The Top of His Head

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]

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
Running time
110 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

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

Cast

Production

The film was shot in Toronto, Ontario, in the fall of 1987.[4]

The film's soundtrack, The Top of His Head was written and composed by Fred Frith. Jane Siberry also contributed a song, "This Old Earth", which received a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Song at the 1990 Genie Awards.[5] The song also appeared on her 1989 album Bound by the Beauty, under the alternate title "Something About Trains".

Awards

In addition to Siberry's Best Original Song nod, the film also received Genie nominations for Best Actor (Ouimette) and Best Original Screenplay (Mettler).[5]

References
  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.
  4. Greg Quill, "Dream of a movie a nightmare to make". Toronto Star, November 22, 1987.
  5. Noel Taylor, "Jesus film leads Genies". Ottawa Citizen, February 13, 1990.
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