Movie Details:
Also known as | 1989 |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Genres | Action, Comedy, Music |
Release date | September 6, 2024 |
Running time | 1hr 30min |
Starring | Will Sasso Julian Black Antelope Lauren Cochrane Stephen McHattie Kevin McDonald |
Directed by | Sam McGlynn |
Written by | Paul Spence |
Produced by | Kyle Irving Paul Spence |
Cinematography by | Samy Inayeh |
Edited by | Reg Harkema |
Music by | Justin Delorme, Paul Spence |
Casting by | Carmen Kotyk |
Production Design by | Richard K Simpson |
Art Direction by | Scott Hadaller |
Set Decoration by | Robert Kestler |
Costume Design by | Heather Neale |
Production Company | Eagle Vision Paul Spence and Associates |
Distributor | Mongrel Media (Canada) |
Cast & Characters:
- Will Sasso as Glen
- Julian Black Antelope as Gatley
- Lauren Cochrane as Mirna
- Stephen McHattie as Dack
- Kevin McDonald as Principal Gil
- Mary Walsh as May
- Star Slade as Jen
- Maddy Foley as Kitty
- Paul Spence as Dean
- Stephen Eric McIntyre as Martin Geddes / Mace
- Alex Poch-Goldin as Mayor Dale
- Liam Stewart-Kanigan as Jesse
- Cory Wojcik as Referee
- Curtis Howson as Casey
- Ernesto Griffith as Bouncer
- Chad Bruce as Father Shane
- Tristan Carlucci as Gary
- Frederick Allen as Hockey Coach
- Susanna Portnoy as Mayor’s Wife
- Brent Fitz as Jeff Pilson
- Sonny Hamilton as Moth
- Dustin Kuschnereit as Bouncer
- Colin Dufault as Pimply Kid
- Joseph Fourre as Bus Driver
- Dan Robertson as Hockey Announcer
- Laine Dodds as Groupie (uncredited)
- Vance Halldorson as Metal Shop Teacher (uncredited)
Storyline:
Hard-luck metalhead Dean Murdoch (Paul Spence) has finally made it, and now everyone wants to know the story behind his unlikely rise to fame. With Dean as narrator, we’re taken back to the 80s; when being a hockey jock was a badge of honour, Jazzercise was a national movement, seatbelts were optional, and teachers were as drunk as their students. Teenage Dean is a small-town hockey star whose life takes a turn for the weird when a satanic steamer trunk full of his estranged father’s personal effects shows up. As the call to heed the dark forces of heavy metal gets louder, Dean angers a biker gang, steals a bus, and discovers that drugs and slapshots are a dangerous mix. The high-tempo comedy packs in the laughs, while using comedy to spark conversations about identity and the impact of the Canadian government’s decades-old Indigenous adoption policies that continue to impact us all today.