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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rated by buyers PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Type of bind: DVD
EAN num: 9780792851233
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN number: 0792851234
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Quantity: 1
Publishing house: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 06, 2001
Running Time: 91 minutes
Sale Popularity Level: 12038
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: May 26, 1982
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High school oddball Gregory (Gordon Sinclair, Local Hero) discovers that the only thing better than scoring on the soccer field is scoring off it in this 'ever delightful adolescent romantic comedy' (The Village Voice) that won a British Academy Award for Best Screenplay. 'Likable andlight-hearted' (The Hollywood Reporter), this delightful Scottish film triumphs with 'sweetness, good humor, a gentle, compassionate spirit and winning performances' (Los Angeles Times)! Gregory is upset. He's been bumped from his position on the soccer team by a girl! However, his anger turns to frustration when he realizes that he's not only jealous of his replacement he's also in love with her! And though she agrees to go out on a date with him, Gregory finds that, as both a player and a love interest, she kicks well above his head! 'Fresh, true, funny [and] full of charm' (The New Republic), Gregory's Girl is the match of the day!
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There is something so utterly captivating about this Bill Forsyth film--whether it's the quaintness of authentic Scottish accents (softened for its U.S. release) or the wholly universal story of young love. But what really gives Gregory's Girl its evergreen appeal is the enchanting performance of young Gordon John Sinclair as the eponymous gangly lead. With his shock of blue hair, he's all arms and legs--and inexperience. Gregory becomes infatuated with Dorothy (a lovely Dee Hepburn), who proves a heartier and better athlete than he is. Gregory's so clueless, he relies on advice from his wee sister. 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). If American viewers at very first struggle to understand the well-written banter, it is worth the effort because there's charm in nearly every line. It's curious that both Sinclair and Hepburn, seemingly poised on the brink of stardom here, either chose not to take advantage of the possible opportunity or weren't ever offered roles as wonderful as these. (Sinclair had a small role in Forsyth's Local Hero and starred in 1986's The Girl in the Picture and other small films. Hepburn appears to have worked only once post-Gregory, a brief stint in the British series Crossroads.) Forsyth completed a 1998 sequel, with Sinclair and Ever After's Dougray Scott. --N.F. Mendoza
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This is one of the movies I would take to an isolated island.
Crazy, nostalgic in a funny way, and WHAT CHARECTERS!!! Use ONLY the Scottish language when you watch, have subtitles instead.
This is the kind of movie you can look at once a year :-)
Mats Wester/ Uppsala Record & DVD Exchange/ Sweden
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What a good film. Wholesome and fresh after all these years. When will someone put Bill Forsyth's "Comfort and Joy" out on DVD for the US market?
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Name the last "coming-of-age" teen comedy you saw that didn't rely on a barrage of cheap jokes or compromising situations with fresh-baked pastries for laughs. I would have to go all the way back to 1981, for writer-director Bill Forsyth's delightful examination of puppy love, Scottish style. Gawky teenager Gregory (John Gordon Sinclair) goes gaga for Dorothy (Dee Hepburn), a fellow soccer player on the school team. Gregory receives love advice from an unlikely mentor, his little sister (Allison Forster). His male classmates offer advice as well, but of course they are just as clueless as he is (although they put on airs of having deep insight on the subject of girls, naturally). In fact, Forsyth gets a lot of mileage out of that most basic truth about adolescence-the girls are usually light years ahead of the boys when it comes to the mysteries of love. Not as precious as you might think, as Forsyth is a master of low-key anarchy and understated irony. Some viewers may have trouble navigating the thick Scottish accents, but it is well worth the extra work. Also starring Clare Grogan, whom 80s music fans may recall as lead singer of Altered Images (their biggest hit was "I Could Be Happy") and Red Dwarf fans will recognize as the original "Kristine Kochanski".
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Bill Forsyth's delightful coming-of-age film rings consistently true, recreating those universal growing pains experienced by boys in their teens. Lovely Scotland setting (admittedly with some thick accents to decipher) and appealing juvenile performances make this a keeper. Forster is adorable as Gregory's wise, precocious sister. A subtle charmer.
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This is a charming and pretty realistic film about young people and young "love". It is refreshingly unsentimental, and shows that young people are just confused about love (even though it's not like adults are experts, either). It's a nice contrast to the silly, flagrantly unrealistic depictions of young "love" you get in American films and sitcoms. The film is also drop dead hilarious at times, and incredibly charming. This DVD has the original Scottish soundtrack, which is really nice. When I very first saw the film, I saw it on VHS which was dubbed by more "understandable" English voices. I didn't even know it had been dubbed. But when I watched this with the Scottish soundtrack, I still understood it. They're still speaking English, you know! I was rather annoyed that they dubbed the film, but at least the DVD has both soundtracks. Choose the Scottish one. It's fine. A lovely piece of cinema, this is...
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