Highway of Heartache

Highway of Heartache
Directed byGregory Wild
Written byGregory Wild
Produced byGregory Wild
StarringBarbara Chamberlin
Serge Houde
Klaus Kohlmeyer
Pat Patterson
CinematographyBrian Pearson
Edited byReginald Harkema
Music byBarbara Chamberlin
Distributed byScorn-a-rama
Release date
  • August 11, 1994 (1994-08-11)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Highway of Heartache is a Canadian musical comedy film, directed by Gregory Wild and released in 1994.[1]

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.[2]

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,[1] before having its official theatrical premiere at the 1994 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Campy, tragic road comedy wild film from reel Wild guy". Vancouver Sun, August 11, 1994.
  2. ^ "Campy country movie is a tribute to tackiness". Montreal Gazette, February 16, 1996.
  3. ^ "Festival to feature Kinsella film". The Globe and Mail, July 27, 1994.