Mark McKinney
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mark Douglas Brown McKinney (born June 26, 1959) is a Canadian comedian and actor, best known for his work in the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall. Following the run of their television series (1989 to 1995) and feature film (Brain Candy), he went on to star in Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 1997. From 2003 to 2006, he co-created, wrote and starred in the acclaimed mini-series Slings and Arrows, a TV show about a Canadian theatre company struggling to survive while a crazy genius director haunted by his dead mentor helps the actors find authenticity in their acting. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark McKinney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: June 26, 1959
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The Out-of-Towners
1999-04-02
The Out-of-Towners
Overview: The adventures of married couple Henry and Nancy Clark, vexed by misfortune while in New York City for Henry's job interview.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-02
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The Saddest Music in the World
2003-09-17
The Saddest Music in the World
Overview: In Depression-era Winnipeg, a legless beer baroness hosts a contest for the saddest music in the world, offering a grand prize of $25,000.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-17
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Dog Park
1998-09-14
Dog Park
Overview: Sex comedy takes a look at contemporary dating mores and hypothesizes that the new dating location may be the dog walk in the park. Follow one mild-mannered man who's consistently unlucky in love and dogs.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-14
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Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
1996-04-02
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
Overview: A pharmaceutical scientist creates a pill that makes people remember their happiest memory, and although it's successful, it has unfortunate side effects.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-02
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The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
2022-03-15
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
Overview: Through never before-seen archive material, interviews with celebrities, industry insiders, rabid fans and the Kids In The Hall themselves – this documentary tells the wild story of this cult-famous comedy troupe from the 1980s to the present day.
Genres: Documentary Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-03-15
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Carfuckers
2008-01-26
Carfuckers
Overview: A film about what really happens during those long waits at the garage and the 'truth' about why men 'love' cars.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-26
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The Kids In The Hall: Laughing Ourselves Sick
1996-03-29
The Kids In The Hall: Laughing Ourselves Sick
Overview: A half an hour doc shining light on the KITH during the making of their feature film, Brain Candy. Interviews go through the troupe’s formation, their eventual tv show and future with the making of the film.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-29
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Burnt Toast
2005-10-01
Burnt Toast
Overview: An irreverent and hilarious spin on opera, domestic drama and the hallowed institutions of love and marriage, Burnt Toast is an hour-long television opera comprised of a series of eight comic operas each depicting a different stage of romantic love. The relationships depicted run the gamut: from the passionate to the fantasized, the bored and of course the dead relationship, each as recognizable as the last.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-01
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Hayseed
1997-09-17
Hayseed
Overview: In this Canadian Candide update, orphan Gordie (Jamie Shannon) lives with his hippie aunts at a quiet Porridge Glenn farm. When his beagle Speedoh is lost, a call from a psychic suggests a search in Toronto, where hayseed meets hooker wannabe Heidi (Sarain Boylan). She introduces him to two past-porn performers (Shelly Mars, Scott Thompson), the former stars of "Who's Afraid of Vagina Woolf?" Hick Gordie seems destined for street hustling and boogie nights after encountering a gay band that raises AIDS-research money by selling Gordie off to a sleazeball pimp (Alex Karzis). At this juncture, however, Heidi hatches a plan to reunite Gordie and Speedoh.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-17
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Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang
1999-10-08
Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang
Overview: Jacob Two Two Meets The Hooded Fang is about a young boy who strives to be heard. He is nicknamed "Two-Two" for having to say things twice to be heard. One day, he decided to buy the groceries for his parents. There is a misunderstanding by the clerk, so Jacob finds himself in court. He is sentenced Two Years, Two months, two weeks, two minutes and five seconds in the Children's Prison hundreds of miles away from civilization. It is a dark, dirty dungeon-like place where the children work and are kept in cells. There are the three head characters, Master Fish, a fish/human, Mistress Fowl, a bird like woman and the Hooded Fang himself. They also have green henchmen who spray "slime resistors" at the children to prevent them escaping. Two child agents try to help him out, as the children also come up with a plan for escape.
Genres: Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-08
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This Might Be Good
2000-09-07
This Might Be Good
Overview: A festival is a concentration of hope. Audiences hungering for something startingly new, famously familiar or just plain "good". Actors hoping their well-conceived sincerity and ritual entrances have that special glow. Press and critics poised to love or hate lucidly. And proud, desperate filmmakers looking for that little blessing on their latest self-projection. All squeezing together for a few days, in a few rooms wondering whether this will truly be the perfect place at the perfect time. Of course, it rarely is. Mostly it's just a collection of almosts. Delicious, shared almosts.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-07
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The Wrong Guy
1997-08-01
The Wrong Guy
Overview: Nelson Hibbert expects to become the new president of Nagel Industries, but Mr. Nagel gives the promotion to another employee. When Nelson barges into Nagel's office to confront him, he finds Nagel's been murdered. Fearing that he will be implicated, Nelson decides to run from the law...despite the fact that the police already know the killer's identity.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-08-01
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
2002-09-28
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
Overview: The best skits from Will Ferrell's days on Saturday Night Live 1995-2002
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-28
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Superstar
1999-10-08
Superstar
Overview: Orphan Mary Katherine Gallagher, an ugly duckling at St. Monica High School, has a dream: to be kissed soulfully. She decides she can realize this dream if she becomes a superstar, so her prayers, her fantasies and her conversations with her only friend focus on achieving super-stardom.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-08
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The Kids in the Hall: Tour of Duty
2002-03-18
The Kids in the Hall: Tour of Duty
Overview: The Canadian comedy troupe reunite at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver, B.C, performing from their 2002 Tour. Features some of their most memorable sketches along with some new ones.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-18
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Heyday!
2006-03-27
Heyday!
Overview: During World War II, the usually sleepy town of Gander, Newfoundland is abuzz with activity as the stopover point for many flights between North America and the European Theater. Teenager Terry Fleming, who lives just outside of Gander, is feeling conflicted. He wants to work in Gander so that he can have access to the plethora of movie stars and GIs flying though the area.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-27
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High Life
2009-02-07
High Life
Overview: It's 1983, and hopeless junkie Dick gets an unwelcome visit from the past - his seriously sleazy former cellmate, Bug, to be precise. Bug requires a crash course in the 80s: different music, different drugs, and machines in walls that dispense money. The latter development gives Dick an idea.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-02-07
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The Ladies Man
2000-10-13
The Ladies Man
Overview: Because of his salacious language, late-night radio advice-show host Leon Phelps, along with his sweet and loyal producer Julie, is fired from his Chicago gig. Leon gets a letter from a former lover promising a life of wealth, but he doesn't know who she is. Can Leon find his secret sugar-mama? What about Julie?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-13
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Toothpaste
2002-07-20
Toothpaste
Overview: A humourous "domestic opera" about an upwardly mobile couple in their mid thirties who can't resolve an argument about the cap being left off the toothpaste.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-20
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Scared Shitless
2024-08-26
Scared Shitless
Overview: A plumber and his germophobic son are forced to get their hands dirty to save the residents of an apartment building, when a genetically engineered, blood-thirsty creature escapes into the plumbing system.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-08-26
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Spice World
1997-12-18
Spice World
Overview: World famous pop group the Spice Girls zip around London in their luxurious double decker tour bus having various adventures and performing for their fans.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Drama Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-18
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Room for Rent
2017-10-06
Room for Rent
Overview: When a reclusive man-child convinces his parents to rent their spare room to save from downsizing, a stranger with a hidden agenda moves in.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-06
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The Passion of John Ruskin
1994-10-09
The Passion of John Ruskin
Overview: A short biography on the love life of writer and critic John Ruskin
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-09
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The Kids in the Hall: Sketchfest Tribute
2008-04-04
The Kids in the Hall: Sketchfest Tribute
Overview: Retrospective live interview and discussion in San Francisco where the Kids in the Hall look back at their comedy and its impact. Released on DVD for their 2008 tour.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-04-04
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Robin And Mark And Richard III
2016-04-15
Robin And Mark And Richard III
Overview: Theatre director Robin Phillips rehearses actor Mark McKinney over the course of 3 years.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-15
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New Waterford Girl
1999-09-12
New Waterford Girl
Overview: A gifted teenager, dreaming of life beyond her small town, becomes inspired when a 15-year-old girl from New York moves in next door.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-12
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Unaccompanied Minors
2006-12-08
Unaccompanied Minors
Overview: Five disparate kids snowed in at the airport on Christmas Eve learn some lessons about friendship when they launch a bid to get back to their families and outsmart a disgruntled airport official who wants to keep them grounded.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-08
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Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss
2020-03-06
Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss
Overview: A small-town couple finds the perfect apartment in the big city, except there's one catch: the apartment is home to the ritualistic suicides of a deranged cult.
Genres: Comedy Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-03-06
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The Kids in the Hall: Same Guys, New Dresses
2001-03-02
The Kids in the Hall: Same Guys, New Dresses
Overview: A behind the scenes look at the comedy troupe, The Kids In The Hall's 1999-2000 reunion tour.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-02
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Falling Angels
2003-11-13
Falling Angels
Overview: The wickedly funny story of three sisters' coming of age in a wildly dysfunctional family, set against the backdrop of the 60's, free love, the Cold War, LSD and the dawn of feminism. Affectionately dubbed "Little Women on acid", this is a story about the destructive effects of secrecy and the bonds of duty between parents and their children.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-13
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Roots
2005-03-03
Roots
Overview: Roots is a one-of-kind produce's-eye journey through a supermarket-and through the highly sensitive issue of adoption disclosure. As a series of fruit and vegetables each drop into a shopping cart, they quickly get caught up in a conversation about origins.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-03
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A Night at the Roxbury
1998-10-01
A Night at the Roxbury
Overview: Despite being well into adulthood, brothers Doug and Steve Butabi still live at home and work in the flower shop owned by their dad. They exist only to hit on women at discos, though they're routinely unsuccessful until a chance run-in with Richard Grieco gets them inside the swank Roxbury club. Mistaken for high rollers, they meet their dream women, Vivica and Cambi, and resolve to open a club of their own.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-01
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The Last Days of Disco
1998-05-29
The Last Days of Disco
Overview: Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-29
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Beyond Corner Gas: Tales from Dog River
2005-01-01
Beyond Corner Gas: Tales from Dog River
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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This Too Shall Pass
2024-11-14
This Too Shall Pass
Overview: Simon, a 16-year-old suffocated by his strict Mormon upbringing, rebels and crosses the border with friends for a weekend in Canada, as they individually discover more about themselves.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-14
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Kids in the Hall: Scenes They Wouldn't Let Us Do
2024-01-24
Kids in the Hall: Scenes They Wouldn't Let Us Do
Overview: A very special staged reading where Kids In The Hall unveils scenes that "they wouldn't let us do." "They" being the censors, networks and even each other. This will be interspersed with behind-the-scenes storytelling of their struggles from Cancer Boy to Amazon. An SF Sketchfest presentation.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-01-24
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