Highway 61 (1991)

Director:

Bruce McDonald

Writers:

Allan Magee (writer)
Bruce McDonald (writer)

Release Date:

24 April 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Music

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:

Barber | Roadie | New Orleans | Drugs | On The Road

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

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) (2006) | Canada:14A (British Columbia/Manitoba) | Canada:14A (Alberta) (2009) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Denmark:16 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Duluth, Minnesota, USA

Company:

Shadow Shows

Quotes:

Bingo Angry Woman: He must be cheating that's how.
Mr. Skin (A.K.A. Satan): Lady, you can't cheat at bingo. If you could, I would, but you can't. I won because I was lucky - lucky to wind up in a town full of losers!

Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

Roll On Down the Highway

Hysterical, clever, quirky, all of that.

This is one of my favorite movies of all time (the other one is The Purple Rose of Cairo). If you haven't seen this movie yet then I envy you, because I can never watch it again for the first time like you can. It is the story of Pokey, the small-town barber who has never left his home of Pickerel Falls (well - he hasn't travelled further than Thunder Bay), and his awakening into adulthood one summer as he travels down highway 61 with a mysterious red-haired woman who asks him for a ride. Their adventures along the way as they race for New Orleans with Satan close behind, are often riotous (as in my favorite scene in the bingo hall), and always kooky.