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Sun Apr 23, 2006 12:29 amby Alex Glass
Good Morning HH Thought that would get a reaction from you.
Only pulling your leg. Peter is a great actor and I enjoyed the film too.
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Sun Apr 23, 2006 12:32 amby HollowHorn
onyirtodd wrote:Agreed. Fine film but squalid.
IMDB:I finally got the DVD today in the mail, so I could watch this film. Now I'm from the Netherlands and my English is pretty good, but my Scottisch is not so good (thank god for the subtitles :)). But, I did get the general message, which is pretty global. What Joe is dealing with, trying to stay sober and creating a good life for himself and his "family". Its very recognizable.
The acting was brilliant, and very very honest and realistic. There just aren't enough films like these. One's with REAL stories to tell, real life stories. What is so wrong with watching reality? Normal life is hard enough, and its OK to show that. We don't always have to see all the glitter and glamour of Hollywood.
People go see this film, if I had ten thumbs, I would give him ten thumbs UP.
Thank you Mr. Mullan and all the others working on this film for this beautiful honest film.
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Sun Apr 23, 2006 12:36 amby HollowHorn
Good morning to you too, Alex, are you not up a tad late when considering an assault on the WHW? Give yourself a rest, come simitry slouchin' with us instead.
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Sun Apr 23, 2006 12:37 amby gap74
Salt on our Skin, 1992 flick with Greta Scacchi set all over the world, but with Glasgow standing in for quite a few locations - I remember Glasgow Central being a railway station in Paris, for one.
That Sinking Feeling, not really squalor or gangsters, although it was shot when Glasgow was far from a pretty sight - a lightweight Bill Forsyth comedy about some young fellas who plot to steal kitchenware...
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Sun Apr 23, 2006 5:06 amby glasgowken
I've consulted the rules (which i've just made up in my head) and i'm sorry to say "My Name is Joe" is squalid
And unless i'm wrong (never seen it) I think "the House Of Mirth" was made in Glasgow, but was
supposed to be New York, so that doesn't count. Nor does any other film which uses Glasgow to stand in for other locations
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Sun Apr 23, 2006 6:33 amby pamd
Was 'Restless Natives' set in Glasgow? Low budget comedy as I recall.
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Sun Apr 23, 2006 8:22 amby Tamandee
pamd wrote:Was 'Restless Natives' set in Glasgow? Low budget comedy as I recall.
Was that not Embra?
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Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:31 amby red_kola
Tamandee wrote:Was that not Embra?
Yeah, but bits of it were filmed in Glasgow too. Characters running from Princes Street Gardens into the Anderston Centre, etc...
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Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:36 amby drks
orphans!
depends how you define squalor i suppose, it does have a typical dodgy glasgow pub.
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Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:26 amby Shazbat
What was the one with Frankie Miller and Billy Connolly? Bit 'gritty' mind.
Greenock not Glasgow
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Sun Apr 23, 2006 5:28 pmby Dexter St. Clair
Peter McDougall's Just a Boy's Game is a masterpiece, a low-key story of life in a depressed Greenock, when the only ambition for the hard-cases is to be legendary hard-cases. Miller's performance is first-class, and Mackenzie's direction faultless.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317783/usercomments
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Mon Apr 24, 2006 1:00 amby Sydney Rosewater
The above photie is a cracker. 2nd fae left's Alex Harvey, Billy Conolly in centre, And Frankie Miller at far right. Who're the rest?
I recognise the guy wi the big lapels at the back.
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Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:42 amby Tamandee
Sydney Rosewater wrote:The above photie is a cracker. 2nd fae left's Alex Harvey, Billy Conolly in centre, And Frankie Miller at far right. Who're the rest?
I recognise the guy wi the big lapels at the back.
The man with the lapels is Jimmy Reid of UCS fame.
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Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:56 amby glasgowken
Back on topic please (always wanted to say that
).
Much as I love Billy Connolly, That is a hardman film, which falls outside the rules.
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Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:02 amby JayKay
Salt on our Skin, 1992 flick with Greta Scacchi set all over the world, but with Glasgow standing in for quite a few locations - I remember Glasgow Central being a railway station in Paris, for one
Kelvingrove Museum as a University in Montreal as well as the Commercial Hotel (formerly of the top of Buchanan Street) for the 1940s wedding reception scenes.