Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 77 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- Canada
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
A malevolent rock star kidnaps a female singer to force her to participate in the summoning of a demon and her band must help her stop him.
- future
- rock 'n' roll
- self sacrifice
- musician
- dystopia
- cocaine
- post-apocalyptic future
- dark comedy
- punk rock
- surrealism
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Don Francks
Mok (voice)
Lou Reed
Mok (singing voice)
Susan Roman
Angel (voice)
Debbie Harry
Angel (singing voice)
- Paul Le Mat — Omar (voice)
- Robin Zander — Omar (singing voice)
- Dan Hennessey — Dizzy (voice)
- Chris Wiggins — Toad (voice)
- Greg Duffell — Stretch / Zip (voice)
- Brent Titcomb — Sleazy (voice)
- Samantha Langevin — Mok's Computer (voice)
- Donny Burns — Quadhole / 1st Radio Announcer (voice)
- Martin Lavut — Mylar / 2nd Radio Announcer (voice)
- Catherine Gallant — Cindy (voice)
- Melleny Melody — Carnegie Hall Groupie (voice)
- Directed
- Clive A. Smith
- Written
- John Halfpenny, Peter Sauder, Patrick Loubert
Production
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 · 98 ratings
- Studio
- Canadian Film Development Corporation, Nelvana
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