This is the story of The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood, a surreal comedy about a lowly bureaucrat and his fantasies of becoming president of an independent Newfoundland, that was released in 1986. A cult classic in Canadian cinema, the film is well known for the marathon it took to even get made. Principal photography on the film began eight years earlier, in 1978. Written and directed by comedy legend Andy Jones and his brother, Mike Jones, the movie was made on a shoestring budget, is packed with familiar faces and helped pave the way for Newfoundland and Labrador's vibrant film industry. And it was the first film ever both filmed and produced, from start to finish, in Newfoundland.
Andy Jones
as self
Mary Walsh
as self
Darrell Varga
as self
Paul Pope
as self
Michael Jones
as archive footage
Cathy Jones
as archive footage
Greg Malone
as archive footage
Tommy Sexton
as archive footage
Robert Joy
as archive footage
Brian Downey
as archive footage
Bryan Hennessey
as archive footage
Derek Norman
as self
