The Canadian Conspiracy (1986)
June 8, 1986Release Date
The Canadian Conspiracy (1986)
June 8, 1986Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
John Candy
Various
Lorne Greene
Dave Thomas
Deborah Cass
Actress
Martin Short
Keith Knight
Actor
William Shatner
Eugene Levy
Margot Kidder
Michael Kohut
Actor
Anne Murray
George Buza
Actor
Alan Thicke
Bruce Vavrina
Actor
Howie Mandel
Rich Little
Michael Copeman
Actor
Gail Carr
CastingDirector
Robert Boyd
Director / Writer
Mark Achbar
Writer
Michael Short
Writer
Bill House
Producer
Barbara Tranter
Producer
John Capek
Music
Marc Jordan
Music
Martin Corley
Cinematography
Dave Goard
Editor
Gratien Gélinas
Leslie Nielsen
Ivan Reitman
Morley Safer
Lorne Michaels
Details.
This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
The Canadian Conspiracy is a 1986 CBC Television mockumentary, directed by Robert Boyd and co-written by Boyd, Mark Achbar and Mike Short. It parodies American Cold War propaganda films and tabloid journalism, using archival clips and interviews with notable Canadian entertainers to build a narrative that the Canadian government has for decades been training agents to infiltrate and take over the American entertainment industry for the purpose of subverting American culture in preparation for a Canadian invasion of the United States.
The film stars numerous celebrities as fictionalized versions of themselves, including Eugene Levy, Lorne Greene, Leslie Nielsen, William Shatner, Margot Kidder, Dave Thomas, John Candy, Anne Murray and Tommy Chong. It won two Gemini Awards and was nominated for an International Emmy Award.