My Friend Joe
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Director Chris Bould Country United KingdomGermanyIreland | 7/10 Genre Drama, Family Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 29 August 1996 (Germany) Initial release April 26, 1996 (Republic of Ireland) Screenplay David Howard, Declan Hughes Cast (Joe), John Cleere (Chris Doyle), (Curt), (Mr. Doyle), (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.
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References
My Friend Joe Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA
My Friend Joe IMDb My Friend Joe themoviedb.org
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