Strange brew / director, Paul Justman.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], 1991Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Warner BrothersDescription: 1 dvd sound, color ; 1/2 in. viewing copyContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Audience:
  • General
Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • VAD 6798 (viewing copy)
Max von Sydow, Rick Moranis and Dave ThomasSummary: Purporting to be loosely based on Hamlet, Strange Brew is about an evil braumeister at the Elsinore Brewery who has discovered an additive that when guzzled in beer, allows the drinkers to be easily controlled. Braumeister Smith (Max von Sydow) has a plan to take over the world with his new brew, and only the Great White hosers of the North, Bob and Doug McKenzie (Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas) -- with their plaid shirts, ski toques, fur-lined parkas, and addiction to beer -- can stop the dastardly plan, sober or not. There are several jabs at "hoseheads" and the business of movie-making, including an epilogue that critiques the film itself. Strange Brew found a cult audience with fans of the Second City comedy troupe, of which Moranis and Thomas were members.
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DVD Idaho Springs Public Library DVDFIC DVD FIC STRANGE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3ISPL00205451Q

Copyright: Atlantic Recording Corporation. NM: visual effects and all other cinematographic material. DCR 1991; PUB 23Aug91; REG 29Jun93; PA629-375.

Performer: Cream.

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Max von Sydow, Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas

Purporting to be loosely based on Hamlet, Strange Brew is about an evil braumeister at the Elsinore Brewery who has discovered an additive that when guzzled in beer, allows the drinkers to be easily controlled. Braumeister Smith (Max von Sydow) has a plan to take over the world with his new brew, and only the Great White hosers of the North, Bob and Doug McKenzie (Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas) -- with their plaid shirts, ski toques, fur-lined parkas, and addiction to beer -- can stop the dastardly plan, sober or not. There are several jabs at "hoseheads" and the business of movie-making, including an epilogue that critiques the film itself. Strange Brew found a cult audience with fans of the Second City comedy troupe, of which Moranis and Thomas were members.

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