HIGHWAY 61 (1992)
- Run Time: 103 min.
- Rating: AA
- Director: Bruce McDonald
- Writer(s): Allan Magee, Bruce McDonald and Don McKellar
- Producer(s): Colin Brunton & Bruce McDonald & Daniel Salerno
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Plot Summary
Inspired by Bob Dylan’s classic song and the fact that Highway 61 actually starts in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Bruce McDonald and Don McKellar combined forces to create this acclaimed rock’n’roll road movie. When naive barber Pokey Jones (McKellar) meets Jackie Bangs (Buhagiar), a flamboyant roadie on the run, it doesn’t take her long to persuade him to leave Thunder Bay for New Orleans. Jones finds himself taking not only Jackie but also a frozen corpse he found in his backyard that she claims is her brother. In hot pursuit of the fleeing couple is Mr. Skin (Pastko), a bizarre and deluded character who thinks of himself as the Devil. As the three travel south, sparks fly and romance blooms between Pokey and Jackie. “The triumphant return of two talents firing on all cylinders.”— Festival of Festivals
About the Director
Bruce McDonald
Bruce McDonald is the director of cult hits Roadkill, Highway 61 and Hard Core Logo, as well as recent films such as The Tracey Fragments, starring Ellen Page, and Pontypool. He directed the award-winning TV series Twitch City, and TV movies Platinum, The Jacqueline Susann Story and American Whiskey Bar. McDonald has also directed music videos for The Pursuit of Happiness, The Headstones and others. His current project, The Briefcase, will be released in 2010. He is also collaborating with Don McKellar on a film about the band Broken Social Scene, titled This Movie Is Broken.
