''Harmony Cats'' is a 1992

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, directed by Sandy Wilson. Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 94.

Plot

''Harmony Cats'' is about a

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ist named Graham Braithwaite (

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) who plays with a British Columbia symphony. One day, the symphony stops playing permanently and Graham is left to find work elsewhere. He joins a

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

band as a bassist and becomes caught between members of the new band.Lee Bacchus, "Harmony Cats'll have you humming: No Oscar, but music is real fine". ''

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'', May 10, 1993.

Production

The film received $333,140 from BC Film.

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* 1992 films English-language Canadian films Films set in British Columbia Films shot in British Columbia 1992 comedy films Canadian comedy films Animated films about music and musicians Films directed by Sandy Wilson 1990s English-language films 1990s Canadian films {{1990s-comedy-film-stub