Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy

Monday, August 5 - Friday, August 9, 2024

The country hits cloud nine when obsessed scientist Chris Cooper (Kevin McDonald) invents Gleemonex, a happiness drug. Soon everybody is taking the little orange pill. But Cooper gets a heavy dose of the blues when he discovers that early test subjects have slipped into comas. Can Cooper stop the people’s happy habit-before it’s too late?

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• Country Canada, USA
• Year 1996
• Running Time 89 minutes
• Format DCP
• Distributor Paramount Pictures
• Director Kelly Makin
• Cast Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, Scott Thompson
• Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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