Highway of Heartache (1996)
September 6, 1996Release Date
Highway of Heartache (1996)
September 6, 1996Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Barbara Chamberlain
Wynona-Sue Turnpike
Serge Houde
Clive Turnpike
Patrick Patterson
Crawfish
Gregory Wild
Director
Brian Pearson
Cinematographer
Reginald Harkema
Editor
Details.
Release DateSeptember 6, 1996
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 26m
Content RatingNR
Wiki.
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.