GREGORY'S GIRL [BLU-RAY]

Newly restored from the original camera negative the BFI are excited to announce a new Blu-ray release of Bill Forsyth’s

much-loved coming-of-age comedy Gregory’s Girl.

Gregory (John Gordon Sinclair) and his friends are starting to notice girls – particularly Dorothy (Dee Hepburn), not least

because she’s on the football team and is a better player than all the boys. With counselling from his younger sister, Gregory

finally asks Dorothy out but turns up to the date only to discover that the girls at school have other plans for him.

A huge breakout hit on its original release in 1981, Gregory’s Girl was nominated for four Bafta’s winning Best Original

Screenplay. Bill Forsyth’s classic comedy remains to this day the ultimate depiction of coming-of-age awkwardness and an

enduring favourite of Scottish cinema.

Special Features

· Newly restored by the BFI and presented in High Definition

· Audio commentary with Bill Forsyth and Mark Kermode (2014)

· Newly recorded audio commentary with Robert Buchanan, Douglas Sannachan and Caroline Guthrie

· Gregory’s Girl Q&A with John Gordon Sinclair, Clare Grogan and Dee Hepburn (2015, 30 mins): the stars of Gregory’s

Girl are interviewed on stage by Sue Harris to mark the film’s 35th anniversary

· Bill Forsyth: The Early Years (2014, 21 mins): an archive interview with the director

· The Strathclyde Tapes: Bill Forsyth (1992, 38 mins): the writer and director discusses his career and film craft with an

audience of schoolchildren in this rarely seen archive interview

· Clare Grogan: Gregory’s Girl Memories (2014, 12 mins): an interview with the actor

· Soundtrack gallery (2023, 13 mins): alternative takes and unused music from Gregory’s Girl, accompanied by a

selection of stills from the BFI National Archive

· Alternative US dialogue version

· US trailer