Deaner '89 Movie Poster

Deaner ’89

English
September 6, 2024
1hr 30min
Status: released

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Movie Details:

Also known as1989
Country Canada
Language English
GenresAction, Comedy, Music
Release dateSeptember 6, 2024
Running time1hr 30min
StarringWill Sasso
Julian Black Antelope
Lauren Cochrane
Stephen McHattie
Kevin McDonald
Directed by Sam McGlynn
Written byPaul Spence
Produced byKyle Irving
Paul Spence
Cinematography by Samy Inayeh
Edited by Reg Harkema
Music byJustin Delorme, Paul Spence
Casting byCarmen Kotyk
Production Design byRichard K Simpson
Art Direction byScott Hadaller
Set Decoration byRobert Kestler
Costume Design byHeather Neale
Production CompanyEagle 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.

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