First of all, making fun of CanadiEns would either be conducted in French, or directed at a Montreal-based hockey club - or most fittingly, both. If one wishes to make fun of CanadiAns, I can think of a number of movies that do the job much better than this one - anything involving William Shatner comes to mind. Now, this flick is a period piece of the highest order - the budget was $400,000 CAD - a sum that would be unimaginable to muster for this type of project in Canada today. That is just a small indication of the type of media presence, charisma and pull that Ken Read, Steve Podborski and the rest of the "Crazy Canucks" (Dave murray, Dave Irwin and "Jungle" Jim Hunter) had north of the 49th parallel. In addition to their success on the hill (Podborski later went on to win the World Cup Dowhill title that eluded Read during the course of the season that "The Dream Never Dies" chronicles and have his own, and by my recollection lesser, film made about it - "13 Minutes to Wait") they were well spoken in multiple languages (witness Read carrying on press conferences in German, English, French and Italian), bona fide sporting playboys (in an era where "sporting" and "playboy" were not mutually exclusive) and, as the group nickname implies - they skied with a reckless abondon not seen before or since in the staid, Euro-centric world of alpine racing. Read did everything that Billy D. Johnson did, but in complete sentences. Want an idea of what it takes to push hockey off the front of the sports pages in The Great White North? This film gives an detailed picture of one of the few times it's actually happened. Podborski may have "Just been a racer, eh?" but The Crazy Canucks together and Ken Read in particular were so much more.