The Planet of Junior Brown (1997)
September 6, 1997Release Date
The Planet of Junior Brown (1997)
September 6, 1997Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Martin Villafana
Junior Brown
Lynn Whitfield
Mrs. Brown
Rainbow Sun Francks
Buddy Clark
Clark Johnson
Mr. Pool
Sarah Polley
Butter
Richard Chevolleau
Duckie
Margot Kidder
Miss Peebs
Nicole Hardy
Lesley
Warren Benns
Spanish
Christopher Kennedy
Derrick
Tina Su
Sandra Tanaka
Clement Virgo
Director
Denis Akiyama
Mr. Tanaka
Dan Lett
Mr. Roundtree
Cameron Bailey
Writer
Virginia Hamilton
Writer
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The Planet of Junior Brown, retitled Junior's Groove in some releases, is a 1997 Canadian drama film. Directed by Clement Virgo, the film was written by Virgo and Cameron Bailey as an adaptation of Virginia Hamilton's 1971 novel The Planet of Junior Brown. The adaptation changes the novels setting from 1970s Harlem to 1997 Toronto, where Virgo grew up. The film stars Martin Villafana as the titular Junior Brown, an overweight and schizophrenic child prodigy studying piano from music teacher Miss Peebs (Margot Kidder). The film's cast also includes Rainbow Sun Francks, Clark Johnson, Lynn Whitfield, Sarah Polley, Richard Chevolleau, Denis Akiyama and Dan Lett.
The film premiered at the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 1997, but was distributed primarily as a CBC Television film airing in November of that year. The film aired on Showtime and Fox Family Channel in the United States in 1999, following which Whitfield won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special in 2000.