Poster for the film 'My Name is Joe'

Made:
1998 in unknown place

Poster for the film 'My Name is Joe', 1998.

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

The movie was mainly filmed in the council estates of Glasgow and filling small roles with local residents, many of whom had drug and criminal pasts.

Details

Category:
Cinematography
Object Number:
2017-5240
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
type:
poster