''American Boyfriends'' is a 1989 Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by

Sandy Wilson Alexander Galbraith "Sandy" Wilson (19 May 1924 – 27 August 2014) was an English composer and lyricist, best known for his musical '' The Boy Friend'' (1953). Biography Wilson was born in Sale, Cheshire, England, and was educated at Harrow S ...

and starring Margaret Langrick, John Wildman, Jason Blicker,

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, and Delia Breit. It is the sequel to ''

My American Cousin ''My American Cousin'' is a Canadian drama film, released in 1985. Written and directed by Sandy Wilson based on her own childhood, the film stars Margaret Langrick as Sandy Wilcox, a preteen girl growing up on a ranch in rural Penticton, Britis ...

'' (1985). Langrick and Wildman reprise their roles as Sandy Wilcox and Butch Walker respectively. The

soundtrack A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack ...

for this film contains songs by a number of popular Canadian music groups of the era including Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts,

Colin James Colin James (born Colin James Munn, August 17, 1964) is a Canadian rock and blues singer and songwriter. Biography Early years James was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. His grandpa was Serbian. He got his break opening for Stevie Ray V ...

Sass Jordan Sass Jordan (c. 1962) is a British-born Canadian rock singer from Montreal, Quebec. Her first single, "Tell Somebody," from her debut album of the same name won the Juno Award for Most Promising Female Vocalist in 1989. Since then, she has been ...

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, and BTO. The soundtrack was released on CD by Penta Records.

Awards

The film was nominated for "

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" ("Restless Dreamer" by Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts) and " Best Sound Editing" (as was the first film) at the

11th Genie Awards The 11th annual Genie Awards were presented March 20, 1990, and honoured Canadian films released in 1989. For this year, CTV had negotiated to serve as broadcaster and the academy formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, ACCTV Productions, to independe ...

. The single

Wooly Bully "Wooly Bully" is a song originally recorded by novelty rock and roll band Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs in 1964. Based on a standard 12-bar blues progression, it was written by the band's frontman, Domingo "Sam" Samudio. It was released as a sin ...

(BTO) reached #80 on the Canadian charts. Back In My Arms Again (Colin James) also reached #80 on the Canadian charts.

References

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* * 1989 films English-language Canadian films 1980s English-language films 1989 comedy-drama films Films set in 1965 Films set in Vancouver Canadian comedy-drama films Films directed by Sandy Wilson 1980s Canadian films {{1980s-comedy-drama-film-stub