Synopsis
Set in 1975, Tony Andretti (Jeff Schultz) is an aimless young Ontario man who earns a dangerous living running pot from Pittsburgh to the Canadian border. Rosa Andretti (Viveca Lindfors) is his tough and determined grandmother who neither trusts nor likes her grandson very much. The unlikely duo are forced to hit the road together. Tony, on the run from a bungled drug drop, and Rosa, attempting to get compensation money for her husband's death from black lung disease. The road leads them through heartache, despair and eventually to understanding...
Key facts
Cast
Viveca Lindfors, Andrea Nemeth, Byron Lucas, Jeff Schultz
Original language
English
First release
December 11, 1992 (Canada)
Production companies
ACME MOTION PICTURES
Setting
Pittsburgh
Crew
Screenplay
Jeff Schultz
Producer
Cal Shumiatcher, Kim Steer
Cinematography
Tobias Schleissler
Editing
Bruce Lange
Music
Graeme Coleman
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Titles
| Original title | North of Pittsburgh | English |
| Alternate title | Au Nord de Pittsburgh | |
| Alternate title | Nördlich Von Pittsburgh |
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | Canada | December 11, 1992 |
Versions & editions
| Original version (English) |
Full credits
| Director | Richard Martin |
| Cast | Viveca Lindfors, Andrea Nemeth (Maria), Byron Lucas, Jeff Schultz |
| Screenplay | Jeff Schultz |
| Producer | Cal Shumiatcher, Kim Steer |
| Cinematography | Tobias Schleissler |
| Editing | Bruce Lange |
| Music | Graeme Coleman |
| Production design | Brent Thomas |
| Sound | Paul Sharpe, Irving Mulch, Marti Richa |
| Costumes | Greg Mah, Diane Widas |
Additional data: TMDB.
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
