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comedy film, directed by Andy King."Filth City a sample of the queasy politics of political biopics"
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'', March 23, 2017. The film stars

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as Mayor Hogg, the mayor of York City who is embroiled in a political scandal. The film is loosely based on the

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scandal surrounding former Toronto mayor

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. The cast also includes

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, Andy King, Danny Polishchuk,

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, Lenno Britos, Michael Copeman, Brian Kaulback,

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and Chris Locke. The film was shot in

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in fall 2015. The film was originally scheduled to be released as a television film on Super Channel in 2016, but following that service's bankruptcy, it instead premiered theatrically at the 2017

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. Rob Ford's brother,

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, denounced the film and threatened King (without mentioning his name) by saying, "Make sure he is not crossing the street when I am driving down the road." King called his threat "outrageous".

Cast

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as Mayor Hogg * Danny Polishchuk as Officer Randy Kapowski * Andy King as Officer Phil Coke *

as Monica *

as Detective Mason * Michael Copeman Captain Lester Schultz *

as Eve Knight * Brian Kaulback as Detective Sgt. O'Donovan *

as Rhonda Hogg

References

External links

* * 2017 films Canadian political comedy films English-language Canadian films Films shot in Hamilton, Ontario Rob Ford 2010s English-language films 2010s Canadian films {{2010s-Canada-film-stub