The Top of His Head

For the soundtrack of the same name, see The Top of His Head (soundtrack).
The Top of His Head
Directed byPeter Mettler
Written byPeter Mettler
Produced byNiv Fichman
StarringChristie MacFadyen
Stephen Ouimette
Gary Reineke
CinematographyPeter Mettler
Tobias A. Schliessler
Edited byPeter Mettler
Margaret Van Eerdewijk
Music byFred Frith
Production
company
Distributed byCinephile
Release date
  • August 3, 1989 (1989-08-03)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The Top of His Head is a 1989 Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Mettler.[1] The film stars starring Stephen Ouimette as Gus, a satellite dish salesman whose life is turned upside down when he meets Lucy (Christie MacFadyen), a politically radical performance artist who is on the run from mysterious people pursuing her.[2]

The film premiered in the Perspective Canada program at the 1989 Festival of Festivals.[3]

  1. ^ Peter Goddard, "Story gets lost in Metro's shadows". Toronto Star, November 24, 1989.
  2. ^ John Griffin, "There's beauty buzzing around The Top of His Head". Montreal Gazette, April 20, 1990.
  3. ^ "Egoyan film opens series". The Globe and Mail, July 27, 1989.