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My Name Is Joe (DVD, 2002)

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Director ‏ : ‎ Ken Loach. Another hard-hitting drama from Ken Loach. Joe learns from Sarah that Liam and his wife, Sabine (Annemarie Kennedy), owe money to local gangster McGowan (David Hayman). Actors ‏ : ‎ Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall, David McKay, Annemarie Kennedy, Gary Lewis.

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A former alcoholic who is currently out of work keeps himself busy by coaching a footabll team in Glasgow. When one of his players becomes involved with local gangsters their lives are changed forever.

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ProducerRebecca O'brien

EAN5014138289966

eBay Product ID (ePID)3947358

Product Key Features

ActorPeter Mullan, Louise Goodall, Gary Lewis, Anne Marie Kennedy, David Mckay

Film/TV TitleMy Name Is Joe

DirectorKen Loach

LanguageEnglish

Subtitle LanguageEnglish

Run Time100 Mins

Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Release Year2002

FormatDVD

FeaturesInterviews\Theatrical Trailer\Interactive Menus\Scene Index, Widescreen, Closed Caption, With Subtitles

GenreDrama, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Hearing ImpairedEnglish

Executive ProducerUlrich Felsberg

Additional InformationPeter Mullan (ORPHANS, MISS JULIE) won the Best Actor award at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival for his performance as Joe Kavanagh, a recovering alcoholic in his late thirties. Like half the people in his impoverished Glasgow neighborhood, he's unemployed and struggles to get by between odd jobs and the dole, along with coaching a ragtag soccer team largely consisting of delinquents. As difficult as his life may seem, he's buoyed by a willed optimism that he realizes is the only alternative to reverting to his addiction. When he's caught by a niggling unemployment official while doing the odd wallpapering job for social worker-nurse Sarah Downie (Louise Goodall), she helps to keep him from losing his sinecure. The two soon begin a tentative relationship, but Joe remains connected to his former life through his young friend Liam (David McKay), an ex-con and former addict. Mullan is utterly believable as another of social realist director Ken Loach's characters attempting to negotiate the tough climate of 1980s Great Britain.

ReviewsEntertainment Weekly - "...Appealing....Few proles are more attractive than [McMullan]..." -- Rating: B+, Sight and Sound - ...A sense of beauty and possibility..., New York Times - ...[Mullan gives] a blustery, tender performance of exceptional immediacy..., Movieline - ...[Mullan] gives a phenomenal performance...

ScreenwriterPaul Laverty

Format DescriptionDVD 9

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1

Movie/TV TitleMy Name Is Joe