Whale Music (1994)

Director:

Richard J. Lewis

Writers:

Paul Quarrington (written by) and
Richard J. Lewis (written by) ...

Release Date:

6 October 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Shot around the breathtaking coastline of B.C.'s Howe Sound, Whale Music is the triumphant adaptation...

Plot Keywords:

Groupie | Based On Novel | Independent Film

Awards:

4 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Maury Chaykin	...	Desmond Howl
Cynthia Preston	...	Claire Lowe (as Cyndy Preston)
Paul Gross	...	Daniel Howl
Jennifer Dale	...	Fay Ginzburg-Howl
Kenneth Welsh	...	Kenneth Sexstone
Blu Mankuma	...	Mookie Saunders
Alan Jordan	...	Sal Goneau
Tom Lavin	...	Monty Mann
Jim Byrnes	...	Dewey Moore
Deborah Duchene	...	Bobby Sue
Paul Quarrington	...	Pete the Bartender
Janne Mortil	...	Star
Suzanne Ristic	...	Monty's Wife
Roman Podhora	...	Prison Guard
Sherri Wong	...	Groupie

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Filming Locations:

Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Alliance Communications Corporation

Quotes:

Fay: This girl looks under age, Des. Could mean prison.
Desmond: That seems a heavy price to pay for a youthful appearance.

Soundtrack:

Song Of Flight

Weird, wacky and quite frankly, plain boring.

Whimsically weird story from Canada about a washed up rock star slobbing away at his reclusive mansion located by the sea. If the sight of seeing Maury Chaykin with no clothes on frightens you, then watching this film is not advised. Unfortunately there is not much else to persuade you to watch this quirky oddball film anyway. Chaykin plays the aforementioned slob who dives into his slimy, dirt filled swimming pool and creates what he calls 'whale music', using his huge sound decks installed at his house. Hardly anyone visits, although lodger Cyndy Preston keeps him company and attempts to clean up his lifestyle. Other secondary characters crop up to inject some stimulation into the story, but neither of them have anything interesting to say anyway. An occasional insert of Chaykin's son (played by Paul Gross) having a good time in a brothel doesn't make any sense except to maybe refer to Chaykin's heydays of been a rock star. As Chaykin slowly becomes more and more strange he becomes affiliated with the idea of playing his music out loud to the whales, on the beach besides his home. That's about what happens really but the emphasis seems to be on style rather than substance, but that's not good when there is no substance whatsoever. What is done excellently is the use of location, not surprising really, considering the photography was done by Vic Sarin, who directed Gross and Chaykin in the superb Cold Comfort (1989).