The significance of “Goin’ Down the Road”? (apartment, wedding)

[Mouldy Old Schmo]

What makes “Goin’ Down the Road” a landmark film?

[Zoisite]

It's based in the reality of the times, it's not imaginary romanticized "feel good" stuff. Landmark or not, it's depressing.

Goin' Down the Road - The Canadian Encyclopedia

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[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Mouldy Old Schmo

What makes “Goin’ Down the Road” a landmark film?

It was a Canadian movie in English that (some) people actually watched?

[BMI]

Originally Posted by Mouldy Old Schmo

What makes “Goin’ Down the Road” a landmark film?

Good low budget film, shot mainly in Toronto, circa 1969, released in 1970.
I taped it off TV years ago, hard to find on DVD.
The two main actors in it also starred in another canadian classic “Wedding in White” (1972).

[ChevySpoons]

It was perfectly parodied by SCTV. John Candy and Joe Flaherty played the two guys, and I believe that Jayne Eastwood (who was in the original film) had a small part in the parody.

"Well, we've lost our jobs, our apartment, and our girls. What are we gonna do?"

"Yonge Street!"

[BruSan]

Many of us have actually met them or been them.

[maclock]

Originally Posted by Mouldy Old Schmo

What makes “Goin’ Down the Road” a landmark film?

Precious little, and the fact that some people try to position it as such speaks volumes about why the Canada-centric arts community rarely seems to go that far with their domestic television or movie productions.

[jambo101]

Never heard of this film, was it a big hit in Mississippi?

[Mouldy Old Schmo]

Originally Posted by jambo101

Never heard of this film, was it a big hit in Mississippi?

No.
It is on YouTube.

[Mouldy Old Schmo]

Do people from Cape Breton still speak with Irish or Scottish influences?