The Canadian Conspiracy
1986 Canadian mockumentary film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Canadian Conspiracy is a 1986 CBC Television mockumentary, directed by Robert Boyd[1][2] and co-written by Boyd, Mark Achbar and Mike Short.[3] It parodies American Cold War propaganda films and tabloid journalism,[4] 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[5][6] in preparation for a Canadian invasion of the United States.
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Directed by | Robert Boyd |
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Narrated by | Damir Andrei |
Edited by | Dave Goard |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
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.