description Highway 61 Overview
Highway 61 is a 1991 Canadian independent road comedy directed by Bruce McDonald and written by McDonald and Don McKellar. McKellar plays Pokey Jones, a barber and aspiring musician who travels south from northern Ontario with Jackie Bangs and a corpse she claims is her brother. Their journey toward New Orleans combines deadpan comedy, blues mythology, border crossings, and an eccentric pursuer who says he is Satan.
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Why are Pokey Jones and Jackie Bangs driving with a corpse?
Pokey Jones is a barber and aspiring musician in northern Ontario who finds a frozen corpse. Jackie Bangs says the body is her brother's, then persuades him to drive from Thunder Bay to New Orleans while using the corpse to conceal drugs across the US border. [National Canadian Film Day](https://canfilmday.ca/film/highway-61/)
Who plays Pokey and Jackie in Highway 61?
Don McKellar plays Pokey, and Valerie Buhagiar plays Jackie Bangs. Earl Pastko plays Mr. Skin, the strange pursuer who believes he is Satan. [National Canadian Film Day](https://canfilmday.ca/film/highway-61/)
Is Highway 61 connected to Roadkill?
It is an unofficial sequel to Bruce McDonald's 1989 film Roadkill, although it follows different characters. The trip begins in Thunder Bay, Ontario, where Roadkill's journey ended. [Highway 61 overview](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_61_%28film%29)
What kind of road movie is Highway 61, and how long is it?
It is a 102-minute Canadian comedy-drama released in 1991. Bruce McDonald and Don McKellar shaped it around Bob Dylan's song and the real US Highway 61, so music history is part of the road trip. [National Canadian Film Day](https://canfilmday.ca/film/highway-61/)
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