A Sweeter Song (1976)

Interesting facts

A Sweeter Song is a 1976 Canadian comedy film and the first feature film directed by Allan Eastman, who also co-produced and co-wrote the film with star Jim Henshaw.

Production

Jim Henshaw wrote the script for A Sweeter Song and reworked it with Eastman, whom he had met on the set of Lions for Breakfast, in which Henshaw co-starred with Eastman's girlfriend, Susan Petrie. Henshaw recalled in 2008 that Eastman, who was bored, asked if Henshaw had anything to read, so Henshaw gave Eastman a script he had written:At day's end, he wandered back, said he'd liked it and would I be amenable to him directing and Susan assuming…

The film's working title was Double Exposure. Shot in 16mm colour, principal photography for A Sweeter Song took place in Toronto from 6 September to 3 October 1975.

Music for the film was composed and performed by David Jove. While no official soundtrack album was released, many of the film's songs are found on Jove's Sweeter Song vinyl LP (Pax Records, 1974). Video artist Jon Noel Shelton remarks that the version of Isn't It Funny in the film is distinctly different from the one on the album.

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