The Canadian Conspiracy

Canada, United States

1985

70 Min

Color

1.33:1

English

Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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PROD Bill House, Barbara Tranter

SCR Robert Boyd, Mark Achbar, Michael Short

CAST John Candy, Tommy Chong, Susan Clark, Lorne Greene, Monty Hall, Doug Henning, Margot Kidder, Eugene Levy, Rich Little, Howie Mandel, Lorne Michaels, Anne Murray, Leslie Nielsen, Ivan Reitman, Morley Safer, William Shatner, Martin Short, Alan Thicke, Dave Thomas

The Canadian Conspiracy is a 1985 HBO/CBC mockumentary, co-written and directed by Robert Boyd, about the way the Canadian government is subverting the United States by taking over its entertainment industry. The film features many Canadians famous in the US who do not emphasize their Canadian origins being hounded by ANN (American News Network) reporters about the Canadian conspiracy. Much is made of Leslie Nielsen’s brother Erik, then Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, of the green card being in actuality named after Lorne Greene, and of Lorne Michaels’s youth indicating his being groomed as Lorne Greene’s successor. —Wikipedia