North of Pittsburgh (1992)

1h 38m
Running Time

December 11, 1992
Release Date

North of Pittsburgh (1992)

1h 38m
Running Time

December 11, 1992
Release Date

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Plot.

Set in 1975, Tony Andretti (Jeff Schultz) is an aimless young Ontario man who earns a dangerous living running pot from Pittsburgh to the Canadian border. Rosa Andretti (Viveca Lindfors) is his tough and determined grandmother who neither trusts nor likes her grandson very much. The unlikely duo are forced to hit the road together. Tony, on the run from a bungled drug drop, and Rosa, attempting to get compensation money for her husband's death from black lung disease. The road leads them through heartache, despair and eventually to understanding.

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Release Date
December 11, 1992

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 38m

Wiki.

North of Pittsburgh is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Richard Martin and released in 1992.The film stars Jeff Schultz as Tony Andretti, an aimless slacker living in Pittsburgh who supports himself smuggling marijuana to Canada. After bungling a delivery and being forced to go on the run, he decides to take his estranged grandmother Rosa (Viveca Lindfors) on a quest to seek financial compensation for her husband's death of black lung disease after a lifetime working as a coal miner. Martin's father, comedian Dick Martin, also has a small role in the film as the president of the coal mining company. The film's cast also includes John Cassini, Jay Brazeau, Robert Clothier, James Purcell and Babz Chula.

The film was shot primarily in Vancouver, British Columbia, with some location shooting in Pittsburgh.

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