When phil, the team s manager the only regularlyseen adult in the film, played by jake darcy puts a call out for new team players, he and his footballers are stunned to discover that the best potential ringer is dorothy dee hepburn, a selfassured young lady with a killer kick and a. The awardwinning, 80s movies rewind has been the place for eighties movies since 1999 and you can totally see why with a full 8 pages of totally the best info for each of the 579 movies featured. While being adopted as a memorable film by british football fans, gregorys girl is not exclusively a football film. Gregorys girl 1980 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Gregorys two girls is a 1999 british film, set in cumbernauld. 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. The film is set in and around a state secondary school in the abronhill district of cumbernauld. That same year, she ended up with the title role in scottish director bill forsyth s acclaimed teen romance gregory s girl. Slight, unassuming and cute without being stupid, gregorys girl was a surprise in 1981, when american youth comedies were edging into the crass territory of titles like the hollywood knights. I am only giving it four stars however, as it is a. Gregory john gordon sinclair, who billed himself as gordon john sinclair to sound less scottish is a gangly, goofy student quite happy to.
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Gregorys girl is a scottish teen romantic comedy written and directed by bill forsyth and released in 1980 the movie begins with coach menzies jake darcy looking to replace some of the players on the schools football soccer team, including gregory john gordon sinclair, the goalie. Set in a nondescript scottish town, forsyths tale features a group of teens who actually seem like real people rather than idealized. Roadshow home video and entertainments vhsdvd releases. John hill has a lot of fun in unpacking the mixed messages contained in what appears to be the quintessential brit. Home arts film film gallery available as framed prints, photos, wall art and gift items. In his warm, scottish comingofage film, gangly teen gregory and his schoolmates. Fresh, true, funny and full of charm the new republic, gregorys girl is the match. In fact, the game is just a backdrop, it is a coming of age film that in present time would be described as a romcom. Entertainment best 100 british films full list show list info this is the complete list of the 100 best british films of the century, as voted for by 1,000 leading figures of the movie industry, and compiled by the british film institute. She later entered a career as a sales rep for a pharmaceutical company. Watching gregorys girl today is to step into an early 80s timewarp complete with feathered hair and dorothy hamill dos. New york times subscribers enjoy full access to timesmachineview. Gregorys girl movie filming locations the 80s movies rewind.
It is a somewhat predictable film as most films of its genre are and is. Bill forsyths gregorys girl is a charming, innocent, very funny little movie about the weird kid. It s timeless, magic, comedic, romantic, and just about as perfect a film as you could get. She is the most likable, bestdrawn young adult protagonist since the sexual innocent of gregory s girl. 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. Rent gregorys girl 1982 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. 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. Oct 11, 2010 the 50 best family films the 50 best family films.
The chip shop in the film was the trio chip shop in larch road. Mike jackson and deborah norville recap the top story and say goodnight. Variety club actress of the year award, dee hepburn, 1981. The setting of bill forsyths gregorys girl, also released in 1980, could hardly have been more different. Gregorys girl 1981 was directed by scottish director bill forsyth, who is best known for his 1983 release, local hero. For each film, we use the first date on which it was made available to the public, which might include international theatrical or domestic video releases that were a few days, or sometimes more, earlier than. 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.
Local hero is set in the small village of furness actually a composite on the north. Simple and sweet, the tale of young gregory hit a nerve of truth in both the uk and america, and it became an art house hit for the quirky scots director bill forsyth. 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. Originally published in the guardian on 7 august 1982.
Eighteen years after the events of gregorys girl, greg underwood sinclair now a 35yearold english teacher in his former secondary school has fantasies. Help complete barry normans list of the 50 greatest. It is the sequel to gregorys girl 1981, which also starred john gordon sinclair and was written and directed by bill forsyth. 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. Slight but highly entertaining comedy about a scottish schoolgirl who becomes a wizard on the football team arousing male resentment, naturally, and. Scottish writerdirector bill forsyth was one of the bigger names in u. A complete list of all the movies mentioned in the story of film. Gregorys girl earlier this year hinted she would return to acting three decades after she shot to fame as john gordon sinclairs love interest dorothy in the bill forsyth film the actress said she turned down the chance to become a star because of the level of nudity and sexual content of roles she was offered after gregorys girl. 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. When a girl named dorothy dee hepburn shows up to play, things change quickly. Roadshow home video and entertainment s vhsdvd releases is a roadshow entertainment 1982 present, also has palace films from 1983 to the late 90 s. The phone box where one of the girls changes her clothes was the phone box in ash road.
Initially, grogan concentrated on music, as her band s blend of postpunk and giddy pop made waves on the u. Choose from 744 pictures in our film collection for your wall art or photo gift. Popular choices include framed prints, canvas prints, posters and jigsaw puzzles. I saw this film 30 years ago and i still remember his sisters quote, whos gonna be gregorys girl. Gregorys girl is a 1981 scottish comingofage romantic comedy film written and directed by. If the british were coming in 1982, they hadnt got very far by 1986, when only 41 uk film features were produced. Bill forsyth great director profile senses of cinema film. With james mason, alan bates, lynn redgrave, charlotte rampling. Rated pg what parents need to know common sense media says.
When phil, the teams manager the only regularlyseen adult in the film, played by jake darcy puts a call out for new team players, he and his footballers are stunned to discover that the best potential ringer is dorothy dee hepburn, a selfassured young lady with a killer kick and a. British film gregorys girl is a success stateside, now the strong scottish accents have been rerecorded for a us audience. John hills british cinema in the 1980s closeup film centre. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Apr 07, 2008 the gawky john sinclair lewis plays gregory, the luckless goalie for a suburban high school s soccer team. Gregorys girl 1981 over the years i have heard british football soccer fans discuss in fondness their memories of the film gregorys girl. Film4 productions simple english wikipedia, the free.
Bill forsyths gregorys girl, which opens today at the lincoln. John brown, a suitable job for a scot, sight and sound, spring 1984, pp. Forsyths british work has been compared to the ealing comedies of the late 1940s and early 1950s, with his typically light comic touch, his sense of character and detail, his quirky protagonists, and his. But it is also sweetly hilarious as gangly scottish teen gregory gordon john sinclair falls for an outofhisleague girl. Bill forsyth in 1981 comingofage romantic comedy film gregorys girl. Rent gregorys girl 1982 starring john gordon sinclair and dee hepburn on dvd and bluray. Gregorys girl star john gordon sinclair admits hes thrilled about his new. Gregory s girl 1980 high hopes 1988 invitation to the wedding 1983 jane and the lost city 1988 local hero 1983 loose connections 1983 the missionary 1983 monty python s the meaning of life 1983 morons from outer space 1985 personal services 1987 a private function 1984 privates on parade 1982 restless natives 1985. Both films are set in scotland, though they differ greatly. One elephant, two elephant, three elephant, four elephant, five elephant. Gregory s girl is in my top 3 favorite films of all time, and i still watch it frequently.
Help complete barry normans list of the 50 greatest british. The sexism of gregorys girl 1981 cant be tolerated today gregorys girl is an iconic comingofage movie from 1981. Arguably john hughes s sunniest film, this is an 80s teen classic that hasnt dated in the slightest. A good movie filmed in abronhill, a suburb of the scottish new town of cumbernauld, this coming of age romantic comedy is an early film by director bill forsyth in 1981 comingofage romantic comedy film gregorys girl. It is set in scotland, where the teenagers are quieter, more civilized and more naive than, lets say, those in class of 1984. Ced titles having surround sound encoding may be played with receivers on the dolby pro logic setting. It provides more pure entertainment than many of hollywoods overproduced epics. Gregorys girl 1980 with dee hepburn, jake darcy,john gordon. Clare grogan interview early 1982 by tadpolesandwich. Bbc news entertainment best 100 british films full list. Square braces are used to differentiate identical, consecutive titles in the database. Dee hepburn acted only three times more postgregorys girl. Gregorys girl by bill forsyth bill forsyth, john gordon.
Allways look on the bright side of life life of brian performed by eric idle 1979. 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. Buy gregorys girl movie posters from movie poster shop. This film stars burt lancaster as texas oil baron felix happer, who sends employee macintyre as an emissary to a scottish fishing village to negotiate for the rights to the town s oil reserves. Matt meets actor turned crime writer john gordon sinclair. The girl in the red velvet swing 1955 the girl next door bd. Gregorys girl 1981 full movie download full hd youtube.
An odyssey, a documentary film about the history of cinema by mark. April 6, 2019 august 22, 2019 firstmagnitude 1030 views 0 comments 1982, gregorys girl, humongous, the devils playground, the secret of nimh, tron, vanessa dogs of the week humongous, vanessa read more. Dee hepburn in gregorys girl 1980 john gordon sinclair in gregorys girl 1980 john. With john gordon sinclair, dee hepburn, jake darcy, clare grogan. Help complete barry normans list of the 50 greatest british films of all time have your say and you could win a signed copy of the 20 radio times guide to films and. Gregorys girl 1982 gregorys girl is short on stars, long on soccer, and it sounds like a weird al yankovic parody of rick springfield. 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. The girl on the bridge 1951 girl on the bridge 1999 the. John hughes s 1984 directorial debut lifted the teen comedy out of the cinematic gutter, made molly ringwald an icon of teenage longing, helped launch the careers of a generation of young actors, including anthony michael hall and john cusack, and established the young filmmaker as the bard of adolescent angst. The movie has an air of innocence and gentle humor that make it seem very much of another era, which in fact it is.
Much of the pleasure here is in the details, as forsyth casts a loving eye on the films scottish middle. Braless liz hurley befuddles billy connolly at the baftas. Gregorys girl then and now by please visit my new website where i have posted this and many other film location sets. A homely but vivacious young woman dodges the amorous attentions of her father s middleaged employer while striving to capture some of the glamorous life of her swinging london roommate. There is a sequel, gregory s 2 girls, which i am leery about seeing and have avoided it for the past 11 years. Forsyth was a key figure in the revival of british film production in the 1980s, and gregorys girl was both a popular and critical success. Watch gregory s girl full movie in hd visit in his scottish new town home, gangling gregory and his schoolfriends are. As a nonbritish football fan, i had never been exposed to it and was completely unaware of it. This list shows all films released in 1982, including films that went directtovideo, or only got an international theatrical release. Offhand, i can think of only two kinds, one being any billy wilder film costarring jack lemmon and walter matthau.
Gregorys girl 1981 andrina 1982 local hero 1983 comfort and joy 1984 housekeeping 1987 breaking in 1989 being human 1993 gregorys two girls 1999 select bibliography. Best 100 british films full list lawrence of arabia is one of three david lean films in the top five this is the complete list of the 100 best british films of the century, as voted for by 1,000 leading figures of the movie industry, and compiled by the british film institute. For each film, we use the first date on which it was made available to the public, which might include international theatrical or domestic video releases that were a few days, or sometimes more, earlier than the domestic uscanada theatrical release. Gregory is a normal teen who is infatuated with a classmate. With sharon gless, frank converse, helen hunt, bill beyers.
Gregorys girl 1981 gregory underwood gordon john sinclair is a graceless teen soccer player on a hapless team. Freedom water eric clapton performed by billy conolly 1984. A complete history of my sexual failures coproduction with warp x productions, screen yorkshire, em media, madman entertainment and uk film council a field in england a life less ordinary coproduction with polygram filmed entertainment and 20th century fox. The sexism of gregorys girl 1981 cant be tolerated today. Gregorys girl filmmaker bill forsyth, whose friendly, unmalicious approach recalls that of rene clair, is concerned with young students in particular, a soccer team goalie, gregory seeking. 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. The beautiful game on celluloid, part eight gregorys girl. Thanks to lynsey one scene was filmed at whitelees primary school, also in abronhill. Colin tully gregorys girl, cado belle and john martyn. The gawky john sinclair lewis plays gregory, the luckless goalie for a suburban high schools soccer team. Gregorys girl was released in 1981, the third full length movie from.