“An enchanting comedy…Gregory’s Girl is a movie with an original, distinct personality. It floats effortlessly over its landscape, seeing all from a marvelously cockeyed perspective all its own.”
– Vincent Canby, The New York Times
“A charming, innocent, very funny little movie”
— Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
FROM LOCAL HERO DIRECTOR BILL FORSYTH COMES
A STUNNING 2K RESTORATION OF A QUIRKY, ENDEARING COMEDY – ONE OF THE MOST LOVED BRITISH FILMS
OF ALL TIME
GREGORY’S GIRL
Street Date: January 28, 2020
Blu-ray: $29.95
Available on Blu-ray for the First Time in North America, This
BAFTA Award-winner Features Bonus Programming Including Audio Commentary with Director Bill Forsyth and Film Critic Mark Kermode, Original Featurettes, Alternative U.S. and French Dubbed Versions and More!
SYNOPSIS
Following an 8-game losing streak, a desperate (and sexist) Glasgow school soccer team coach reluctantly accepts hotshot female player Dorothy (Dee Hepburn, who trained six weeks for the role). Although demoted to goalie, teenage knucklehead Gregory (John Gordon Sinclair), falls hard for his new teammate. Prodded by the advice of his smart-mouthed 10-year-old sister, Madeline, (Allison Forster), he does make his move, but there are behind-the-scenes feminine conspiracies en route.
Perhaps the biggest sleeper hit of the 1980s, Gregory’s Girl was made on the proverbial shoestring, but turned a 64,000 percent profit, with Forsyth’s screenplay winning the British Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 1982. It would later be voted #30 in the BFI’s list of 100 greatest British films of the 20th century.
Gregory’s Girl was Glasgow-born Forsyth’s second feature film, following his 1979 independent debut comedy That Sinking Feeling (made with a budget of only £5,000), which jump-started a then-non-existent Scottish film industry. Gregory’s Girl would be followed by Comfort and Joy, Local Hero (starring Burt Lancaster and Peter Riegert), and the drama Housekeeping. Forsyth would later make films starring Burt Reynolds (Breaking In) and Robin Williams (Being Human).
BONUS FEATURES
- Audio Commentary with director Bill Forsyth and film critic Mark Kermode
- Bill Forsyth on Gregory’s Girl interview
- Bill Forsyth: The Early Years interview
- Gregory’s Girl Memories with Clare Grogan interview
- New essay by film scholar Jonathan Murray
- Alternative U.S. and French dub versions
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Type: Blu-ray/Digital (iTunes, Amazon, Vudu)
Running Time: 91 minutes + Extras
Rating: PG
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audio: Stereo
About Film Movement
Founded in 2002 as one of the first-ever subscription film services with its DVD-of-the-Month club, Film Movement is now a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City. It has released more than 250 feature films and shorts culled from prestigious film festivals worldwide. Film Movement’s theatrical releases include American independent films, documentaries, and foreign art house titles. Its catalog includes titles by directors such as Hirokazu Kore-eda, Maren Ade, Jessica Hausner, Andrei Konchalovsky, Andrzej Wajda, Diane Kurys, Ciro Guerra and Melanie Laurent. In 2015, Film Movement launched its reissue label Film Movement Classics, featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on Blu-ray and DVD, including films by such noted directors as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway, Bille August, Marleen Gorris, Takeshi Kitano, Arturo Ripstein, King Hu, Sergio Corbucci and Ettore Scola. For more information, please visit www.filmmovement.com. Visit www.filmmovementplus.com for more information about Film Movement Plus, the new subscription streaming service from Film Movement.
