''Harmony Cats'' is a 1992
Canadian
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comedy film
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, directed by
Sandy Wilson
Alexander Galbraith "Sandy" Wilson (19 May 1924 – 27 August 2014) was an English composer and lyricist, best known for his musical '' The Boy Friend'' (1953).
Biography
Wilson was born in Sale, Cheshire, England, and was educated at Harrow ...
.
Gerald Pratley
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, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 94.
Plot
''Harmony Cats'' is about a
violin
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ist named Graham Braithwaite (
Kim Coates
Kim Frederick Coates (born February 21, 1958) is a Canadian-American actor who has worked in both Canadian and American films and television series. He has worked on Broadway portraying Stanley Kowalski in ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' and in th ...
) who plays with a British Columbia symphony. One day, the symphony stops playing permanently and Graham is left to find work elsewhere. He joins a
country music
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band as a bassist and becomes caught between members of the new band.
[Lee Bacchus, "Harmony Cats'll have you humming: No Oscar, but music is real fine". '']The Province
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'', May 10, 1993.
Production
The film received $333,140 from BC Film.
Recognition
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1992 films
English-language Canadian films
Films set in British Columbia
Films shot in British Columbia
1992 comedy films
Canadian comedy films
Animated films about music and musicians
Films directed by Sandy Wilson
1990s English-language films
1990s Canadian films
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