Highway of Heartache (1994)

Directed by

Gregory Wild

Genre

musical film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

NR

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman with dreams of Nashville stardom hits the road with her drag queen guardian angels. She runs into trouble with an abusive husband, the law, and a strange gynecologist along the way.

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What happens

Highway of Heartache is a Canadian musical comedy film, directed by Gregory Wild and released in 1994. The film follows the misadventures of Wynona-Sue Turnpike (Barbara Chamberlin, who also wrote the film's score) on a raucous and unlikely road to Nashville superstardom. Backed up by a pair of drag queen guardian angels (played by The Big Wigs), Wynona-Sue faces a variety of indignities including her abusive husband Clive (Serge Houde), the threat of life imprisonment and venereal disease. The film's humor ranged from gross-out to surreal (the heroine's gynecologist was an Elvis Presley imitator), and the entire film was shot on Day-Glo sets designed and built by Wild. The film received a one-night preview screening in Vancouver, Wild's hometown, at a fundraiser for the Vancouver Meals Society on August 11, 1994, before having its official theatrical premiere at the 1994 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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