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Bill Forsyth - what members say

Gregory's Girl review by HD from WEST BROMWICH

5 November 2004
...ues Tati can make films so charming and the humour so wonderfully nonchalant as Bill Forsyth. Rent it! it?s a gem. 10 - 10... Read customer review

Local Hero review by from West Yorkshire

Got it right... 27 October 2004
...Bill Forsyth got it absolutely right with this film, moving, quirky and funny. An absolute delight. The scenery is wonderful and the movie has stood the test of time.... Read customer review

Comfort And Joy review by from Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales

Great British Comedy. 15 October 2005
...This is one of Bill Forsyth's best films. Easily up there with Gregory's Girl and Local Hero among the best British comedies of the eighties. This is not laugh out loud hum... Read customer review

Bill Forsyth - filmography

Gregory's Two Girls on DVD (1999)
Starring: John Gordon Sinclair, Carly McKinnon, Maria Doyle Kennedy
Director: Bill Forsyth
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This sequel to GREGORY'S GIRL takes place 20 years after the original film. Gregory (John Gordon Sinclair) is now 35 and back at the school he attended, teaching English and preaching against human rights abuses. When Gregory's students uncover corrupt practices at a local factory, they want their ..read more »

50% from 449 members

Breaking In on DVD (1988)
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Casey Siemaszko, Sheila Kelley
Director: Bill Forsyth
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Before retiring, professional thief Ernie decides to pass all his knowledge onto a young boy, Mike. While Mike is clearly very keen, things don't go the way that Ernie had planned.

56% from 141 members

Housekeeping (1987)
Starring: Christine Lahti, Andrea Burchill, Sarah Walker
Director: Bill Forsyth
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Aunt Sylvie, an eccentric free-spirit who keeps crackers in her coat for imaginary children and takes a midday nap on the town square bench, returns to her hometown to care for her two orphaned nieces. When the townspeople decide Sylvie must clean up her act, it seems her fantasy world must end - ..read more »

71% from 9 members
Currently unavailable

Comfort And Joy (1984)
Starring: Bill Paterson, Clare Grogan, Eleanor David
Director: Bill Forsyth
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Writer/director Bill Forsyth's follow-up to his best film, LOCAL HERO, is another comic exploration of a man undergoing a personal crisis. In LOCAL HERO, the American played by Peter Riegert finds himself enchanted by the people and ambience of a Scottish village he has been dispatched to purchase ..read more »

61% from 845 members
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Local Hero on DVD (1983)
Starring: Fulton Mackay, Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert
Director: Bill Forsyth
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A Texas oil company attempts to buy out a Scottish fishing village for a refinery, and the result is utter confusion. To make matters more complicated, one of the town's least prominent citizens owns a strategic piece of property which he refuses to sell. A warm, acclaimed comedy, starring Burt ..read more »

70% from 7,512 members

Gregory's Girl on DVD (1980)
Starring: John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn, Clare Grogan
Director: Bill Forsyth
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The sophomore film of Scottish director Bill Forsyth was his first international hit, a typically quirky comedy set amongst colorful Scottish teenagers. Gregory (John Gordon Sinclair) is a normal, gangly, hormonally-challenged student who, like his pals, has begun to discover the charms of the ..read more »

63% from 9,023 members

That Sinking Feeling on DVD (1979)
Starring: Tom Mannion, Eddie Burt, Richard Demarco
Director: Bill Forsyth
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Bill Forsyth displays some of the fey quirkiness that would distinguish his later, better-known directorial efforts in 1979's THAT SINKING FEELING. The film details the misadventures of four aimless Scottish youths, who impulsively steal a shipment of stainless-steel sinks. Once they've made off ..read more »

53% from 210 members

Cinema Collection - Vol. 5 and Vol. 6 on DVD
Starring: Robert Curtis Brown, Gary Kemp, Mercedes Ruehl
Director: Danny Glover, Richard Dreyfuss, Peter Weller
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Features eight movies. In 'Take Out The Beast' two men returning home in a cosmic station are ordered to kill the biorobot that is accompanying them. Unfortunately for them, the robot is more human than they think... Also features: 'Under The Car', 'On Hope', 'Override', 'Present Tense, Past ..read more »

32% from 23 members

Bill Forsyth facts

5 most recent films

Gregory's Two Girls - 2.5 stars
Breaking In - 3.0 stars
Housekeeping - 3.5 stars
Comfort And Joy - 3.0 stars
Local Hero - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Local Hero - 3.5 stars
Gregory's Girl - 3.0 stars
Comfort And Joy - 3.0 stars
Breaking In - 3.0 stars
That Sinking Feeling - 2.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Cinema Collection - Vol. 5 and Vol. 6 - 2.0 stars
Housekeeping - 3.5 stars
Gregory's Two Girls - 2.5 stars
That Sinking Feeling - 2.5 stars
Breaking In - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Clare Grogan - 2 times - show films
John Gordon Sinclair - 2 times - show films
Sarah Walker - 1 times - show films
Richard Demarco - 1 times - show films
Robert Curtis Brown - 1 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Richard Dreyfuss - 1 times - show films
Danny Glover - 1 times - show films
Peter Weller - 1 times - show films