Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)
A pharmaceutical scientist creates a pill that makes people remember their happiest memory, and although it's successful, it has unfortunate side effects.
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Mai Tai waiter
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Director:
Kelly MakinWriters:
Norm Hiscock, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, Scott ThompsonAll Cast & Crew
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Trivia
Dave Foley originally had a much larger role in the writing of the script and in the film, with more characters and scenes. But he quit the troupe in the middle of the writing, due to his dissatisfaction with the script and the internal feuds, was cast in NewsRadio (1995) and was featured in the movie due to contractual reasons. After years of denial from the five Kids, Dave Foley came clear about his involvement with "Brain Candy" in an interview with "The Onion A.V. Club" in 2004.
Quotes
Drill sergeant:
You go over there and Fuck 'em. We'll stay here and Masturbate. Go, go, go!
Goofs
When the two workmen roll the carpet into a tube, it is obviously lopsided, accumulating on the left hand side of the screen. In the next shot, the carpet is perfectly even.
Crazy Credits
After the credits, Mother Hurdicure is distressed over her grandson flying away with the balloons she gave him, and is queried by the boy's mother as to his whereabouts.
Alternate Versions
The Kids in the Hall originally filmed a different ending to the film where Dr. Chris Cooper (played by 'Kevin McDonald') fell into a coma and dreamed the ending. Apparently this included "an elaborate parade, complete with Coma Queens, candy-coloured floats, and a grinning mob", but unfortunately it scored poorly with test audiences. Paramount and the Kids re-evaluated the ending and agreed it lacked dramatic-weight and was "too scattered". They re-shot the ending in January.
Soundtracks
Nata Di Marzoby Yasuharu Konishi
performed by Pizzicato Five
Courtesy of Triad/Nippon Columbia/Matador
Storyline
Plot Summary
Genres
ComedyDetails
Release Date:
19 April 1996Language
English
Country of Origin
Canada, USAFilming Locations
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaBox Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$770,280 14 April 1996
Gross USA:
$2,654,308
Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$2,654,308
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