The Canadian Conspiracy (1986)

Interesting facts

The Canadian Conspiracy is a 1986 CBC Television mockumentary, directed by Robert Boyd and co-written by Boyd, Mark Achbar and Mike Short. It parodies American Cold War propaganda films and tabloid journalism, using archival clips and interviews with notable Canadian entertainers to build a narrative that the Canadian government has for decades been training agents to infiltrate and take over the American entertainment industry for the purpose of subverting American culture in preparation for a Canadian invasion of the United States.

Production

The film was produced by Bill House and Barbara Tranter of Toronto-based Shtick Productions, for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation with financial assistance from Telefilm Canada. It was made under the working title The Big Shtick: A Canadian Conspiracy.

The film was directed by Robert Boyd and co-written by Boyd, Mark Achbar and Mike Short. Original music was composed and recorded by Marc Jordan and John Capek. It was edited by Dave Goard with a running time of 90 minutes.

The celebrities who feature in the mockumentary's interviews were each paid an honorarium of US$500. Archival film clips were provided by the CBC, the Public Archives of Canada, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), Bellevue Pathé Quebec, and various film and television production companies.

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