Mulroney: The Opera | |
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Directed by | Larry Weinstein |
Written by | Dan Redican |
Produced by | Jessica Daniel Larry Weinstein |
Music by | Alexina Louie |
Production company | Rhombus Media |
Distributed by | Alliance |
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Running time | 75 minutes [1] |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
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]
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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