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Countdown to Liquor Day featuring Alex Lifeson DVD release

Thu, Nov 26, 2009@1:02PM | comments removed/disabled

UPDATE - 12/1@1:30PM: Reader Will C let me know of a cheaper option for US customers who want to purchase this DVD. CDPlus.com is a Canadian CD/DVD seller that has FREE shipping for orders to the US and the DVD is listed at $29.99CAN shipped. Plus the site is having a 10% off special through December 6.

The second Trailer Park Boys movie - Countdown to Liquor Day - was released to theaters in Canada back in September and Alex Lifeson made a cameo appearance as a cop. This review of the film from the Edmonton Sun describes some details about Alex's role:

... Of course, there's the de rigueur appearance by Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson, here playing a drunken, undercover cop posing as a transvestite in a gay-prostitute alley (centred around a Chip Wagon that serves alcohol -- man, Halifax is one weird town). ...

The film will be released to DVD on December 22nd and is now available for pre-order. Lerxst also had a cameo as a cop in the first Trailer Park Boys movie and was heavily involved with the soundtrack for that film. Here's the trailer for Countdown to Liquor Day:

Thanks to RushFanForever for the heads up.

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