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Release Date: 1981 Cast: Clare Grogan, Jake D'Arcy, Caroline Guthrie, John Gordon Sinclair, Billy Greenlees, Carol Macartney, Robert Buchanan, Allan Love, Douglas Sannachan, Dee Hepburn
Categories: Movies, Romantic comedy, Indie, Comedy-drama, Comedy, Coming of age, Romance Film, Teen Gregory's Girl is a 1981 Scottish coming-of-age romantic comedy film written and directed by Bill Forsyth.
The film is set in and around a state secondary school in the Abronhill district of Cumbernauld. It features John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn, and Clare Grogan, among others. Grogan's role helped promote her career, as she was in the band Altered Images at the time of the film's release.
Gregory's Girl was ranked #30 in the British Film Institute's list of the top 100 British films and #29 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 50 best high school movies.
Gregory Underwood (John... MORE
Gregory's Girl is a 1981 Scottish coming-of-age romantic comedy film written and directed by Bill Forsyth.
The film is set in and around a state secondary school in the Abronhill district of Cumbernauld. It features John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn, and Clare Grogan, among others. Grogan's role helped promote her career, as she was in the band Altered Images at the time of the film's release.
Gregory's Girl was ranked #30 in the British Film Institute's list of the top 100 British films and #29 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 50 best high school movies.
Gregory Underwood (John Gordon Sinclair) is an awkward teenager who plays in his school football (soccer) team. They are not doing very well, so the coach (Jake D'Arcy) holds a trial to find new players, with Gregory being moved to goal. Dorothy (Dee Hepburn), turns up and, despite the coach's sexist misgivings, proves to be a very good player. She subsequently takes Gregory's place as centre forward, and Gregory in turn replaces his friend Andy (Robert Buchanan) as goalkeeper.
Gregory is all for her making the team, as he finds her very attractive. However, he has to compete for her attention with all the other boys who LESS
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