Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy is a 1996 Canadian comedy film written by and starring the Canadian comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall. Directed by Kelly Makin and filmed in Toronto, it followed the five-season run (1988-1995) of their television series The Kids in the Hall, which had been successful in both Canada and the United States.
Plot
The five-man team plays all of the major characters and many of the bit parts. The film was written by four of the five members of the troupe, along with Norm Hiscock; the troupe's fifth member, Dave Foley, had quit the troupe and was already working as a cast member on NewsRadio, but was contractually obligated to be in the film. Foley also plays fewer characters in the film than do the other four members. Brendan Fraser and Janeane Garofalo have cameos in the film, Garofalo's being almost entirely absent from the final cut.
More details
author | Norm Hiscock |
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contentLocation | Toronto |
director | Kelly Makin |
editor | Christopher Cooper |
genre | comedy |
keywords | antidepressant army bath house bath houses brendan fraser cab driver canadian army christmas clinical depression closet closeted homosexual coma drill instructor drink follow gay bathhouse gay pornography glenn danzig heavy metal homoerotic homoeroticism homosexual janeane garofalo kathryn greenwood krista bridges lachlan murdoch love interest main protagonist market masturbate masturbation military service music video newsradio nicole de boer old woman pop music rock star rolaids sexual orientation song and dance speak suicide talk show team play test subject tum urinate white trash world music |
musicBy | Craig Northey |
producer | Lorne Michaels |
productionCompany | Lakeshore Entertainment |
publisher | Paramount Pictures |
recordedAt | Toronto |
theme | satirical |