Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew

Alternative title: Strange Brew
Synopsis: Feature film arising from the SCTV television comedy sketch series. Oafish, lager-swilling brothers, Bob and Doug, secure a job at Elsinore Brewery where something is rotten. The brewery is managed by Claude, who secured his presidency by murdering his brother and marrying his former sister-in-law. The brewery is situated next to a mental hospital. The ‘Hamlet’ character is played by a female (Lynne Griffin), Ophelia is Jean LaRose, an ex-hockey player, now an inmate of the hospital.
Language: English
Country: Canada
Medium: Film
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 1983
Duration: 91 feet

Director

Dave Thomas; Rick Moranis

Producer

Louis M. Silverstein

Cinematographer

Stephen Poster

Screenplay

Dave Thomas; Rick Moranis

Cast

Notes: Two clips may be downloaded from http://www.canadianshakespeares.ca/multimedia/video/strange_brew.cfm. Ophelia/Rosencrantz and Guilderstern shows Ophelia drowning and the attempted assassination of Hamlet. Police Divers shows the retrieval of the bodies of Bob, Doug and Rosie from the bottom of Lake Ontario. The site also provides background to the film and a full cast list.
General: According to the McKenzie brothers website Rick Mornais and Dave Thomas created their characters in protest against ‘identifiable Canadian content’ in Canadian television programming.

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