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Any Canadian who has left home for Toronto can identify with this movie. The main characters, Peter and Joey, strike out from Nova Scotia in search of dreams in the big city. But as in any classic road movie, things never seem to work out as planned. Peter and Joey would serve as the models for countless characters in Canadian culture, including Bob and Doug McKenzie. Shot on 16mm for less than $90,000, Goin' Down the Road is a brilliant piece of neorealism.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Canadian classic,
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This review is from: Goin Down the Road (DVD)
I first watched this movie back in 1973 on cbc and it always stuck in my mind.Fast forward to 1989 finally got to see this great Canadian movie again. This time i recorded it on my vcr and kept it for many years. Now my old vhs tape has seen its better days so i finally got a hold of the dvd release.What can i say about this movie, great characters, made on a shoestring budget, great story about two maritimers going to Toronto to live their dreams of a better life only to find that life in T.O. is not what they expected.Going down the road ranks up there with any Hollywood classic. "Fancy color tv and not a pot to piss in"
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A Small World,
By D.Allister MacKay (Edmonton) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Goin Down the Road (DVD)
During the summer of 1970, I was teaching at the U of T. I read a review of this movie and learned that its world premiere was on at the New Yorker on Yonge Street. My wife and I went ot see it and enjoyed it. When we came out, Paul Bradley and a friend of his were at the box office trying to persuade the cashier to let them in free. Paul appealed to me for help and I was happy to confirm that he was one of the stars. Sure enough, He and his friend were admitted. This was hardly a Hollywood-style celebrity!The movie and the DVD are great. My own enjoyment of it was enhanced by the memoies of that hot Toronto summer night of July, 1970.
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