Highway 61

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jon c He has a thirst for adventure, she has a lust for action Somewhere life has meaning...maybe it's on Highway 61 Pokey Jones played by Don McKellar is a Canadian barber who plays jazz on the side He then has his life turned upside down when a corpse turns up near his home Jackie played by Valerie Buhagier a roadie, says that the dead man is her sibling and begs Pokey to help get the body back to New Orleans Pokey agrees, completely unaware that Valerie's real plan is to transport drugs across the border that she took out of a guitar after leaving her punk rock home life They are both followed by the satanic Mr. Skin played by Earl Pastko who claims ownership of the body and the soul contained therein He's hot on their trail even to leaving the pentagram symbol lying around Both the man and woman get into all kinds of antics together and perhaps start something special while trying to give this dead body some dignity left Very episodic with eccentric people that feel very real on your standard road trip film Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review dave s While it may not (or may) be the greatest road movie of all time, Highway 61 is certainly the oddest and most consistently entertaining. Accompanied by a naïve bugle-playing barber from Northern Ontario, a young woman appropriates a corpse from a funeral home, stuffs it full of cocaine, packs it into a cheap casket, straps it to the roof of the barber's car, and takes off on a road trip down Highway 61 from Thunder Bay to New Orleans. To complicate matters, they are being tailed by Satan, who owns the soul of the cocaine-stuffed body. Bolstered by a great soundtrack, a sharp script, scenic locations, effective cinematography and enough weird encounters to keep things interesting, it's a wild ride from beginning to end and relentlessly fun. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member A slightly romantic comedy romp that's inbetween Where the Buffalo Roam and National Lampoon's Vacation. It's more out there elements clash with it's more mundane and light-hearted nature in an interesting and unique way. A moderately humorous and entertaining with two individuals with wildly different walks of life that satisfies, but never thrills. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Bruce McDonald makes a minor classic helped by the unforgettable McKellar and Buhagiar who meet the most bizarre people in a voyage down a highway and through musical history. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member This is one of those VHS films from the days of me first investigating indie film, and I was so happy to finally revisit it on DVD awhile back. A great little love story filled with oddball characters and a charming travelogue from Canada down into the Southern parts of the US. Recommended. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member A great Canadian film eh! Even with the gun and the rose eh. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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