My name is Joe / a Parallax Pictures and Road Movies Vierte production ; in collaboration with Channel Four Films, WDR/ARTE/La Sept Cinema, ARD/DEGETO Film and BIM distribuzione, Diaphana distribution, Tornasol/Alta Films ; screenplay, Paul Laverty ; producer, Rebecca O'Brien ; director, Ken Loach ; a co-production between Britain, Germany and Spain.
Edition:
Widescreen.
Publisher:
Cinema Club :
Copyright Date:
2002
Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 101 min. for feature, approximately 30 min. for extras) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall, David McKay, Annemarie Kennedy, Gary Lewis, Lorraine McIntosh, David Hayman. A foreign film (Great Britain, Germany, Spain) Includes original theatrical trailer. Special features: interviews with 3 of the film's principals. "CCD 8996"--Disc label and container.
Summary:
After years of battling personal demons, Joe has put old vices to rest. He survives on odd jobs, plays surrogate father to the town soccer team, and has embarked on an unlikely but beautiful romance. But everything threatens to come crashing down when one of the young men gets in over his head with a mob boss who is an old associate of Joe's, and Joe must choose between the woman he loves and the dangerous life he left behind.
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