Spinal Tap and Bad News set a very high bar for metal-related comedy, but a new Canadian film hopes to muscle in on some of that none-more-black territory. Deaner '89 tells the back story of Manatoban hockey-prodigy-turned-heavy-metal-superstar Dean Murdoch, a.k.a. the Deaner, a.k.a. the Governor of Givin’r (played by Paul Spence), a character whose story will be familiar to those north of the border via his appearances in two earlier movies.
"Canadian rockers, your favourite headbanger is back in Deaner ‘89!" exclaim the filmmakers in a statement. "It's 1989 and Paul Spence (Fubar and Fubar 2) brings us his legendary character Dean Murdoch as a teenager growing up in suburban Manitoba.
