Highway 61 (1991)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Bruce McDonald

Writers:

Allan Magee (writer)
Bruce McDonald (writer)
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Release Date:

24 April 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

The most twisted part of this road is the people on it.

Plot:

A naive Canadian barber who knows US popular culture inside and out meets a flamboyant roadie who needs...

Plot Keywords:

America | Bingo | Canada | Cameo | Scenery

Awards:

3 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Valerie Buhagiar	...	Jackie Bangs
Don McKellar	...	Pokey Jones
Earl Pastko	...	Mr. Skin (a.k.a. Satan)
Peter Breck	...	Mr. Watson
Art Bergmann	...	Otto
Jello Biafra	...	Customs Agent #1
Hadley Obodiac	...	Customs Agent #2
Tav Falco	...	Motorcycle Gang Leader
Tracy Wright	...	Margo
Johnny Askwith	...	Claude
Namir Khan	...	Funeral Director
Steve Fall	...	Jeffrey The Corpse
Larry Hudson	...	Nathan - Manservant
Elizabeth Pritchard	...	Louise Watson
Chantal Ettles	...	Missie Watson
Alithea Watters	...	Minnie Watson
Ellen Carlisle	...	Mother
Brooks Rapley	...	Mother's Little Helper
Ann Shipman	...	Pickerel Falls Reporter
Michael Vendruscolo	...	Pickerel Falls Photographer
David McFarlane	...	Satan's Neighbor
Peter Lynch	...	Bingo Angry Man
Alma Doyle	...	Bingo Angry Woman
Caroline Gillis	...	Bingo Attendant
Ray Gabourie	...	Bingo Caller
Jimmy Watson	...	Highway Panhandler
Willie Selkirk	...	Motel Clerk
Robert Theodore	...	Rock Band Manager
Kevin Carlisle	...	Rock Band Member #1
Charlie Azzopardi	...	Rock Band Member #2
Jimmy Lynch	...	Rock Band Member #3
Ken Sinclair	...	Rock Band Member #4
Lad Shaga	...	Gun Dealer
Clarence Haynes	...	Motel Meat Eater
E.G. Daniels	...	Motel Vegetarian
Jay Pattison	...	Bus Driver
David Ramsden	...	Satan's Other Neighbor

Directed by
Bruce McDonald

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Allan Magee		writer
Bruce McDonald		writer
Don McKellar		writer

Produced by
Colin Brunton	....	producer
Bruce McDonald	....	producer
Daniel Salerno	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Nash the Slash

Cinematography by
Miroslaw Baszak

Film Editing by
Michael Pacek

Production Design by
Ian Brock

Costume Design by
Derek J. Baskerville
Martha Wynne Snetsinger

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David J. Webb	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Tony Currie	....	adr editor
Paul Germann	....	assistant sound editor
Sid Lieberman	....	foley artist
Steve Munro	....	sound designer
Daniel Pellerin	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Werth	....	dialogue editor
Michael Werth	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
Brock Jolliffe	....	special effects supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Hamish McIntyre	....	camera operator
Hamish McIntyre	....	key grip

Editorial Department
Ricardo Olivero	....	color timer

Music Department
Tony Kenny	....	composer: song "My Way Or the Highway"

Transportation Department
Evan Siegel	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Maya Toman	....	driving consultant: Don McKellar

Production Companies

• Shadow Stars

Distributors

• Skouras Pictures (1992) (USA) (theatrical)
• Paramount Home Video (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• Cineplex-Odeon Films (1992) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Cineplex-Odeon Home Video (1992) (Canada) (VHS)

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Denmark:16 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Duluth, Minnesota, USA

Company:

Shadow Stars

Quotes:

Louise Watson: I'm going on tour this year until I get a record contract, then I'm going to make a video. Then they're going to make a video of us and we're going to be famous. Then Mommy's going to come back and live with us. And when I grow up I'm going to do solo projects and get married to someone famous but I'm not sure who exactly.
Mr. Skin (A.K.A. Satan): Who told you all this?
Louise Watson: My Daddy.
Mr. Skin a.k.a. Satan: You're Daddy's lying. None of this is going to happen. You know why? Because you're ugly. I'm sorry to say it, but you're an ugly little girl. Just ask anyone.
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Movie Connections:

Featured in Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004) (TV)

Soundtrack:

It's Not Unusual

A hilarious and fun road movie with classic scenes!

Surprisingly had only two written comments on this film, and then I can't help myself - This film has got some scenes which you'll never forget. A road movie with everything you want from one of it's kind. it all starts off when a local Canadian barber one morning is asked by a strange woman if he can drive her and her dead brother down into the U.S. -

But is it her dead brother??? On the way they meet all kinds of strange people. This film contains so much - like the most fantastic bingo-scene in film ever, and what about indoor chicken hunt with guns, or the dream of having U2 to play in your wedding! Don't miss it! The best Canadian film I ever saw!