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6 October 1995 (USA) morePlot:
Shot around the breathtaking coastline of B.C.'s Howe Sound, Whale Music is the triumphant adaptation... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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4 wins & 4 nominations moreNewsDesk:
Dustin Hoffman Believes In Barney's Version(From HollywoodNorthReport.com. 27 May 2009, 5:40 AM, PDT)
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Sterling Empathy moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 |
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Fay: This girl looks under age, Des. Could mean prison.Desmond: That seems a heavy price to pay for a youthful appearance.
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Song Of Courtship moreFAQ
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A friend of mine recommended this movie, citing my vocal and inflective similarities with Des Howl, the movie's main character. I guess to an extent I can see that and perhaps a bit more, I'm not very sure whether or not that's flattering portrayal.
This is a pretty unique work, the only movie to which this might have more than a glancing similarity would be True Romance, not for the content or the style of filming or for the pace of dialogue (Whale Music is just so much more, well, relaxed.) But instead that they both represent modern love stories.
In general I'm a big fan of Canadian movies about music and musicians (for example I highly recommend Hard Core Logo) and this film in particular. It has an innocent charm, Des is not always the most likeably guy, but there's something about him that draws a sterling sort of empathy.