"Director: Bill Forsyth"

• Gregory's Girl | Blu Ray | (05/05/2014) from £18.98   |  Saving you £1.00 (5.89%)   |  RRP £17.99

  There is something so utterly captivating about this Bill Forsyth film--whether it's the quaintly authentic Scottish accents (they had to be softened for its US release) or the wholly universal story of young love. But what really gives Gregory's Girl its evergreen appeal is the enchanting performance of young Gordon John Sinclair as the eponymous gangly lead. With his shock of red hair, he's all arms and legs--and inexperience. Gregory becomes infatuated with Dorothy (a lovely Dee Hepburn), who proves a heartier and better athlete than he is. Gregory's so clueless, he relies on advice from his wee sister. The story may be familiar, but Forsyth's astute and affectionate rendering gives the film its momentum (the film won best screenplay at the British Academy Awards). If American viewers at first struggle to understand the well-written banter, it is worth the effort because there's charm in nearly every line. It's curious that both Sinclair and Hepburn, seemingly poised on the brink of stardom here, either chose not to take advantage of the possible opportunity or weren't ever offered roles as wonderful as these. (Sinclair had a small role in Forsyth's Local Hero and starred in 1986's The Girl in the Picture and other small films. Hepburn appears to have worked only once post-Gregory, a brief stint in the British series Crossroads.) Forsyth completed a 1998 sequel, with Sinclair and Ever After's Dougray Scott. --N.F. Mendoza

• Gregory's Girl | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  There is something so utterly captivating about this Bill Forsyth film--whether it's the quaintly authentic Scottish accents (they had to be softened for its US release) or the wholly universal story of young love. But what really gives Gregory's Girl its evergreen appeal is the enchanting performance of young Gordon John Sinclair as the eponymous gangly lead. With his shock of red hair, he's all arms and legs--and inexperience. Gregory becomes infatuated with Dorothy (a lovely Dee Hepburn), who proves a heartier and better athlete than he is. Gregory's so clueless, he relies on advice from his wee sister. The story may be familiar, but Forsyth's astute and affectionate rendering gives the film its momentum (the film won best screenplay at the British Academy Awards). If American viewers at first struggle to understand the well-written banter, it is worth the effort because there's charm in nearly every line. It's curious that both Sinclair and Hepburn, seemingly poised on the brink of stardom here, either chose not to take advantage of the possible opportunity or weren't ever offered roles as wonderful as these. (Sinclair had a small role in Forsyth's Local Hero and starred in 1986's The Girl in the Picture and other small films. Hepburn appears to have worked only once post-Gregory, a brief stint in the British series Crossroads.) Forsyth completed a 1998 sequel, with Sinclair and Ever After's Dougray Scott. --N.F. Mendoza

• Local Hero - Collector's Edition Blu-Ray | Blu Ray | (16/09/2019) from £14.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Mac (Peter Riegert) is a young executive who flies to Scotland to purchase an entire town on behalf of the oil company he works for, which is run by near-psychotic Happer (Burt Lancaster). The townsfolk seem happy enough to part with their town, although they drive a hard bargain. Meanwhile Mac, who was wrongly thought by his boss to be of Scottish descent, begins to take a liking to the little village. Bill Forsyth directs - in his usual quirky manner - this gentle comedy. Now for the first time on Blu Ray complete with special features. Special Features 2k digital restoration - made from original 35mm elements Brand new audio commentary with director Bill Forsyth and film critic Mark Kermode Getting In On The Action (1982) - 29 min behind-the-scenes documentary (shot on location) The Music Of Local Hero (2019) Brand new interview with composer Mark Knopfler Interview with Bill Forsyth (24 mins)

• Housekeeping (Dual Format Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (22/05/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Director Bill Forsyth (That Sinking Feeling, Gregory's Girl, Local Hero, Comfort and Joy) made his American film debut with this moving and offbeat adaptation of Marilynne Robinson's acclaimed novel, about two girls who are sent to live with their eccentric aunt (Christine Lahti) after their mother's suicide. High Definition remaster Original stereo audio New interview with director Bill Forsyth (2017, tbc mins) New interview with editor Michael Ellis (2017, tbc mins) New interview with author Marilynne Robinson (2017, tbc mins) Andrina (1981, tbc mins): Bill Forsyth's rare and previously unreleased film made for the BBC, adapted from the story by the great Scottish poet George Mackay Brown Original theatrical trailer Image gallery New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay a by David Archibald World premiere on Blu-ray UK DVD premiere Limited Dual Format Edition of 5,000 copies More TBC

• Local Hero | DVD | (12/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  The Knox Oil and Gas Company lives in the top of a huge Houston skyscraper thousands of miles from the North Sea oil - and light years away from the sleepy Scottish seaside village it wants to buy raze and replace with refineries and deep-water docks. Knox sends its ace deal-maker and chief negotiator to handle the negotiations. But instead of encountering stiff local resistance he finds cheerful prospective millionaires beautiful northern lights and a mermaid with webbed toes. One of the most enchanting comedies in years Bill Forsyth's slyly original comic lark is pure cinema magic.

• Gregory's Girl | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  'Gregory's 2 Girls' is part thriller, part romantic comedy and finds Gregory still dreaming his way through life and still looking for romance.

• Gregory's Two Girls | DVD | (27/07/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  'Gregory's 2 Girls' is part thriller, part romantic comedy and finds Gregory still dreaming his way through life and still looking for romance.

• Comfort And Joy | DVD | (29/02/2016) from £9.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (125.16%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Alan Bird (Bill Patterson, Outlander, Dad's Army) thinks he has life pretty well organised. Glasgow's top DJ, with a nice apartment, and the only red BMW Cabriolet north of Manchester, he has little to worry about until his kleptomaniac girlfriend Maddy ditches him just before Christmas. With his apartment and his life stripped bare, he stumbles across a furious vendetta between rival ice-cream families. Caught in the crossfire and looking for something meaningful in life, he decides to take things seriously and settle the dispute between these feuding mafiosi Extras: Brand new interview with Bill Paterson Brand new interview with Clare Grogan Brand new interview with Bill Forsyth

• Local Hero | DVD | (19/02/2001) from £13.95   |  Saving you £-3.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Long before The Full Monty there was this lovely fish-out-of-water comedy by deft Scots writer-director Bill Forsyth (Gregory's Girl). Set in the 1980s during a period of controversy over North Sea oil drilling, Local Hero follows a likeable, woolly American junior executive (Peter Riegert) dispatched from Texas by his blustering boss (a high-spirited Burt Lancaster) to a small fishing village on the coast of Scotland for the purpose of swindling the presumably simple-minded locals out of their drilling rights. The surprise isn't that the villagers turn the tables on the American schemers, but that they do so without displaying a hint of malice. They get a kick out of flummoxing the city slickers. Even Lancaster's greed-head Felix Happer eventually has a change of heart. In outline, this may sound more ordinary than it feels as you're watching it. The fine young British actor Denis Lawson, who had a tiny role as one of the fighter pilots in Star Wars plays Riegert's UK contact, Gordon Urquhart, a sad sack with a noble soul. --David Chute

• That Sinking Feeling (Remastered) (BFI Flipside) (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (21/04/2014) from £9.49   |  Saving you £10.50 (110.64%)   |  RRP £19.99

  BFI Flipside presents acclaimed director Bill Forsyth's (Gregory's Girl, Local Hero) hilarious directorial debut. Unemployed teenager Ronnie (Robert Buchanan, Gregory's Girl) and his hapless pals spend their time hanging around the rainy parks and dingy cafes of Glasgow, but their world is about to change when Ronnie hatches a plan to make them all rich by stealing a job-lot of stainless steel sinks. Hilarious and inventive, this zero budget debut from celebrated director Bill Forsyth (Gregory's Girl, Local Hero, Comfort and Joy) provides an authentic depiction of 1970s Glasgow youth culture, and is presented here for the first time in a new HD transfer complete with the original Glaswegian dialogue track

• That Sinking Feeling | DVD | (22/06/2015) from £9.15   |  Saving you £8.84 (96.61%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Unemployed teenager Ronnie (Robert Buchanan Gregory's Girl) and his hapless pals spend their time hanging around the rainy parks and dingy cafes in Glasgow but their world is about to change when Ronnie hatches a plan to make them all rich by stealing … a job-lot of stainless steel sinks! Hilarious and inventive this zero budget debut from celebrated director Bill Forsyth (Gregory's Girl Local Hero Comfort and Joy) provides an authentic depiction of 1970s Glasgow youth culture and is presented here in a digitally remastered transfer complete with the original Glaswegian dialogue track and an extensive range of extra features. Extras: Optional alternative dubbed dialogue track Feature-length audio commentary with Bill Forsyth and Mark Kermode Kermode Uncut (2012 9 mins): an analysis of That Sinking Feeling’s budget A Conversation with Robert Buchanan (2014 14 mins) Bill Forsyth BAFTA Film (Bill Forsyth 2009 7 mins) KH-4 (John Schorstein 1969 13 mins): short film starring Bill Forsyth Mirror (John Schorstein 1970 33 mins): short film starring Bill Forsyth Glasgow 1980 (Oscar Marzaroli 1971 30 mins): film edited by Bill Forsyth Islands of the West (Bill Forsyth 1972 30 mins): travel documentary directed by Forsyth

• Comfort And Joy | Blu Ray | (29/02/2016) from £14.39   |  Saving you £8.60 (59.76%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Alan Bird (Bill Patterson, Outlander, Dad's Army) thinks he has life pretty well organised. Glasgow's top DJ, with a nice apartment, and the only red BMW Cabriolet north of Manchester, he has little to worry about until his kleptomaniac girlfriend Maddy ditches him just before Christmas. With his apartment and his life stripped bare, he stumbles across a furious vendetta between rival ice-cream families. Caught in the crossfire and looking for something meaningful in life, he decides to take things seriously and settle the dispute between these feuding mafiosi Extras: Brand new interview with Bill Paterson Brand new interview with Clare Grogan Brand new interview with Bill Forsyth

• Faces of Scotland - Films of Scotland High Definition Collection | Blu Ray | (07/04/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £20.99

  A collection of nine films from the Films of Scotland Collection at the Scottish Screen Archive. All restored and digitally transferred to High Definition for superb picture and sound quality.

• Breaking In | DVD | (24/01/2005) from £6.46   |  Saving you £6.53 (50.30%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Directed by Bill Forsyth and penned by John Sayles this offbeat comedy sees Burt Reynolds turn in one of his most convincing and touching performances. Ernie is an ageing thief who is on the brink of retirement but his plans fly out the window when he breaks into the same house as young crook Mike. Mike's cocky nonchalant attitude as a petty thief shocks the old pro and compels Ernie to take the young boy under his wing and teach him the tricks of the trade. However when jobs don'

• Comfort And Joy | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £17.98   |  Saving you £-7.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Shown at the 1984 Cannes Film festival and BAFTA nominated for best original screenplay 'Comfort and Joy' is 'a war about wafers'! Alan 'Dicky' Bird thinks he has a pretty good life. He's Glasgow's top DJ with a nice apartment and girlfriend Maddy. However when Maddy decides to leave him Alan suddenly realises how much she was a part of his life. On a friend's advice he decides to start afresh and try to find another girlfriend. After following a beautiful girl into the suburb

• Gregory's Two Girls | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £11.08   |  Saving you £-5.09 (-85.00%)   |  RRP £5.99

  'Gregory's 2 Girls' is part thriller, part romantic comedy and finds Gregory still dreaming his way through life and still looking for romance.

• Great Brit Flicks Collection (4 pack) | DVD | (06/09/2010) from £9.95   |  Saving you £20.04 (201.41%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Great Brit Flicks Collection

• Gregory's Girl / Gregory's Two Girls | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Gregory's Girl: In a Scottish new town Gregory a school footballer becomes aware of... girls! Life is OK for Gregory - even when he loses his star position in the football team to gorgeous Dorothy of 5A. Demoted to goalie he now has time to revel in her triumphs on the field and to dream of the possibilities that just may lie ahead... off the field. But his interest is not entirely reciprocated. Will he survive a rebuff? Can his friends cure him of his terrible infatuation? Will he score with Dorothy? Will he score at all? Who's going to be Gregory's girl? Gregory's Two Girls: Two decades after a teenage boy's crush on a schoolgirl football player Gregory Underwood returns to his old school to teach English. He soon finds himself caught between a colleague and a schoolgirl who plays football. With much of his teaching encompassing human rights Gregory also finds himself enlisted too.

• That Sinking Feeling | DVD | (14/09/2009) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-5.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  That Sinking Feeling

• A Pride Of Islands - Scenery History Culture And More | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £11.80   |  Saving you £8.19 (69.41%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Three colour films from the classic Films of Scotland Collection depicting the scenery history and culture of Scotland's islands. Includes the following films: A Pride Of Islands (1973): Covering the inner and outer Hebrides Skye and Orkney and Shetland this film was sponsored by Highlands and Islands Enterprise. Islands Of The West (1972): Also sponsored by Highlands and Islands Entreprise this film takes us to Lochmaddy North Uist Benbecula and the standing stones of Callanish. Enchanted Isles (1957): Departing from Oban to Iona then off to Staffa Fingal's cave and Tobermory. The trip then takes us to South Uist and Eriskay where we re-trace the steps of Bonnie Prince Charlie and see the birthplace of Flora MacDonald.