Highway 61

1991
R
1h 42m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

1.5K

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A small-town barber goes on a road trip from Thunder Bay to New Orleans with an unpredictable woman and a coffin.A small-town barber goes on a road trip from Thunder Bay to New Orleans with an unpredictable woman and a coffin.A small-town barber goes on a road trip from Thunder Bay to New Orleans with an unpredictable woman and a coffin.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

1.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 4 nominations total

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Highway 61

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Trivia
Bruce McDonald was offered by Capitol Records the song Life is a Highway by Tom Cochrane to use in the film. McDonald turned it down, citing that it was "too poppy".

Goofs
The characters pass by Mammy's Cupboard, a restaurant that looks like a giant southern African-American woman. It is seen soon after the characters leave the Canada-Minnesota border. In reality, the restaurant is located near the opposite end of highway 61, in southern Mississippi.

Quotes
Jackie Bangs: Now I know why they call you Pokey.
Pokey Jones: Now I know why they call you Bangs.

Crazy credits
Mr. Skin can be heard speaking over the very end of the closing credits.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Unlawful Entry/Pinocchio/A League of Their Own/Highway 61/The Adjuster (1992)

Soundtracks
My Way or the Highway
Written by Tony Kenny
Performed by The Razorbacks

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Featured review

8/10

A barber, a faux-redhead, a corpse, and the Devil hit the road.

A very quirky road movie that treads the edge of self-conscious weirdness. Fortunately, it treads the right side of that edge, particularly due to the performances of McKellar and Buhagiar, who succeed beautifully in the tricky task of making their eccentric characters human and likeable. A funny and fun movie. And as a bonus, in my eyes Jackie Bangs (Valerie Buhagiar) is one of the most appealing women I've ever had the pleasure of encountering in a film...not classically beautiful, but rather a feisty and uniquely attractive woman I'd really enjoy hangin' with.