Highway of Heartache (1996)
September 6, 1996Release Date
Highway of Heartache (1996)
September 6, 1996Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.

Barbara Chamberlain
Wynona-Sue Turnpike

Serge Houde
Clive Turnpike

Gregory Wild
Director / Writer / Production Designer

Brian Pearson
Cinematography

Reginald Harkema
Editor

Patrick Patterson
Crawfish

Willie Taylor
Actor
Details.
Release DateSeptember 6, 1996
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 26m
Content RatingNR
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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.