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Highway 61

Play trailer Poster for Highway 61 R,  1991,  1h 39m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 100% 7 Reviews Tomatometer 84% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
100% Tomatometer 7 Reviews 84% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Pokey Jones (Don McKellar), a Canadian barber who plays jazz on the side, has his life turned upside down when a corpse turns up near his home. Jackie (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. They are followed by the satanic Mr. Skin (Earl Pastko), who claims ownership of the body and the soul contained therein.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 1, 2000
3/4
What's good about it are the performances by McKellar and Buhagiar, who look surprisingly like real people and not like movie actors, and a rock sound track by Nash the Slash, a group (or person) previously unknown to me, that's fun to listen to. Go to Full Review
Brian D. Johnson Maclean's Magazine Oct 15, 2019
Highway 61, whose characters head south, has higher production values, better acting-and a real story. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Aug 14, 2013
B
A diverting episodic look at some eccentric characters on Bob Dylan's Highway 61. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 17, 2005
3/5
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Jul 30, 2002
3/5
Mark R. Leeper rec.arts.movies.reviews Jan 1, 2000
6/8
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Cast & Crew

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Bruce McDonald

Director

Don McKellar

Pokey Jones

Valerie Buhagier

Jackie Bangs

Earl Pastko

Mr. Skin

Jello Biafra

Customs Agent 1

Peter Breck

Mr. Watson

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Highway 61

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Movie Info

Synopsis Pokey Jones (Don McKellar), a Canadian barber who plays jazz on the side, has his life turned upside down when a corpse turns up near his home. Jackie (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. They are followed by the satanic Mr. Skin (Earl Pastko), who claims ownership of the body and the soul contained therein.
Director
Bruce McDonald
Producer
Colin Brunton, Bruce McDonald
Screenwriter
Allan Magee, Bruce McDonald, Don McKellar
Production Co
Film Four International, Cineplex Odeon Films
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 17, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA)
$8.7K
Runtime
1h 39m
Sound Mix
Surround
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