Gregorys girl 1980 with dee hepburn, jake darcy,john gordon. Set in a nondescript scottish town, forsyths tale features a group of teens who. Scotlandset comingofage comedy gregorys girl stars john gordon sinclair as a hormonallycharged student who falls for a new player on the football team dee hepburn. In this film, the awkward gregory john gordon sinclair loses his position on. Gregory s so clueless, he relies on advice from his wee sister. The object of his affection is dorothy, despite or in part because she is a talented striker who took his place on the school s boys football team, he now demoted to the distracted goalkeeper. In this charming and frequently hilarious comedy, an awkward scottish. The films charm is in its conception of kids as curious and coltish, but basically sweet. The fact that the film has such a talented and endearing cast is a bonus. The young girl, who is the focus of the film, is very natural in her role, the costars are also well up to their task of creating a scenario that is both realistic and problematic in a country that is not keen on any sort of female empowerment. Gregorys two girls is a 1999 british film, set in cumbernauld.
Gregory tries to insinuate himself as much as possible in her life through her. Gregorys girl is a 1981 scottish comingofage romantic comedy film written and directed by bill forsyth and starring john gordon sinclair, dee hepburn and. Bill forsyths whimsical gregorys girl 1981 is a gently offbeat romantic comedy of first love that celebrates the adolescent innocence of the ways of love and sex and all the other things on the minds of high school students, both male and female. The sexism of gregorys girl 1981 cant be tolerated today gregorys girl is an iconic comingofage movie from 1981. Gregory s girl bill forsyth s 1981 film set in abronhill high and around the town. Completed films that were shelved and to date have not been officially released. Houses may be built on gregorys girl school site the scotsman. A guide to the different scotlands youll find on film nyt. Everything you need to know about the other boleyn girl movie. Our day out by willy russell, entire play 1970s bbc film. Gregorys girl dvd santa clara county library bibliocommons. The object of his affection is dorothy, despite or in part because she is a talented striker who took his place on the school\u001bb2\u001bss boys\u001bb2 \u001bsfootball team, he now demoted to the distracted goalkeeper. Gregory gordon john sinclair in the locker room, surprised by dorothy dee hepburn, whos just made a smash in her first game with the football team, in bill forsyths gregorys girl, 1981 view the tcmdb entry for gregorys girl 1981.
Gregorys girl bluray disc san francisco public library. Gregorys girl by bill forsyth bill forsyth, john gordon. The name of the town in the film was climackston new town. The story may be familiar, but forsyths astute and affectionate rendering gives the film its momentum the film won best screenplay at the british academy awards. A collection of anthologies, resource and reference books, including. Jun 15, 2000 but his first taste of film making was as one of the schoolboys in the original gregory s girl, selling food at break in the toilet. Douglas sannachan born 1962 in glasgow is a scottish actor most widely known for playing billy the window cleaner in gregory s girl. Even then, peck found his performance to be amateurish and never watched the completed film. The sophomore film of scottish director bill forsyth was his first international hit, a typically quirky comedy set amongst colorful scottish teenagers. It was the movie that changed the scottish film industry and made stars of.
Gregorys lovelife takes off with his infatuation with dorothy, the first female player on his allmale soccer team. The phone box where one of the girls changes her clothes was the phone box in ash road. I liked the girl playing gregorys little sister madeline, but unfortunately she doesnt seem to have done any other films at least. Gawky teenager gregory loses his place as striker in the schools shambolic football team but soon finds comfort with the arrival of new star signing dorothy. Bill forsyth, formerly a maker of industrial films, made gregorys girl for. Like kes 1969, a serious and downbeat but powerful film about a boy growing up in yorkshire, gregorys girl was dubbed in places by speakers with less thick regional accents for american release. Sixteenyearold, gregory, has his first encounter with girls. Oct 19, 2017 for a lighter love story, check out gregorys girl, a quirky 1980s romcom about teens in the glasgow suburbs. Scottish television embassy home entertainment firm. Gregory s lovelife takes off with his infatuation with dorothy, the first female player on his allmale soccer team.
Gregory s little sister seemed a bit too wise for a ten year old, but it s not a major problem. Shes absolutely gorgeous he pines to his equally girlobsessed mates. Jun 22, 2016 gregorys girl is a comingofage film that was shot and set in cumbernauld, a new town in the west middle of scotlands conurbated belly band a canadian friend of mine who once worked there called it cumberbund and was made at around the same time as i was coming of age myself in another scottish new town, 20 odd miles away. Additionally, there is simply a terrific story told about the relationship of henry viii and the two boleyn sisters, anne and mary.
He finally asks her out, but it is obviously the females in control of matters. Scottish writerdirector bill forsyth was one of the bigger names in u. Genres comedy, drama directors bill forsyth cast includes gordon john sinclair, dee hepburn, jake darcy, claire grogan, robert buchanan, william greenlees. Houses may be built on gregorys girl school site council houses could be built on land where a school made famous in the film gregorys girl once stood. It was a dialogue between gregorys sister and her boyfriend. This teen romance has gregory wanting to date a girl who plays in the same football team as him. It was also the debut for a majority of the cast, though the film is now largely forgotten. Jan 21, 2015 gibney s film, based on lawrence wright s 20 bestseller going clear. We should all be sat in front of our cinema screens watching a james bond movie right now. Gregorys girl british board of film classification. Gregorys girl dvd saint paul public library bibliocommons.
With john gordon sinclair, dee hepburn, jake darcy, clare grogan. Forsyth was in a position to write and direct gregory s girl, he already had behind him more than a decade in the film business, beginning when he answered a. Gregory and his girls reunited in glasgow film the guardian. The intervening five years saw numerous attempts at founding an industrial base for film production. Gregory john gordon sinclair, who billed himself as gordon john sinclair to sound less scottish is a gangly, goofy student quite happy to. While waiting for her to meet him one evening, gregory winds up becoming a pawn in an elaborate date relay set up by some of his female classmates. Jun 24, 2011 somewhere in the space between gregory s girl and rushmore lies submarine opening june 24 at landmark s hillcrest cinemas, a charming coming of age romantic comedy. Gregory john gordon sinclair is a normal, gangly, hormonallychallenged student who, like his pals, has begun to discover the charms of the opposite sex, particularly those of dorothy dee hepburn, the new girl in school and a talented.
Film movement classics acquires us rights to littleseen. Short cuts is the second film by moorfoot community films, an amateur film making group in south midlothian. For the film gregorys girl, a teen romantic drama set in scotland in which she played an ordinary girl who ended up getting the guy, she went by the name cp grogan, but everyone knew her as. Gregorys girl much of the pics peculiar fascination comes from tangential scenes, limning each characters odd obsession, be it food, girls, soccer, or just watching the traffic drive by. Gregorys girl was released in 1981, the third full length movie from. The film is set in and around a state secondary school in the abronhill district of cumbernauld gregorys girl was ranked no. The object of his affection is dorothy, despite or in part because she is a talented striker who took. Network rail aims to bring iconic gregorys girl clock back. Not only does the film demonstrate forstyths already highly accomplished filmmaking talent, but its. Lots of movies never make it past the preproduction stages. Salary, married, wedding, spouse, family claire patricia grogan born 17 march 1962 is a scottish actress and singer, sometimes credited as c. Gregory pecks private life was darker than most people would. Jaws 1975 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
When a girl named dorothy dee hepburn shows up to play, things change quickly. The other boleyn girl was released in 2008 on friday, february 29, 2008 there were 6 other movies released on the same date, including semipro, bonneville and romulus, my father. And it is about gregory gordon john sinclair, a gangling adolescent who has started to shoot up all of a sudden and finds he is hopelessly uncoordinated. Gregorys girl 30th anniversary school reunion duration. Writerdirector bill forsyth local hero, comfort and joy beautifully portrays teenage awkwardness and optimism in a film that captures new town life like no other. The chip shop in the film was the trio chip shop in larch road. Forget the consensus top 50 greatest movies of all time. Bill forsyth great director profile senses of cinema film. The second film by scottish writerdirector bill forsyth, gregorys girl has all of the gentle charm and quirky, unsentimental emotion not to mention a befuddled person dressed as a penguin that most hollywood teen films lacked in the ensuing two decades. Bbfcinsight moderate nudity, moderate bad language, sex references. Gregorys girl is a 1981 scottish comingofage romantic comedy film written and directed by bill forsyth and starring john gordon sinclair, dee hepburn and clare grogan. It is a world within our world, yet unseen by any human, and the beings here control time and tide and the changing of the seasons. He grew up in the calton area of glasgow and was a pupil at john street secondary school, glasgow.
Gregory tries to insinuate himself as much as possible. Tugoflove over historic station clock that featured in gregorys girl. Gregorys girl may not be what youd describe as laughoutloud in fact i cant particularly think of any specific jokes of the top of my head, but the film simply exudes warmth and you will be smiling from beginning to the end. So gregorys girl is 17 years old, and well may you hope that, in honour of the anniversary, miss clare grogan a veteran of the first film might appear, bringing her rara skirt out of. The story may be familiar, but forsyth s astute and affectionate rendering gives the film its momentum the film won best screenplay at the british academy awards. Clare grogan, who has still not seen the entire film, as susan with john gordon sinclair in gregorys girl i love all the role reversal in the film. Like kes 1969, a serious and downbeat but powerful film about a boy growing up in yorkshire, gregory s girl was dubbed in places by speakers with less thick regional accents for american release. He fancies dorothy, not least because she has got into the football team and is a better player than him. If i had to cut my dvd collection down to two gregorys girl and this is spinal tap would. Gregorys girl full full movie, gregorys girl full full movie streaming gregorys girl full movie engsub watch gregorys girl full english full movie online gregorys girl full film online watch. The sexism of gregorys girl 1981 cant be tolerated today. Sixteenyearold gregory is an awkward, gangly scottish lad who is amid the throngs of puberty.
The film doesnt waste time getting you to the meat of the story. She played isobel on a tv series called maggie, had a part in the littleknown feature film the bruce and did a brief stint in a british soap opera called crossroads. This is one of my favorite films of all time so i decided to track down the locations used for filming and do a past present project using stills from the film. Gregorys girl dvd omaha public library bibliocommons. In gcse, students are given an assignment to perform a drama of the 1981 scottish comingofage romantic comedy film gregorys girl. Gregorys girl is a 1981 scottish comingofage romantic comedy film written and directed by bill forsyth many of the scenes were filmed at the school, including in the corridors and classrooms. Gregorys girl then and now by please visit my new website where i have posted this and many other film location sets. It provides more pure entertainment than many of hollywoods overproduced epics. When he finally saw the finished product at the 1981 london film.
Scientology, hollywood and the prison of belief, is set to become one of the mosttalkedabout documentaries at the sundance. Whether its by failure to secure financing or mysterious delays, some movies are just destined to be pipe dreams. Well, it seems that although we are some considerable months away from release, the film is complete and. She says that after filming finished on gregorys girl all those years. This film is a scottish gem and should be given more praise. Gregorys girl is as basic as films get, and simply follows the gangly gregory through a few days of mild romantic torment. Nov 18, 2014 gregory s girl is a 1981 scottish comingofage romantic comedy film written and directed by bill forsyth many of the scenes were filmed at the school, including in the corridors and classrooms. Gregorys girl 1980 with dee hepburn, jake darcy,john gordon sinclair movie. A jamesbond type fiction film about an evil woman s plans to hijack the new town of cumbernauld with a bioweapon dir. Slight but highly entertaining comedy about a scottish schoolgirl who becomes a wizard on the football team arousing male resentment, naturally, and.
Brewed in scotland a prize comedy the new york times. From a viewer who didnt read the stephen king novel the film was based upon, i went into the netflix original prepared to be disturbed. Forsyths little story doesnt impose social theories or have statements to make about the state of scottish school kids. As the first female football player, dorothy immediately becomes the most popular girl in school, gaining attention from the boys in the school, much to gregorys frustration brick joke. Later on, the photo sales booth has a sign that says next. Has some chase sequences round the old town centre. By the time forsyth had completed comfort and joy, the terrain of the scottish film scene was undergoing radical change.
Gregory becomes infatuated with dorothy a lovely dee hepburn, who proves a heartier and better athlete than he is. Colin tully gregorys girl, cado belle and john martyn. His famous line was if i dont see you through the week, ill see you through a window. Oscar winning actor and screen legend ratings average sources include imdb, rotten tomatoes, radio times film guide. Gregory tries to insinuate himself as much as possible in her life through. Gregorys two girls 1999, directed by bill forsyth film. Gregorys girl movie filming locations the 80s movies rewind.
Shoot out 1971 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Gregory underwood gordon john sinclair is a graceless teen soccer player on a hapless team. She later entered a career as a sales rep for a pharmaceutical company. Gregorys girl was the firstever film to feature cumbernauld new town, a modern town between glasgow and edinburgh. Jun 22, 2011 on or about december 31, 1969 the film was in completed status. Bill forsyths gregorys girl is a charming, innocent, very funny little movie about the weird kid. Unfinished films, which is for films that never completed principal photography, and category. The movie begins with some of the boys spying on the night nurse as she changes clothes. Gregorys little sister seemed a bit too wise for a ten year old, but its not a major problem. Gerald s game was surprisingly more introspective and less gruesome than i imagined except one particularly cringeworthy scene. It is set in scotland, where the teenagers are quieter, more civilized and more naive than, lets say, those in class of 1984. A guide to gregorys girl, the 1981 film about teenage love. The film was released on april 23, 1981, and since went on to become a comingofage classic as audiences fell in love with awkward gregorys tale of unrequited teenage love. Gregorys girl movie trailer hda new 2k restoration of the second feature from the director of local hero, bill forsyth.
The seekers georgy girl 1968 hd wide screen duration. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out. Writing a drama performance essay for gregorys girl. The other boleyn girl is a compelling film due to the exceptional performances and the splendid costumes.
He sets out to win her heart but when he finally gets his dream date theres a surprise in store for gregory. Gregory gordonsinclair is now a teacher at his old cumbernauld compr. Without giving too much of the plot away, short cuts is a simple complicated little film about life, love and laughter in temple village. She agrees to a date but fixes it so that susan turns up instead as unbeknown to. Upcoming films, which is for films currently in production awaiting release. Our school disco would not be complete without the classic scottish secondary school film. She is best known as the lead singer of the 1980s new wave music group altered images and for supporting roles in the 1981 film gregory s girl and the science fiction sitcom. A gangly scottish teen has a crush on the girl who took his place on the school soccer team.
Cumbernaulds town centre has been variously designated chiefly by local residents as the building in britain most deserving of demolition or by the international conservationist group docomomo as one of the sixty key. Mar 17, 2019 network rail aims to bring iconic gregory s girl clock back to glasgow. Dee hepburn acted only three times more postgregorys girl. Using a cast of teenagers from the glasgow youth theatre, writerdirector bill forsyth follows gregory as he schemes to win the heart of the groundbreaking girl who has joined his high school football team. Gregorys so clueless, he relies on advice from his wee sister. The film has an interesting plot especially to gcse aged youngsters because it is a clever story of romance involving characters of the gcse age group. One elephant, two elephant, three elephant, four elephant, five elephant. The next james bond film is completed and wont be touched. Tugoflove over historic station clock that featured in.
When he was trying to arrange financing for gregorys girl, funding sources for scottish cineastes were almost nonexistent. It is the sequel to gregorys girl 1981, which also starred john gordon sinclair and was written. Sixteenyearold gregory has his first encounter with girls. Demolition begins at gregorys girls abronhill high school. Gregory is a normal teen who is infatuated with a classmate. While this may be a belated sequel to gregorys girl, its most certainly not a reprise. Altered images formed in 1979, this glasgow band centred around 17yearold clare grogan who appeared in the film gregorys girl 1981 directed by bill forsyth.