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Mulroney: The Opera
Directed byLarry Weinstein
Written byDan Redican
Produced byJessica Daniel
Larry Weinstein
Music byAlexina 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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Reception

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Mulroney: The Opera". Toronto Star. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  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.
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