Highway 61 (film)
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| Directed by | Bruce McDonald |
| Produced by | Colin Brunton Bruce McDonald |
| Written by | Bruce McDonald Don McKellar Allan Magee |
| Starring | Valerie Buhagiar Don McKellar Earl Pastko Peter Breck |
| Music by | Nash the Slash |
| Cinematography | Miroslaw Baszak |
| Editing by | Michael Pacek |
| Distributed by | Shadow Shows Incorporated (Canada) |
| Release date(s) | April 24, 1992 (USA) |
| Running time | 102 min. |
| Language | English |
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Highway 61 is a 1991 film by Canadian director Bruce McDonald.
[edit] Synopsis
The film stars Don McKellar as Pokey Jones, an orphaned barber in a small town near Thunder Bay, Ontario who dreams of becoming a jazz musician. One morning, Jones discovers a frozen corpse in his backyard, and soon meets Jackie Bangs (Valerie Buhagiar), a tough and mysterious roadie who claims the dead man is her brother.
Jackie's real intention is to use the body, a vagrant unknown to anyone in town, to smuggle stolen drugs into the United States. She convinces Pokey to use his parent's car, which hasn't been driven in decades, to drive her to New Orleans, Louisiana to bury her brother. So Jackie and Pokey set out along Ontario provincial highway 61, coffin strapped to the top of the car, and follow Bob Dylan's famous U.S. Highway 61 south through the heart of the United States. They're pursued by Mr. Skin (Earl Pastko), who believes he's Satan and wants to claim the body because the dead man sold Mr. Skin his soul.
The film also includes cameo appearances by Tav Falco, Jello Biafra and Art Bergmann.
The film's soundtrack album includes songs by Bourbon Tabernacle Choir, Rita Chiarelli, Nash the Slash and Tom Jones. Nash the Slash also composed the film's instrumental score.
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