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Highway 61 (1991)

Highway 61 poster
Directed by
Bruce McDonald
Genre
comedy film
Country
Canada
Runtime
2h
Rated
R
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A small town barber gets caught up in a strange road trip after a dead body turns up. He drives across Canada with an unusual passenger.

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What happens

Highway 61 is a 1991 Canadian film directed by Bruce McDonald. The film is an unofficial sequel to his 1989 film Roadkill; although focusing on different characters, it centres on a road trip beginning in Thunder Bay, Ontario, where the road trip depicted in the earlier film ended. The film premiered at the 1991 Festival of Festivals. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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