Comfort and joy film 1984

Comfort and joy is a 1984 scottish comedy film written and directed by bill forsyth and starring bill paterson as a radio disc jockey whose life undergoes a. Comfort and joy is the forsyth film i come back to most often, and with the most satisfaction. In comfort and joy, alan bill paterson is a glasgow radio disc jockey whose air name is the chirpy dickey bird. Dont be alarmed by the slightly misty, lower quality main titles sequence. Best bit would have to be bill paterson opening his car door one morning to find the front seat covered in ice creams. Its an optical that must have given the colorist unexpected trouble. Joy of sex sometimes referred to as national lampoons joy of sex is a 1984 film directed by martha coolidge. A wonderful film, rivaling many of forsyths more wellknown efforts, including local hero and gregorys girl. Mark knopfler music from the film comfort and joy discogs. Bill paterson plays alan dickie bird, a popular radio personality experiencing a midlife crisis. Comfort and joy 1984 written and directed by bill forsyth whats it about.

The 1987 film housekeeping, an adaptation of marilynne robinsons 1981 novel, was forsyths first american work. Purchase comfort and joy hopefully released on dvd region 1 soon, as that is my only reason for witholding the coveted 5th star for your christmas film library. Comfort and joy is a charming film on its own, but something of a disappointment when. With bill paterson, eleanor david, clare grogan, alex norton. Comfort and joy 1984 filming locations 1 glasgow, strathclyde, scotland, uk get the imdb app. 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 for an oil company. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival.

The deaths of vandriver andrew boyle who had resisted being involved in drug dealing and his family happened in april 1984, four months before comfort and joy was released, and as star bill paterson acknowledges, this had an impact on the film s reception. Why comfort and joy was underrated ill never know for i found this movie to be both comforting and a joy so to speak. In the midst of the halloween season, when the movies are mostly about murders with power drills, its time to observe that cheerful, goodhearted people do still exist on the screen. The hero, alan bird, is a radio announcer from 6 to 9 every morning. Comfort and joy 1984 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.

Bill patersons alan dickie bird is a partridgesque local radio dj whose life starts to unravel when his kleptomaniac girlfriend leaves him. The album contains music composed for the 1984 film comfort and joy, written and directed by bill forsyth. Comfort and joy 1984 a glasgow disc jockey becomes entangled in a war between rival mobs for control of the ice cream trade. And it somehow avoids offputting levels of cynicism. Mark knopfler joy from comfort and joy official video youtube. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. The other actors including the italians who own mr. Comfort and joy is an underrated gem of a christmas movie. Comfort and joy 1984 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Comfort and joy, comedy from scotland the new york.

Bill paterson plays alan dickie bird, a popular radio personality experiencing a midlife crisis sparked by his girlfriends unexpected departure a marvelously written and realized scene. Here, for example, is bill forsyths comfort and joy, one of the happiest and most engaging movies you are likely to see this year, and it comes from a glasgow director who. Here, for example, is bill forsyths comfort and joy, one of the happiest and most engaging movies you are likely. A lyric from the christmas carol god rest you merry, gentlemen. A disc jockey from glasgow scotland loses his neerdowell shoplifting girlfriend and then becomes involved with a couple of mafia clans who are in the midst of warring over territorial rights.

Comfort and joy, starring nancy mckeon comfort and joy justice league episode, an episode of the animated series. Forsyths next film was the 1984 comfort and joy, about a glasgow radio dj caught in a rivalry between ice cream companies, which again featured clare grogan. This leads him into the struggle between two italian families, the bernardis and the rossis, over whose ice cream vans can sell where in glasgow. Comfort and joy 1984 film comfort and joy quotes at the internet movie database.

I happened to catch this on lifetime when it aired and was thrilled when it was released to dvd. A melancholy radio disc jockey who finds himself mediating between two rival ice cream families. It wasnt a great time to launch a lighthearted look at the icecream business in. Comfort and joy is a soundtrack album by british singersongwriter and guitarist mark knopfler, released in 1984 by vertigo records. Oct 07, 2016 joy is taken from the original soundtrack of the 1984 scottish comedy film comfort and joy directed by bill forsyth and starring bill paterson. Jonathan coe on comfort and joy bill forsyth, 1984. Studiocanals region b bluray of comfort and joy is a bfi restoration of this feature from 1984. Comfort and joy was writerdirector bill forsyths followup to the enormously successful local hero, and the film successfully continues the bittersweet comic formula, enhanced by chris menges picturesque photography and music by mark knopfler.

Comfort and joy is a charming film on its own, but something of a disappointment when compared to gregorys girl and local hero, in which the inventions were more consistently comic. His nickname is dickey bird, and he specializes in the 6. Comfort and joy is still a treat, though, its dry humour a return to the style of forsyths zerobudget debut. It begins as a story about those dim, lonely days following a breakup, and turns into a fantastical tale of the dark underworld behind ice cream vendor territorial disputes. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. A tribute to all radio announcersstaff who work holidays. Comfort and joy is a 1984 scottish comedy film written and directed by bill forsyth and starring bill paterson as a radio disc jockey whose life undergoes a bizarre upheaval after his girlfriend leaves him. And then, in the late summer of 1984, forsyth presented his latest comedy to the world. Comfort and joy is a 1984 film about a radio host who tries to settle a feud between two families.

Alan bird witnesses how an ice cream van is attacked and destroyed by an angry competitor. Oct 10, 1984 comfort and joy is a charming film on its own, but something of a disappointment when compared to gregorys girl and local hero, in which the inventions were more consistently comic. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Comfort and joy, directed by bill forsyth comfort and joy, soundtrack album to the film.

Comfort and joy 1984 marks a watershed in several respects. Joy is taken from the original soundtrack of the 1984 scottish comedy film comfort and joy directed by bill forsyth and starring bill paterson. Mark knopfler music from the film comfort and joy 1984. Dec 05, 2009 jonathan coe on comfort and joy bill forsyth, 1984. The deaths of vandriver andrew boyle who had resisted being involved in drug dealing and his family happened in april 1984, four months before comfort and joy was released, and as star bill paterson acknowledges, this had an impact on the films reception.