Gregory's Girl

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23-04-2021, 12:29 PM
Peevemor

Gregory's Girl

... was released 40 years ago today. Crikey!

Great film though.

https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-an...rns-40-3211109
23-04-2021, 12:35 PM
weecounty hibby

I love Claire Grogan! There I've said it, feel better now!
23-04-2021, 12:40 PM
HUTCHYHIBBY

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Originally Posted by Peevemor

... was released 40 years ago today. Crikey!

Chernobyl, 35 years ago on Monday, scary stuff!
23-04-2021, 02:56 PM
Moulin Yarns

Good bit on the afternoon show, bbc radio Scotland now. Claire and Bill forsyth chatting.
23-04-2021, 05:18 PM
hibsbollah

Chic Murray was my favourite, brief cameo role as the headmaster.
23-04-2021, 05:34 PM
Peevemor

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Originally Posted by weecounty hibby

I love Claire Grogan! There I've said it, feel better now!

She blew into my bagpipes once.
23-04-2021, 05:35 PM
AFKA5814_Hibs

Remember going to the Dominion to watch it with my school class when it came out, must have been in P6 or P7. Watched it again just a couple of weeks back on BBC Scotland channel. Loads of great one-liners. Love the music that's played throughout the film as well.
23-04-2021, 05:36 PM
Wilson

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Originally Posted by Peevemor

She blew into my bagpipes once.

What an odd euphemism.
23-04-2021, 06:23 PM
Peevemor

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Originally Posted by Wilson

What an odd euphemism.

I wish it was.
23-04-2021, 08:23 PM
Hibrandenburg

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Originally Posted by Peevemor

She blew into my bagpipes once.

Fnar Fnar!
23-04-2021, 09:21 PM
heretoday

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Originally Posted by weecounty hibby

I love Claire Grogan! There I've said it, feel better now!

I found her annoying at the time but very nice now. It's a film that improves with age.
23-04-2021, 09:42 PM
hibsbollah

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Originally Posted by heretoday

I found her annoying at the time but very nice now. It's a film that improves with age.

Probably sacrilege to say so, but I think the opposite. I watched it recently and by modern standards the pace of the storytelling is painfully slow.

Restless Natives holds up much better from the same era.
24-04-2021, 08:37 AM
lord bunberry

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Originally Posted by hibsbollah

Probably sacrilege to say so, but I think the opposite. I watched it recently and by modern standards the pace of the storytelling is painfully slow.

Restless Natives holds up much better from the same era.

Restless Natives was brilliant, I’ll have to try and watch that again. Does anyone know anywhere it can be viewed online?
24-04-2021, 08:59 AM
Billy Whizz

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Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns

Good bit on the afternoon show, bbc radio Scotland now. Claire and Bill forsyth chatting.

Forsyth directed/produced a few great Scottish movies
Always loved Local Hero, and the beautiful locations and haunting music
24-04-2021, 10:44 AM
Peevemor

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Originally Posted by Billy Whizz

Forsyth directed/produced a few great Scottish movies
Always loved Local Hero, and the beautiful locations and haunting music

Agree 100% re. Local Hero.

That Sinking Feeling was a great film too, although given that I haven't seen it in about 30 years, I've no idea how well it's aged.
24-04-2021, 04:18 PM
hibsbollah

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Originally Posted by lord bunberry

Restless Natives was brilliant, I’ll have to try and watch that again. Does anyone know anywhere it can be viewed online?

Netflix 👍
25-04-2021, 09:34 AM
Keith_M

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Originally Posted by hibsbollah

Probably sacrilege to say so, but I think the opposite. I watched it recently and by modern standards the pace of the storytelling is painfully slow.

Restless Natives holds up much better from the same era.

I prefer Restless Natives myself, but they're just different types of movies, and (IMUO) the 'pace' of Gregory's Girl suits the storyline.
28-04-2021, 05:45 PM
O'Rourke3

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Originally Posted by lord bunberry

Restless Natives was brilliant, I’ll have to try and watch that again. Does anyone know anywhere it can be viewed online?

BBC Scotland showed all of these at Christmas. Still on few on my DVR. I enjoyed the film when it came out but remain confused by the big escalator in St Andrew Square bus station (Glasgow Buchanan Street) and the fact everyone in the scheme was Glaswegian

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28-04-2021, 07:38 PM
Hibs Class

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Originally Posted by AFKA5814_Hibs

Remember going to the Dominion to watch it with my school class when it came out, must have been in P6 or P7. Watched it again just a couple of weeks back on BBC Scotland channel. Loads of great one-liners. Love the music that's played throughout the film as well.

IIRC the EEN cinema listings recorded that Gregory’s Girl was in its 60th week, etc. I eventually saw it at the Dominion over a year after general release and I think the screen only had about a dozen seats.
02-05-2021, 04:31 PM
degenerated

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Originally Posted by Peevemor

Agree 100% re. Local Hero.

That Sinking Feeling was a great film too, although given that I haven't seen it in about 30 years, I've no idea how well it's aged.

I watched it a few years back and still thought it funny.

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02-05-2021, 05:39 PM
lapsedhibee

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Originally Posted by Billy Whizz

Forsyth directed/produced a few great Scottish movies
Always loved Local Hero, and the beautiful locations and haunting music

Can't at the moment think of a better film. Impossible to say how good it would have seemed without Knopfler's score though.
03-05-2021, 09:52 AM
JeMeSouviens

I still count seconds in elephants, so I guess that's a lasting legacy. :greengrin
03-05-2021, 11:21 AM
Hibs Class

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Originally Posted by JeMeSouviens

I still count seconds in elephants, so I guess that's a lasting legacy. :greengrin

It's where I learned how fast a sneeze is!
03-05-2021, 11:27 AM
Peevemor

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Originally Posted by Hibs Class

It's where I learned how fast a sneeze is!

And why I want to move to Caracas.
03-05-2021, 04:33 PM
JeMeSouviens

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Originally Posted by Peevemor

And why I want to move to Caracas.

:greengrin ... and you've spelled it right!