John Candy: I Like Me

[Available Oct. 10 on Amazon Video.] Colin Hanks' moving, insightful, heartfelt, glowing, informative, 113-minute documentary that pays homage to talented, creative, generous, likable comedian, actor, and writer John Franklin Candy from 1950 to his well-attended funeral on March 12, 1994, and consists on archival photographs, film clips excerpts, and commentary by actors (such as Bill Murray, Martin Short, Tom Hanks, Catherine O'Hara, Dan Aykroyd, Eugene Levy, Dave Thomas, Andrea Martin, Robin Duke, Steve Martin, and Macaulay Culkin), wife Rosemary Margaret Hobor, son Christopher Candy, daughter Jennifer Candy-Sullivan, cousin Steven Aker, childhood friends (such as Pat Kelly, Terry Enright, Ennio Gregoris, Tom Davidson, and Rita Davidson), Second City Toronto founder Andrew Alexander, comedian and podcast host Conan O'Brien, and director Mel Brooks.
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