Strange Brew (The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew) (1983)

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6.7	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Dave Thomas

Rick Moranis

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Dave Thomas
Doug McKenzie

Rick Moranis
Bob McKenzie

Max von Sydow
Brewmeister Smith

Paul Dooley
Claude Elsinore

Lynne Griffin
Pam Elsinore

Angus MacInnes
Jean LaRose

Tom Harvey
The Inspector

Douglas Campbell
Henry Green

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Rick Moranis
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Dave Thomas
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This Was Shot In 3-B (3 Beers)

7 years, 11 months ago at Apr 2 3:33

Emily J.

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You know, for the first movie that Rick Moranis, or Dave Thomas for that matter, have ever done, it's really good. Anybody who appreciates art would recognize this as the SCTV version of Shakespeare's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, which is basically another version of Hamlet. The plot has a lot of meat to it for a comedy, and the comedy itself is so funny that I laugh like a hyena at almo... read more

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Something is rotten at the Elsinore Brewery. Bob and Doug Mackenzie (as seen on SCTV) help the orphan Pam regain the brewery founded by her recently-deceased father. But to do so, they must confront the suspicious brewmaster and two teams of vicious hockey players.

Release date: 19 August 1983
UPC: 012569519923

Tags: Comedy (10), Satire (6), 1980s (5), Hockey (4), Canada (3), Conspiracy (3), Mystery (3), Canadian (3), 1983 (2), Silly (2), Based On Tv Show (2), (1), D.T. (1), '80's (1), Based On A Tv Show (1), Underrated (1), {comedy 08} (1), Beer (1)

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" Directed by: Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis Produced by: Brian E. Frankish, Jack Grossberg, and Louis M. Silverstein Written by: Steven De Jarnett, Dave Thomas, and Rick Moranis Cinematography: Steven Poster Edited by: Patrick McMahon Music by: Charles Fox Distributed by: MGM/UA"