Need to identify this eighties/early nineties film.

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I'm on the edge of my seat....

Breath: Bated

goddammit where are you Tuomas, we NEED YOU

oh my god, this has to be it. This HAS to be it!!

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OMG, this sounds like it actually could be the one! The fact that it was released in Finland (and IMDb even gives the Finnish title to it) certainly supports the theory... Sadly, though, it doesn't look like it's available anywhere on DVD, or even as a torrent, so I can't confirm whether it's the right one. So frustrating! Looks like you can get an used VHS copy from Amazon, but I haven't had a VHS player (nor a TV set) for years.

I have a copy. I can Dropbox it for you if you'd like.

Goddamn the internet is amazing!

'Tis. It'll take a while to upload but it's brewing now.

I have a copy. I can Dropbox it for you if you'd like.

I don't know what Dropbox means, but if it means you can share it online, I'd be eternally grateful to you!

you have this laying around as an avi ? like, of all the films you could possibly own?

amazing. finally, lol

Btw, Chewie, how did you manage to find the movie?

That is amazing. I started that AV Maniacs thread mentioned above several years ago - those guys know every old thing - and they couldn't crack it. Well done, Chewie.

chewie you beautiful bastard

Looks like there must've been some kind of deal between the local Finnish television channel and the Canadian distributor of "Destiny to Order", because a lot of of obscure Canadian movies (including this one by the same guy who wrote and directed "Destiny to Call") were shown on Finnish TV back in the 80s and early 90s.

my god... how deep does this rabbit hole go...

Me and my mum had this thing, where if a v obscure weird film came on TV at random, we'd look at each other and say "its Canadian". We were usually correct.

"PIN" is the one I recall most clearly from this.

Aus TV has a weird symbiosis with Canada too. Theres loads of Aus ABC/CBC productions about.

think those weird canadian films were rife - national film board of canada output (where boards of canada got their name)

(um i may be confusing NFB with the children's film foundation)

How'd I find it? Well, I had actually seen the clip where the guy is turned into a hooker on YouTube before, but its since been removed.

I was actually trying to remember the name of the movie for myself, and I ran across this thread. Then I remembered there's a site called 'metamorphose.org' which is a great resource for ANY kind of transformation in movies or tv.

I figured I'd ask at metamorphose, since they were the guys who directed me to the clip on youtube in the first place.

It took metamorphose.org 15 minutes to crack it. You've been asking the wrong people. So, do I win anything for being kind enough to register an account on this site just to answer Tuomas' thread? A cash gift perhaps?

edit:

I figured linking the picture would clinch it for people, hope it helped.

You win free life membership to ILX iirc

Aus TV has a weird symbiosis with Canada too. Theres loads of Aus ABC/CBC productions about.

dubious about this

Aus TV has a weird symbiosis with Canada too. Theres loads of Aus ABC/CBC productions about.

dubious about this

No - it's true - they've done many features and at least two multi-season TV series' as international co-productions.

And it still happens today:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/canadian-pro-market-adds-australian-173921

state-funded prod cos are nothing to do with the /\.ǀ3.<. though

tuomas, I sent you an ilx email with the link to the film. Let me know if you don't get it.

I got your email, but there's no link included in it. Maybe you could try to send it again...

Sent it again. Let me know what's up.

Okay, I got the link, thanks a lot! Downloading the file, I'm so excited about this...!

it's been a banner week for lost and found on ilx

Love this thread. It's an epic saga!

I even looked to see if Destiny to Order came up in Netflix Streaming as so many other out-of-print films do. No dice.

FOR CHRISSAKES TUOMAS WE NEED SOME CLOSURE HERE

I watched the movie halfway through, and this is the one! After years of looking we found it! Thank you, Chewie and KJB!

I didn't have the time to watch the movie 'til the end, but looks like it has everything I remember it having: the faux-noir feel, the gender change, the villain making the protagonist speak by rapping. Which leads to some wonderfully silly hamming by Michael Ironside: "I play you Wagner, and you give me Rapmaninov?!".

between this and bin laden's death i feel like a whole decade is finally behind us

By the way, Kevin, do you think it'd be okay if I share the download link here? Maybe someone else might want to watch the movie too?

oh man, the internet is amazing sometimes. well done, Chewie!

why do i have a feeling kjb is gonna say "okay" and tuomas is gonna post the link and then we're gonna have the longest-simmering rickroll of all time

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa295/slugbert/indiana-jones.jpg

l-r:chewie, tuomas

state-funded prod cos are nothing to do with the /\.ǀ3.<. though

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Huh. Could swear there were some, but yr right of course theres a diff btn film borads and aunty. And, i'd defer to yr knowledge on said in any case :)

Stephen Ouimette you was the bomb in Slings & Arrows yo!

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between this and bin laden's death i feel like a whole decade is finally behind us

And forks' song!

Tuomas, I'd rather you not post the link on ILX. Anyone is who interested in watching it, please just ILX mail me or Tuomas and then we'll give you the link.

Could swear there were some

there may have been some! but I don't think there was a major ongoing back & forth symbiosis, and I'm 99% sure there isn't now

Fair enough :)

(am prob conflating it with the BBC coprods)

Stephen Ouimette you was the bomb in Slings & Arrows yo!

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