Where to Watch The Planet of Junior Brown (1997) in the US

What it's about

This is the story of an extremely obese, rather immature, yet very bright and talented young man, and of his world and the people in it... mostly homeless young adults... who refer to their lives and where they live as their individual "planets," and everyone else as "refugees." But there are problems in his world, where a talent for the piano has been reduced to playing Chopin on a piano that has had the strings cut by his mother out of frustration at his incessant practicing... the same mother who now requires him to be there to administer her insulin shots. Still, because he is a 'good boy', he plays on the soundless piano, and takes weekly lessons from a piano teacher so eccentric that she will only allow him to strum out the notes on her dining room table... until, like real planets when other bodies get too close, he finds himself pulled and moved in a different direction.

Cast and crew

Director

Clement Virgo

Writer

Cameron Bailey, Virginia Hamilton, Clement Virgo

Starring

Martin Villafana, Lynn Whitfield, Rainbow Sun Francks

Details

Release date

Nov 12, 1997

Language

English

Country

Canada

Awards

5 wins & 10 nominations

Where to Watch The Planet of Junior Brown (1997) in the US — common questions

Where to watch The Planet of Junior Brown in the United States?

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Can I stream The Planet of Junior Brown or do I have to rent it in the United States?

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Can I watch The Planet of Junior Brown for free in the United States?

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