The Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition is opening its fiftieth version on Sept. 4 with a glance again at one of many Nice White North’s personal: legendary SCTV comedic actor-turned-comedy celebrity, John Sweet within the Colin Hanks directed, Ryan Reynolds produced new documentary, John Sweet: I Like Me.
That second a part of the title, after all, is a nod to Sweet’s well-known line in John Hughes’ Planes, Trains and Cars, when his goofy character Del Griffith stands as much as the cynical Neal Web page and exclaims, “I like me.” One among Sweet’s huge breakout motion pictures stateside was 1984’s Splash by which he co-starred with Hanks’ father, Tom Hanks.
The docu options candid tales and recollections from Sweet’s household, closest mates, and longtime collaborators, masking his on-and-off digicam life. TIFF will run from Sept. 4-14.
“Comedy followers everywhere in the world grew up on John Sweet’s humor,” stated Cameron Bailey, CEO of TIFF. “We love that John’s international profession began in Toronto, and we will’t wait to share John Sweet: I Like Me with everybody at this yr’s Opening Night time Gala premiere. Colin Hanks has made a massively entertaining movie filled with a few of Hollywood’s greatest stars, however like John, this film is all coronary heart. For us, it’s the proper strategy to kick off TIFF’s fiftieth version.”
“While you hear the title John Sweet, your face lights up. He wasn’t only a nice actor; he was a good higher particular person. Folks liked his everyman qualities, however they didn’t understand how relatable John actually was. He went by way of the identical struggles all of us do, besides now we discuss them. We’re extremely honored to have gotten to know the person higher by way of this course of and to carry the actual John Sweet to audiences beginning together with his hometown of Toronto,” stated Hanks and Reynolds in an announcement.
John Sweet: I Like Me, an Amazon MGM title, will debut on Prime Video this fall. Amazon MGM Studios additionally fired up SXSW with the Paul Feig directed film, One other Easy Favor.
