Gregory's Girl

Gregory's Girl
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBill Forsyth
Written byBill Forsyth
Produced byClive Parsons
Starring
CinematographyMichael Coulter
Edited byJohn Gow
Music byColin Tully
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release date
  • 23 April 1981 (1981-04-23)
(after preview run at the 1980 London Film Festival)[1]
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£200,000[2] or £189,000[3]
Box office£25,786,112 or $1 million[4]

Gregory's Girl is a 1980 Scottish coming-of-age romantic comedy film[5] written and directed by Bill Forsyth and starring John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn and Clare Grogan. The film is set in and around a state secondary school in the Abronhill district of Cumbernauld.

Gregory's Girl was ranked No. 30 in the British Film Institute's list of the top 100 British films of the 20th century, and No. 29 on Entertainment Weekly's 2015 list of the 50 best high school movies.[6]

  1. ^ Luck, Richard (23 April 2021). "A Boy, A Girl And A Football". The New European. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. ^ Norman, Barry. "Barry Norman's 101 greatest films: romance". Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 10 October 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  3. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 336
  4. ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 298. ISBN 9780835717762. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
  5. ^ Ritchie, Maggie (7 February 2016). "Where are they now? Gregory's Girl actor John Gordon Sinclair". Daily Record. Glasgow. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  6. ^ "The 50 Best High School Movies". Entertainment Weekly (ew.com). 28 August 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2018.