Comfort and Joy (1984 film)

Comfort and Joy
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBill Forsyth
Screenplay byBill Forsyth
StarringBill Paterson
Eleanor David
Clare Grogan
Alex Norton
CinematographyChris Menges
Edited byMichael Ellis
Music byMark Knopfler
Production
companies
Distributed byThorn EMI Screen Entertainment
Release dates
  • May 1984 (1984-05) (Cannes)
  • 31 August 1984 (1984-08-31) (London)
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Running time
106 minutes
CountryScotland
LanguageEnglish

Comfort and Joy is a 1984 Scottish comedy film written and directed by Bill Forsyth and starring Bill Paterson as a radio disc jockey whose life undergoes a bizarre upheaval after his girlfriend leaves him. After he witnesses an attack on an ice cream van by angry competitors, he is led into the struggle between two Italian families over the ice cream market of Glasgow.[2] The film received a BAFTA Award Nomination for Best Original Screenplay in 1985.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference london was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Comfort and Joy at the British Film Institute.
  3. ^ "Awards for Comfort and Joy". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 29 July 2013..