The best John Candy’s documentary movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best John Candy’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about John Candy.
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
7.2/10
A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010, featuring rare and never before seen footage, this is the mind boggling story of The National Lampoon from its subversive and electrifying beginnings, to rebirth as an unlikely Hollywood heavyweight, and beyond. A humour empire like no other, the impact of the magazines irreverent, often shocking, sensibility was nothing short of seismic: this is an institution whose (drunk stoned brilliant) alumni left their fingerprints all over popular culture. Both insanely great and breathtakingly innovative, The National Lampoon created the foundation of modern comic sensibility by setting the bar in comedy impossibly high.
Making a 'Splash'
6.6/10
Retrospective documentary on the making of the hit comedy Splash (1984).
Tears Are Not Enough
8.4/10
On 10 February 1985, fifty-three of Canada's top performers gathered together to record the song Tears Are Not Enough in an effort to generate aid to famine victims in Africa. This is a behind-the-scenes look at that historic session, filled with moments of excitement, pathos, humor and magic.
It Came from Hollywood
5.8/10
Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Gilda Radner and Cheech and Chong present this compilation of classic bad films from the 50's, 60's and 70's. Special features on gorilla pictures, anti-marijuana films and a special tribute to the worst film maker of all-time, Ed Wood.
John Candy: Comic Spirit
7.2/10
A tribute to the late John Candy from the cast of Spaceballs
Spaceballs: The Documentary
6.9/10
The cast and crew of Spaceballs looks back at the making of the movie in this documentary produced for the special features on Spaceballs: The Special Edition DVD.
John Candy: Behind Closed Doors
John Candy isn't the typical leading man, but audiences fall in love with his onscreen wit and charm; as one of the most adored comedic actors of the 1980s, Candy's characters range from hilarious to touching and even dramatic.
