{"id":144507,"date":"2025-06-05T21:22:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T21:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/05\/john-candy-i-like-me-documentary-set-to-open-tiff-50th-edition\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T21:22:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T21:22:24","slug":"john-candy-i-like-me-documentary-set-to-open-tiff-fiftieth-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/05\/john-candy-i-like-me-documentary-set-to-open-tiff-fiftieth-version\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018John Candy: I Like Me\u2019 documentary set to open TIFF fiftieth version"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text 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\/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A documentary about late Canadian comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/john-candy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Candy<\/a> will open the fiftieth version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/toronto-international-film-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toronto International Film Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The competition says <em>John Candy: I Like Me<\/em> traces the comedy star\u2019s private {and professional} life with never-before-seen house movies and candid recollections that reveal a son, husband, father and pal who battled private ghosts and Hollywood pressures.<\/p>\n<p>The movie was directed by Colin Hanks and produced by Ryan Reynolds, who say in a <a href=\"https:\/\/tiff.net\/press\/news\/colin-hanks-john-candy-i-like-me-to-open-the-50th-edition-of-the-toronto-international-film-festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joint assertion<\/a> the <em>SCTV<\/em> was an amazing actor and a good higher particular person.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tJohn Candy, pictured in a scene from the comedy \u2018Uncle Buck.\u2019.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tUniversal\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Candy appeared in among the greatest comedies of the \u201980s and \u201990s, together with <em>Uncle Buck<\/em>, <em>Planes, Trains and Automobiles<\/em>, <em>Cool Runnings<\/em> and <em>Splash<\/em>, a comedy basic that catapulted his big-screen profession together with co-star Tom Hanks, Colin\u2019s father.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Candy was simply 43 when he died in 1994 of a coronary heart assault in Mexico whereas engaged on a movie.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_5018034_684189276d533\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"5018034\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/5018034\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_5018034_684189276d533\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img 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stars, but like John, this movie is all heart. 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