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
Credits
- Director
- Dave Thomas; Rick Moranis
- Producer
- Louis M. Silverstein
- Cinematographer
- Stephen Poster
- Screenplay
- Dave Thomas; Rick Moranis
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Gender reversal
Notes
- 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.
Production Company
Archive
- Name
Folger Shakespeare Library
- reference@folger.edu
- Web
- http://www.folger.edu External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (202) 544 4600
- Fax
- (202) 544 4623
- Address
- 201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington
DC 20003
USA
Online Retailer
- Name
amazon.com
- Web
- http://www.amazon.com External site opens in new window
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av36926 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)