The Top of His Head is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 comedy-drama

Comedy-drama

Comedy-drama is a genre of theatre, film and television programs which combines humorous and serious content.-Theatre:Traditional western theatre, beginning with the ancient Greeks, was divided into comedy and tragedy...

 film, released in 1989. Written and directed by Peter Mettler

Peter Mettler

Peter Mettler is a Canadian film director and cinematographer.-Biography:Peter Mettler was born in 1958 to Swiss parents and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...

, the film stars Stephen Ouimette

Stephen Ouimette

Stephen Ouimette is a Canadian actor and director, born and raised in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, and a graduate of the University of Windsor...

 as Gus, a satellite dish salesman whose life is turned upside down when he meets Lucy (Christie MacFadyen

Christie MacFadyen

Christie MacFadyen is a Canadian actress best known for appearing in the film The Top of His Head.-Selected filmography:* Good Fences * Left Behind II: Tribulation Force * Ararat * Too Much Sex...

), a politically radical performance artist.

The film's soundtrack, The Top of His Head

The Top of His Head (soundtrack)

The Top of His Head is a soundtrack by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith, of the 1989 Canadian comedy-drama film, The Top of His Head. Frith wrote and composed all the music, with the exception of "This Old Earth", which was written and sung by Jane Siberry, and a cover of "The...

was written and composed by Fred Frith

Fred Frith

Fred Frith is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer and improvisor.Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-rock group Henry Cow. Frith was also a member of Art Bears, Massacre and Skeleton Crew...

. Jane Siberry also contributed a song, "This Old Earth", which was nominated for Best Song at the 1990 Genie Awards

11th Genie Awards

The 11th annual Genie Awards were presented March 20, 1990 and honoured Canadian films released the previous year. For the first time ever the awards were broadcast by CTV, rather than CBC. Despite an extensive advertising campaign the ratings plummeted with only half as many people watching...

 and appeared on her 1989 album Bound by the Beauty

Bound by the Beauty

Bound By the Beauty is a 1989 album by Jane Siberry. It received better reviews than her previous album, The Walking, and the title track received more extensive radio airplay than Siberry had seen since "One More Colour" in 1985....

under the alternate title "Something About Trains".

Cast

• Christie MacFadyen
  Christie MacFadyen
  Christie MacFadyen is a Canadian actress best known for appearing in the film The Top of His Head.-Selected filmography:* Good Fences * Left Behind II: Tribulation Force * Ararat * Too Much Sex...
  
    ... Lucy Ripley
• Stephen Ouimette
  Stephen Ouimette
  Stephen Ouimette is a Canadian actor and director, born and raised in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, and a graduate of the University of Windsor...
  
    ... Gus Victor
• David Fox
  David Fox
  David Fox is a multimedia producer, best known for his early work on LucasArts games, most notably Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders. He and his wife, Annie Fox, now work on educational software, Web design, Emotional Intelligence content, online community, emerging technologies, and writing...
  
    ... Uncle Hugo
• Gary Reineke  ... Berge (pursurer)
• Julian Richings
  Julian Richings
  Julian Richings is an English-born Canadian actor. He appeared in over 50 Canadian films and 20 separate television series.-Life and career:...
  
    ... Robert (henchman)
• Joey Hardin  ... Joey (henchman)
• Cherie Cemp  ... Telephone Operator
• Nora Currie ... Telephone Operator