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Men with Brooms


Men with Brooms Trivia

  • The University of Toronto Men's varsity curling team were used as stand ins for Paul Gross' team.
  • CAMEO(Clarence W. "Shorty" Jenkins): The most famous curling icemaker of all time appears (wearing his trademark pink cowboy hat) in a non-speaking cameo role as the icemaker that prepares ("pebbles") the ice before the final competition.
  • The line "It's not the size of the army, it's the fury of the onslaught" was originally used in another Paul Gross production - "Due South" (1997) {Asylum (#1.9)}.
  • In an attempt to help make this Canadian-made film successful, Alliance Atlantis put on an advertising campaign that was on par with a campaign for a Hollywood-made film.
  • The Tragically Hip, one of Canada's most popular rock bands, appear in this film as team Kingston. All five members hail from Kingston, and four still reside there permanently.