Are we safe in saying that Canadian Bacon was shot first, but released posthumously?