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Director
  
Chris Bould

Music director
  
Ronan Hardiman

Country
  
United Kingdom Germany Ireland

7/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama, Family

Duration
  

Language
  
English

My Friend Joe movie poster
Release date
  
29 August 1996 (Germany)

Writer
  
David Howard, Declan Hughes (additional dialogue), Peter Pohl (novel)

Initial release
  
April 26, 1996 (Republic of Ireland)

Screenplay
  
David Howard, Declan Hughes

Cast
  
Schuyler Fisk
(Joe),
John Cleere
(Chris Doyle),
Stephen McHattie
(Curt),
Stanley Townsend
(Mr. Doyle),
Pauline McLynn
(Ms. Doyle),
Eoin Hughes
(Boyler)

Similar movies
  
Love and Rage (1998), Petes Meteor (1998), Schuyler Fisk appears in My Friend Joe and Restless, The Miracle (1991), The Woman for Joe (1955)

Tagline
  
Best friends find you when you least expect it.

My friend joe 1996


A bullied Irish preteen (John Cleere) finds an ally one summer in a spunky American (Schuyler Fisk), not suspecting that he is a she.

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My Friend Joe is a 1996 film directed by Chris Bould starring Schuyler Fisk and John Cleere. The film is based on the 1985 Swedish novel Janne, min van (Johnny, My Friend) by Peter Pohl.

During the course of one summer, a young Irish lad named Chris befriends an American boy named Joe. The two couldn't be more different, yet they become inseparable. Things turn horribly wrong however, when Chris discovers his new best friend isn't a he, but a she. The sadness only begins as Chris learns why Joe's gender must be kept a secret.

Plot summary

Chris new best friend, the American Joe, turns out not to be a boy, but a girl.

Cast

  • Schuyler Fisk as Joe
  • John Cleere as Chris Doyle
  • Stephen McHattie as Curt
  • Stanley Townsend as Mr. Doyle
  • Pauline McLynn as Ms. Doyle
  • Eoin Hughes as Boyler
  • Mark Hannigan as Conor
  • Stuart Dannell-Foran as Noel
  • Joel Grey as Simon
  • Katie Carroll as Suzie
  • Katy Davis as Aideen
  • Didier Pasquette as Nicolai

    • Awards and honors

  • Chris Bould won the 1998 "Silver Poznan Goat" at the Ale Kino! - International Young Audience Film Festival for "Best Live-Action Film"
  • Chris Bould won the 1996 "Award of the Senator for Women, Youth and Family" at the Berlin International Film Festival.
  • Chris Bould won the 1996 "Audience Camerio" at the Carrousel International du Film.
  • Chris Bould won 2nd prize 1998 "Childrens Jury Award" at the Chicago International Childrens Film Festival for "Feature Film and Video".
  • The film won the 1997 "Children Jury Golden Sparrow" at the German Childrens-Film & TV-Festival for "Best Feature - Long"

    • References

    My Friend Joe Wikipedia
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    My Friend Joe IMDb My Friend Joe themoviedb.org