Junior's Groove

• Director: Clement Virgo
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Teen Movie
• Themes: Mothers and Sons, Unlikely Friendships, Underdogs
• Main Cast: Martin Villafana, Lynn Whitfield, Rainbow Sun Francks, Clark Johnson, Sarah Polley
• Release Year: 1997
• Country: CA
• Run Time: 91 minutes

Plot

In this Canadian film, overweight piano prodigy Junior Brown (Martin Villafana) searches for a piano because his goofy mother (Lynn Whitfield) severed the strings on the family piano. Since paranoid Miss Peebs (Margot Kidder), his piano teacher, won't let him finger her keyboard, he has to run scales on her dining room table. Fortunately, Junior has a friend -- troubled Buddy Clark (Rainbow Sun Francks) who lost his family in a fire when he was a young child. Buddy goes out with a teen runaway (Sarah Polley), and he helps eccentric school janitor Mr. Pool (Clark Johnson) construct a model of the solar system in the school basement. Junior's frustrations mount as his quest continues. Music includes Chopin's "Prelude No. 4". Shown at the 1997 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Martin Villafana
• Lynn Whitfield
• Rainbow Sun Francks
• Clark Johnson
• Sarah Polley

Richard Chevolleau; Margot Kidder; Nicole Hardy; Warren Benns; Tina Su; Christopher Kennedy; Denis Akiyama; Dan Lett; Roy Anderson - Taxi driver

Credit

Kenneth Watkins - Art Director, Marsha Chesley - Casting, Maxyne Baker - Costume Designer, Clement Virgo - Director, Susan Maggi - Editor, Victor Solnicki - Executive Producer, Chris Dedrick - Composer (Music Score), Alicia Keywan - Production Designer, Jonathan Freeman - Cinematographer, Eric Jordan - Producer, Paul Stephens - Producer, Greg Chapman - Sound/Sound Designer, Clement Virgo - Screenwriter, Cameron Bailey - Screenwriter, Virginia Hamilton - Book Author

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