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A wonderful, but kind of sad documentary about the life and career of the great John Candy. He was an incredibly talented and funny man whom we lost way too soon. It's been out for awhile, but the wife and I finally got around to watching it last night.
I hadn't realized just how long it's been since he passed. 31 years now.
Surprisingly, this was directed by Colin Hanks (son of Tom Hansk), and put together by Ryan Reynolds. I heard a story about the making of the documentary - one of the most difficult parts was actually finding Dan Akroyd for an interview. Apparently, he's VERY private. Supposedly, Reynolds arrived at his house, spent the night, had breakfast the next morning, then they interviewed for several hours. After that, he had to leave.
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I was telling the kids in the comic book store about this documentary. When I mentioned John Candy's name, one of them said "I don't know who that is." Damn, kid. Way to make me feel my age. As if my body didn't already have that covered.
At least one of the other kids knew he had a bit role in Home Alone.