In honor of our travels our great white neighbor to the north, Canada, we have decided to showcase one of their finest films (okay, one of the choices was made in the US). So grab a Molson and mark June 15th on your calendars for June Movie Night – Oh Canada.
Below are the descriptions of the four movie choices and then the actual voting poll. Once again I must remind you that it is your duty if you plan on joining us to vote and if you vote and do not come a Mounty will come and scold you in French!
Ricky (Robb Wells), Julian (John Paul Tremblay) and Bubbles (Mike Smith) hit the big screen in this hilarious feature-length adventure. Fresh out of jail, the boys plan their dumbest scheme yet: get rich by stealing tons of change. But the crime won’t be easy as the trio runs up against strippers, helicopters, gunfights and more. This wild ride hits all the highbrow stops: prison, girlie bars and, of course, the Sunnyvale Trailer Park.
Hoping to snag some free beer by helping a brewery owner reclaim her business, goofy Canadian brothers Bob and Doug McKenzie (SCTV’s Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas) wind up battling criminal Brewmeister Smith (Max von Sydow), who plans to take over the world by releasing his hypnotic brew to the beer-guzzling population. Now, the fate of humankind lies in the hands of Canada’s biggest “hosers” in this classic comedy.
When a bus filled with eight elderly women breaks down in the wilderness, the group of strangers is stranded at a deserted farmhouse with only their wits, their memories and eventually some roasted frogs’ legs to sustain them. For several days, the women share their life stories and intimate thoughts. Director Cynthia Scott directs these nonprofessional actors delivering largely improvised dialogue to heartwarming effect.
A U.S. president (Alan Alda) tries to bolster his sagging approval rating by picking a fight with the unlikeliest of foes: Canada. After slick propaganda campaigns convince the American populace that the Great White North is the enemy, zealous patriot Bud B. Boomer (John Candy) takes matters into his own hands. Director Michael Moore’s first foray into feature films — a satire of the short-lived Persian Gulf War — was also one of Candy’s last.
Now that you have read the descriptions, please vote below. Voting will close on Monday, June 10th, at 11:59 pm:
