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Highway 61 is a 1991 Canadian film directed by Bruce McDonald. The film is an unofficial sequel to his 1989 film Roadkill; although focusing on different characters, it centres on a road trip beginning in Thunder Bay, Ontario, where the road trip depicted in the earlier film ended. The film premiered at the 1991 Festival of Festivals.
Apr 24, 1992 · Highway 61: Directed by Bruce McDonald. With Valerie Buhagiar, Don McKellar, Earl Pastko, Peter Breck. A small-town barber goes on a road trip from Thunder Bay to New Orleans with an unpredictable woman and a coffin.
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- Comedy, Music
- Bruce McDonald
- 1992-04-24
Highway 61. Pokey Jones (Don McKellar), a Canadian barber who plays jazz on the side, has his life turned upside down when a corpse turns up near his home. Jackie (Valerie Buhagier), a roadie...
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- Don Mckellar
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- Bruce Mcdonald
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- Valerie Buhagiar
Jun 29, 1992 · "Highway 61" opens up north in the Canadian hamlet of Pickerel Falls, where an earnest young man named Pokey Jones operates a barber shop and hangs out with his buddies. One day he discovers a frozen body in a bathtub out in the shop's backyard.
Apr 24, 1992 · A naive Canadian barber who knows US popular culture inside and out meets a flamboyant roadie who needs someone to drive her and her "brother's" corpse from Thunder Bay, Ontario to New Orleans. Chaos ensues after the barber agrees to drive her, the corpse, and the drugs stashed within all the way.
Apr 24, 1992 · Highway 61 is an offbeat, comedic road movie about a small-town Canadian barber (Don McKellar) who finds a dead body. When a woman claiming to be the corpse's roadie sister (Valerie Buhagiar), arrives in town, he agrees to drive her and the body from Ontario to New Orleans, following Highway 61 over the entire journey.
