Mulroney: The Opera

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Mulroney: The Opera
Directed byLarry Weinstein
Written by Dan Redican
Produced byJessica Daniel
Larry Weinstein
Music by Alexina Louie
Production
company
Rhombus Media
Distributed byAlliance
Release date
  • 16 April 2011 (2011-04-16)
Running time
75 minutes [1]
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3.8 million (CAD) [1]

Mulroney: The Opera is a satirical Canadian film about former prime minister Brian Mulroney. The film, budgeted at $3.8 million (CAD), is directed by Larry Weinstein, who previously worked on nine operas with Dan Redican and Alexina Louie. [2]

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Cast

Reception

The film received mixed reviews. Torontoist deemed it the "most recognizably Canadian comedy ever". [3] Greg Quill of the Toronto Star panned the production as "a fiasco, a flame-out for sure, but an epic failure". [1] The Globe and Mail praised the film for having "overwhelming ambition, hyperbole, pathos, satire and politics with clever writing, skilled acting, great voices and compelling music". [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mulroney: The Opera". Toronto Star . 14 April 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2012.Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  2. King, Randall (14 April 2011). "Former PM takes it on the chin in satire". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
  3. Semley, John (14 April 2011). "Local Filmmakers Make Mulroney Sing" . Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  4. Winsor, Hugh (6 September 2011). "Mulroney – a life that screams for opera treatment" . Retrieved 16 July 2012.