Jun 16, 2006 my name is joe 1998 arguably the best performance loach has ever coaxed from an actor. With peter mullan, louise goodall, gary lewis, lorraine mcintosh. Joe, ancien alcoolique au chomage, debordant denergie. Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic joe and community health worker sarah, start a romantic relationship in the one of the toughest glasgow neighbourhoods. My name is joe 1998 ken loach fr dvd divx 5 05 2p destello avi. The joe of the title, played to perfection by peter.
Ken loach celebrity profile check out the latest ken loach photo gallery, biography. Anthony haywards book shows how loachs films have made folk heroes of both actors and their charactersricky tomlinson taking his experiences of the building trade and its scams to riffraff, david bradley as the schoolboy consigned to a life down the pit in kes, and peter mullan drawing on memories of his fathers alcoholism in my name is joe. When recovering alcoholic and amateur football manager joe peter mullan falls for health worker sarah, who should know better. My name is joe, like many of his movies, is set in workingclass scotland, a place so bluecollar that the coarse regional dialect requires the use of subtitles. Ken loach celebrity profile check out the latest ken loach photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes.
As a writerdirector, he has crafted a supremely entertaining motion picture. This time, the existence under loachs unflinching gaze is that of joe mullan, a sprightly outofwork painter who does indeed introduce himself in the words of the title. The son of an electrician, he attended grammar school in nuneaton and after two years of national service studied law at oxford university, where he was president of the dramatic society. When youre imagining a story there are often dozens of characters screaming for attention, all saying me, me, me, me. My name is joe could be considered both a recovering alcoholic story and a social commentary on workingclass life in glasgow, scotland. The joe of the title, played to perfection by peter mullan, is a. In this classic ken loach film, peter mullan plays joe kavanagh, a man struggling with unemployment and alcoholism who falls in love with. Ken loachs latest movie jimmys hall has just been released on bluray and dvd august 20. My name is joe 1998 loach didnt exactly discover peter mullan, who had been bobbing about for years and had even played one of the builders in riffraff see below but he gave him a.
In his career as a filmmaker, loach is famous for taking small, closeup shots of characters lives. Two thirtysomethings, unemployed recovering alcoholic joe peter mullan winner of. The star of ken loach s my name is joe, mullan proves that his talent isnt relegated to acting. The films title is a reference to the ritualised greeting performed in alcoholics anonymous meetings. My name is joe is told with humour and warmth for the characters. My name is joe 1998 arguably the best performance loach has ever coaxed from an actor. Peter mullan is mesmerising and utterly believable as an unemployed exalcoholic embarking on a tentative. Joe kavanagh peter mullan, outofwork glasgow housepainter, is a terrifically attractive fellow, and though he is also a recovering alcoholic, he seems eminently pulledtogether and ready for yeoman.
In loachs excellent new film, my name is joe, scripted by paul laverty, author of carlas song, the eponymous 38yearold joe kavanagh peter mullan has spent his whole life in a deprived area of. Peter mullan, louise goodall, gary lewis, david mckay. My name is joe year 1998 genre drama romance type movies idmb rating 7. Hes only been sober for 10 months, and although aa advises against romance in the first year of recovery, joe falls in love with a nurse named sarah. We cant feed them all otherwise the story will collapse. Ken loachs tragicomedy of love on the dole offers no revolutionary solutions but retains an unsentimental, positive core. My name is joe, i screwed up in the past, and thats going to haunt me forever no matter what my new intentions. Realistisches kino mit authentisch wirkenden darstellern. My name is joe 1998 dvdrip x264 titler download torrent. Peter mullan won best actor for my name is joe in 1998, and paul laverty won best screenplay for sweet sixteen in 2002. Searches related to mynameisjoe total verified torrents.
My name is joe makes for an excellent introduction to loach countrypartly because its just a tad more immediate in its basic viewer appeal. After being fired from her job, angie teams up with her. Upgrade to a letterboxd pro account to add your favorite services to this listincluding any service and country pair listed on justwatchand to enable oneclick filtering by all your favorites powered by justwatch. Coupla ma favorite scenes from my name is joe duration. British director ken loach revisits the crumbling glasgow ghettos of 1998s carlas song for another hardnosed, superbly acted look at proletariat life on the brink. Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic joe and. My name is joe 1998 my name is joe is a slice of life so raw that you can see the blood dripping off it and as in real life it mixes humour, passion, tragedy and violence in equal measures. Another bleak social issue drama from ken loach shown in the recent film 4 mini season of some of his selected work featuring bleak social issue drama regular the spellbinding peter mullan as joe, a recovering alcoholic who finds love with a health visitor and heartache from friends still mired in addiction and poverty issues. It could also be considered an affecting love story in which two people, joe peter mullen and sarah goodall, try to form a connection despite their uncertainties. The star of ken loachs my name is joe, mullan proves that his talent isnt relegated to acting. After having suffered a heartattack, a 59yearold carpenter must fight the bureaucratic forces of the system in order to receive employment and support allowance. Actor peter mullan won the 1998 cannes film festival best actor award with this film, directed by ken loach carlas song, ladybird, ladybird. The films title is a reference to the ritualised greeting performed in. After being fired from her job, angie teams up with her flatmate to find employment for immigrants.
Something of a morality play regarding the saying, no good deed goes unpunished, the film is an interesting character study of a man who tries perhaps too hard and definitely to his detriment to right his previous wrongs. Includes interviews with the man himself and a variety of his regular actors. Or rather any track, as hes just spent the first half of his life blind drunk. Orphans tells the grittily realistic, hysterical, and deeply moving tale of a group of siblings who reunite in glasgow on the eve of their mothers funeral. After a brief spell in the theatre, loach was recruited by the bbc in 1963 as a television director. My name is joe 1998 dvdrip x264 titler download torrent tpb. With kierston wareing, juliet ellis, leslaw zurek, joe siffleet.
Ken loach was interviewed by theodoros papadopoulos in december 1998. In this classic ken loach film, peter mullan plays joe kavanagh, a man struggling with unemployment and alcoholism who falls in love with sarah, his health visitor. The genesis of sweet sixteen may have been back with the making of my name is joe, says writer paul laverty. My name is joe mein name ist joe 1999 rotten tomatoes. Loachs collaborators have also won awards at the festival for their work on his films. My name is ken, ken loach interview and documentary youtube. My name is joe 1998 is a british film directed by ken loach and starring peter mullan. Against the backdrop of the irish war of independence, two brothers fight a. My name is joe is a 1998 film directed by ken loach. Many of loachs films include a large amount of traditional dialect, such as the yorkshire dialect in kes and in the price of coal, cockney in up the junction and poor cow, scouse in the big flame, lancashire dialect in raining stones, glaswegian in my name is joe and the dialect of greenock in sweet sixteen. In my name is joe he deftly tells the story of a disenfranchised scotsman who is finally, in his late 30s, trying to get his life back on track. The drama is set in possilpark, one of glasgows poorest neighborhoods, a rough section where half the population is out of work. Find films and movies featuring ken loach on allmovie allmovie. Looking for eric 2009 ken loach dvdrip h264 with directors commentary.
The film stars peter mullan as joe kavanagh, an unemployed recovering alcoholic in glasgow, scotland who meets and falls in love with a health visitor, played by louise goodall. Ken loach jonathans skill is hes got a very good sense of the exact frame we. Ken loachs films include kes, the wind that shakes the barley, i, daniel blake, the story of film. Ken loach was born on 17 june 1936 in nuneaton, warwickshire. Filmmaker ken loach has never been high on good times. This time, the existence under loach s unflinching gaze is that of joe mullan, a sprightly outofwork painter who does indeed introduce himself in the words of the title. My name is ken, ken loach interview and documentary duration.
Ken loach s tragicomedy of love on the dole offers no revolutionary solutions but retains an unsentimental, positive core. A profile, biography and filmography of movie director ken loach, whose films include kes, poor cow, looking for eric, my name is joe, looks and smiles, riff raff, raining stones, bread and roses, cathy come home. Download my name is joe 1998 dvdrip x264 titler torrent or any other torrent from video movies direct download via magnet link. My name is ken, ken loach interview and documentary, shown on film4 at the time my name is joe was released. The official home of award winning director ken loach. Shes a social worker who has seen a lot of guys like joe, but theres something about hima tenderness, a caringthat touches her. Jul 07, 2011 my name is ken, ken loach interview and documentary duration. My name is joe by ken loach two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic joe and community health worker sarah, start a romantic relationship in the one of the toughest glasgow neighbourhoods. It could also be considered an affecting love story in which two people, joe peter mullen and sarah goodall, try to form a. Set in 1932, the film follows irish communist leader james gralton who returns from a. If you think theyre unnecessary, close your eyes and try to understand what the characters are saying. Orphans 1998 bluray 1080p yts yify torrent download. Ken loach jonathans skill is hes got a very good sense of the exact frame we cut on. It has been reported that ken loach is currently in ireland filming for what is reported to be his final film project jimmys hall.
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