Art Bergmann, Don McKellar, Earl Pastko

In this quirky road romp, hapless barber Pokey Jones (Don McKellar) finds himself traveling with a corpse tied to the roof of his classic car and an eccentric roadie (Valerie Buhagiar) claiming to be ...( read more  read more... )the dead man's sister along for the ride. She convinces him to drive from Canada to New Orleans, and they meet a collection of oddballs along the way. The film is part of Bruce McDonald's road trilogy, which also includes Hard Core Logo and Roadkill.

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R, 102 min.

Directed by: Bruce McDonald

Release Date: December 31, 1991

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DVD Release Date: February 20, 2007

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  • February 1, 2009
    This is a strange movie. A nerdy barber (Pokey) lands up on a road trip from Ontario to New Orleans with a corpse and worldly singer (Jackie) who convinced him to make the trip. All sorts of interesting and strange things happen along the way - visiting Bob Dillon's childhood h...( read more)ome, meeting Jackie's former band mates, having a disagreement with Satan, etc. It's a great film.
  • February 13, 2007
    This movie is wacky. I don't know what else to say about it. It's really funny, and there's a guy in it who may or may not be the Devil, and it's also a road movie of some sort, and there are metalheads that hunt chickens indoors with handguns. I did mention that it was really fu...( read more)nny, right?
  • August 31, 2008
    Strange but interesting.
  • October 17, 2007
    Culty low-budget canadian indie was pretty good. Alot of it was shot near my hometown as well.
  • June 13, 2009
    For a Canadian indi flick, good times with this road trip flick!! Earl Pastko is the star of this one. His Satan is one of the very best I've seen!
  • June 19, 2008
    Show us the body. Show us the body!!! A Glorious Riot!
  • June 23, 2007
    A quirky little Canadian film. A good performance by Don Mckellar. Part of the rock & roll trilogy, directed by Bruce McDonald.
  • January 5, 2007
    This film was both amazing and hilarious. I love the concept and how it was made

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