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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece : The movie was released in 1994, and the fashion choices of the female characters are quite reflective of this.

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece : The movie was released in 1994, and the fashion choices of the female characters are quite reflective of this.----
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* FakeBrit: The Canadian Kenneth Welsh plays the ''very'' British record executive Kenneth Sexstone.

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* FakeBrit: The Canadian Kenneth Welsh plays the ''very'' British record executive Kenneth Sexstone. (Also an example of TheDanza).
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* DawsonCasting: While Claire claims to be 19 years old, her actress Cynthia Preston was 26 when the movie came out.

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* DawsonCasting: While Claire claims to be 19 years old, her actress Cynthia Preston Creator/CynthiaPreston was 26 when the movie came out.
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** In fact, this applies to every other Howl Brothers/Desmond Howl song in the movie; Rheostatics did all of them.

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** In fact, this applies to every other Howl Brothers/Desmond Howl song in the movie; Rheostatics did all of them.them.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece : The movie was released in 1994, and the fashion choices of the female characters are quite reflective of this.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: The song "Claire"--Desmond Howl's newest hit in the book and a ''potential'' hit in the film--ended up being the {{Music/Rheostatics}}' biggest in in real life, reaching #61 on the Canadian singles chart and winning a Genie Award (Canada's equivalent of [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward the Oscars]] at the time) for Best Original Song.
** The accompanying soundtrack album, ''Music from the Motion Picture Whale Music'', could be considered a real-life version of Desmond's magnum opus.
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* DawsonCasting: While Claire claims to be 19 years old, her actress Cynthia Preston was 26 when the movie came out.
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* FakeBrit: The Canadian Kenneth Welsh plays the ''very'' British record executive Kenneth Sexstone.
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* NonSingingVoice: Though Desmond is played by actor Maury Chaykin, the voice that comes out of him while recording the lead vocals for "Claire" is that of {{Music/Rheostatics}} bassist Tim Vesley.

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* NonSingingVoice: Though Desmond is played by actor Maury Chaykin, the voice that comes out of him while recording the lead vocals for "Claire" is that of {{Music/Rheostatics}} bassist Tim Vesley.Vesley.
** In fact, this applies to every other Howl Brothers/Desmond Howl song in the movie; Rheostatics did all of them.
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* NonSingingVoice: Though Desmond is played by actor Maury Chaykin, the voice that comes out of him while recording the lead vocals for "Claire" is that of {{Music/Rheostatics}} bassist Tim Vesley.

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