Canada's most famous hosers, Bob and Doug McKenzie, get jobs at the Elsinore Brewery, only to learn that something is rotten with the state of it.Canada's most famous hosers, Bob and Doug McKenzie, get jobs at the Elsinore Brewery, only to learn that something is rotten with the state of it.Canada's most famous hosers, Bob and Doug McKenzie, get jobs at the Elsinore Brewery, only to learn that something is rotten with the state of it.
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- Awards
- 1 win total
- Brewmeister Smith
- (as Max Von Sydow)
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Love this movie
This is my favorite move of all time
Beauty movie eh?
(You'll never look at your beer the same way again)
One of the best comedies out there!
This is from the peak of the so-stupid-it's-funny era of comedy (which is starting to become popular again, only this time around it's just not funny), and it may very well be the best of them all, even better than "Airplane!". It's one of those beautiful comedies where all the jokes are incredibly stupid and incredibly smart at the same time. The courtroom scene and the "death" scene rate as two of the funniest moments in comedy history, in my opinion.
Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas have perfect chemistry together, too. The stupid bickering between Bob and Doug is hilarious (I love it when they have to go in separate directions for the first time in their life). If you haven't seen this, I cannot recommend it enough.
9/10 stars. Now take off, eh!
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Did you know
- TriviaThe role of Brewmeister Smith was written with Max von Sydow in mind. But Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas thought actually enlisting him would be impossible. They requested von Sydow to the MGM studio, and studio head Freddie Fields telephoned the actor in Stockholm, Sweden and instructed the co-directors to "tell him the story." It turns out that Fields had just recently produced Victory (1981), which had co-starred von Sydow, so he sent the esteemed actor the script. Instead of hashing it out with Fields, von Sydow ran it by his son, who was a huge SCTV (1976) fan, and encouraged his father to take the role.
- GoofsAt the end of the court room scene, the picture behind the judge, which was obviously supposed to fall off the wall as he bangs his gavel, falls a couple of seconds too early.
- Quotes
Claude Elsinore: And I'd like to point out that these tapes have not been faked, or altered in any way. In fact they have time coding, which is very hard to fake.
The Judge: For the benefit of the court would you please explain "time coding."
Claude Elsinore: Well, uh... just because I don't know what it is, it doesn't mean I'm lying.
- Crazy creditsThe lion in the Metro-Goldywn-Mayer logo belches. Then the camera pans to the side to reveal that the McKenzie brothers are playing with the lion's tail.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary (2007)
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $8,571,374
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,913,389
- Aug 28, 1983
- Gross worldwide
- $8,571,374







