Terry and Dean are lifelong friends who have grown-up together: shotgunning their first beers, forming their first garage band, and growing the great Canadian mullet known as "hockey hair". Now the lives of these Alberta everymen are brought to the big screen by documentarian Ferral Mitchener in an exploration of the depths of friendship, the fragility of life, growing up gracefully and the art and science of drinking beer like a man.
Acting
Paul Spence and David Lawrence improvised most scenes — no script, pure chaos.
Direction
Michael Dowse fooled actual Albertans into thinking this was a real documentary.
Writing
"Just give'r" entered Canadian vernacular permanently because of this film.
Director
Michael Dowse
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Spawned an entire subgenre of 'Canuxploitation' films and made 'hockey hair' a nationally recognized aesthetic. The Calgary premiere had audience members throwing beer at the screen.
CA
