My Name Is Joe (1998)


My Name Is Joe
Release Date15 May 1998
GenreDrama, Romance
CountrySpain
Italy
France
UK
Germany
Filming LocationsGlasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixDolby Digital
ColorColor

My Name Is Joe is a 1998 Scottish film directed by Ken Loach. The film stars Peter Mullan as Joe Kavanagh, an unemployed recovering alcoholic in Glasgow who meets and falls in love with a health visitor. David McKay plays his troubled friend Liam. The film's title is a reference to the ritualized greeting performed in Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, as portrayed in the film's opening scene.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Joe Kavanagh

Louise Goodall
Sarah Downie

David McKay
Liam

Anne-Marie Kennedy
Sabine

McGowan

Gary Lewis
Shanks

Scott Hannah
Scott

David Peacock
Hooligan

Gordon McMurray
Scrag

James McHendry
Perfume

Paul Clark
Zulu

Stephen McCole
Mojo

Simon Macallum
Robbo

Paul Gillan
Davy

Stephen Docherty
Doc

Paul Doonan
Tattie

Cary Carbin
Sepp Maier

Martin McCardie
Alf

Jamie McNeish
Shuggy

Kevin James Kelly
Jake

Brian Timoney
Scooter

David Hough
Referee

Sandy West
DSS Investigator

John Comerford
DSS Supervisor

Carol Pyper Rafferty
Rhona

Elaine M. Ellis
2nd Receptionist

Stewart Ennis
Doctor Boyle

Andy Townsley
Husband

Ann Marie Lafferty
Wife

Bill Murdoch
Postman

Kate Black
Kiosk Attendant

Rab Affleck
Lorry Driver

Director

Producer

Paul Laverty
writer

Ulrich Felsberg
executive producer

Rebecca O'Brien
producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Barry Ackroyd
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Editor

Jonathan Morris
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Casting Director

Gillian Berrie
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Steven Mochrie
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Production Designer

Martin Johnson
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Art Director

Fergus Clegg
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Costume Designer

Rhona Russell
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Makeup Department

Anastasia Shirley
makeup artist

Catherine Shirley
makeup artist

Production Manager

Peter Gallagher
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

David Gilchrist
assistant director

Mark Murdoch
third assistant director

Michael Queen
assistant director

Art Department

Frank Cameron
carpenter

Ursula Cleary
art department assistant

Paul Curren
painter

Stephen Hargreaves
construction manager

Chris McMillan
props

Paul McNamara
props

Craig Merciers
prop buyer

Campbell Mitchell
props

Bert Ross
carpenter

Sound Department

Ray Beckett
sound recordist

Fiona Carlin
boom operator

Stephen Griffiths
dubbing editor

John Hayward
sound

Peter Murphy
boom operator

Richard Pryke
assistant dubbing mixer

Alan Sallabank
sound assistant

Stunts

Paul Heasman
stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

Julie Bills
second assistant camera

Alick Fraser
clapper loader

Jeremy Gee
second camera operator

Carl Hudson
focus puller

Willie Kelly
electrician

Helmut Prein
gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Fiona King
wardrobe mistress

Catherine Shirley
wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department

Anthony Morris
first assistant editor

Mark Wright
negative cutter

Music Department

Isobel Griffiths
orchestra contractor

Geoff Young
music recordist

Other Crew

Michael Higson
location assistant

Georgina Isherwood
production coordinator

Brian Kaczynski
location manager

Patricia Wink
production secretary

Production Company

Alta Films
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Arte
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Channel Four Films
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Degeto Film
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Diaphana Films
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Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen
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La Sept Cinéma
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Parallax Pictures
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Road Movies Vierte Produktionen
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Scottish Arts Council Lottery Fund
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The Glasgow Film Fund
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Tornasol Films S.A.
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Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
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Distributor

Alta Films

BIM Distribuzione

Diaphana Films

Monopole-Pathé

Artisan Entertainment

Budapest Film

Cine 3

LK-TEL

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

Epix Media

RCV Film Distribution
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Miscellaneous

Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen
funding

Sylvia Wheeler Film Services
negative cutting






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