Encyclopededia Canadiana

Huh. Apparently The Film Reference Library (part of the Toronto Film Festival Group) have an online Canadian Film Encyclopedia.

Under the Porky's entry. (excerpt)

"More than two decades after grossing more than $100 million worldwide, the unabashedly low-brow Porky’s remains far and away the highest-grossing Canadian movie of all time. Vicious reviews – Variety called it “astonishingly vulgar … has to be seen to be believed” – weren’t enough to prevent either the film’s success or the making of two sequels. Its combination of artistic vacuity and financial success have made Porky’s one of the most reviled and resented films in the Canadian canon.

Porky’s received the Golden Reel Genie Award for having the highest gross at the Canadian box office. It was also the third highest-grossing movie of 1982 at the North American box office."

Amusing.

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