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Mein Freund Joe

Deutschland Irland Großbritannien 1995 Spielfilm

My Friend Joe

My Friend Joe is based on the prize-winning book of the same name by the Swedish writer Peter Pohl. The story centres on 13-year-old Chris who makes friends in the summer holidays with Jan who seems to have come from nowhere. Jan impresses Chris and his gang with daring bicycle tricks on his mountain bike.

 

Chris doesn′t realise that Jan is really a girl who is a trapeze artist in a travelling circus and must hide a terrible secret. Chris has to find out why she dresses up as a boy outside of the world of the circus and what the secret is she is harboring ...

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH

Credits

Director

  • Chris Bould

Screenplay

  • David Howard

Director of photography

  • Michael Faust

Editing

  • Rodney Holland

Music

  • Ronan Hardiman

Cast

  • Schuyler Fisk
    Joe / Joanne
  • Stephen McHattie
    Curt
  • John Cleere
    Chris
  • Pauline McLynn
    Mrs. Doyle
  • Eoin Hughes
    Boyler
  • Stanley Townsend
    Mr. Doyle
  • Mark Hannigan
    Conor (?)
  • Stuart Dannell Ford
    Noel
  • Joel Grey
    Simon
  • Katie Carroll
    Suzie

Production company

  • Eyeworks Film Gemini GmbH (Köln)
  • Promedia (Dublin)
  • Portman Entertainment Group (London)

Producer

  • Gerhard Schmidt

Alle Credits

Director

  • Chris Bould

Assistant director

  • Mick Walsh
  • Tracy O'Connor
  • Noel Byrne
  • Olav Mann
  • Bettina Flasdick

Script supervisor

  • Kathleen Weir

Screenplay

  • David Howard

Dialogue

  • Declan Hughes (Zusätzliche Dialoge)

based on

  • Prof. Peter Pohl (Roman "Janne min Vän")

Director of photography

  • Michael Faust

Assistant camera

  • Michael Strecker

Clapper loader

  • Keith Durham
  • Kawe Vakil

2nd Camera unit

  • Martin Höhe

Still photography

  • Denis Mortell
  • Bernd Spauke

Lighting design

  • Niels Maier

Production design

  • James Dillon
  • Ned McLoughlin
  • Mark Lowry

Set design

  • Tina Brophy

Prop master

  • Patrick Begley
  • Michael O'Toole

Construction manager

  • Bernd Mayer
  • Dominic Böhle

Make-up artist

  • Carol Dunne
  • Yvette Miller (Assistenz)

Costume design

  • Pam Downe
  • Ger Scully (Assistenz)

Costumes

  • Martina Schall
  • Linda Mooney (Gerderobe-Überwachung)

Editing

  • Rodney Holland

Assistant editor

  • Andrea Mertens

Sound editor

  • Pat Hayes (ADR-Schnitt (Dublin))
  • Mark Di Simone (ADR-Schnitt (New York))
  • Kai Tebbel (Dialoge)
  • Stefan Korte (Ton-Effekte-Schnitt)

Sound

  • Wolfgang Wirtz

Sound assistant

  • Carlo Thoss

Foley artist

  • Wilmont Schulze

Audio mixing

  • Martin Steyer

Stunt co-ordinator

  • Dominick Hewitt
  • Hermann Joha

Music

  • Ronan Hardiman

Cast

  • Schuyler Fisk
    Joe / Joanne
  • Stephen McHattie
    Curt
  • John Cleere
    Chris
  • Pauline McLynn
    Mrs. Doyle
  • Eoin Hughes
    Boyler
  • Stanley Townsend
    Mr. Doyle
  • Mark Hannigan
    Conor (?)
  • Stuart Dannell Ford
    Noel
  • Joel Grey
    Simon
  • Katie Carroll
    Suzie
  • Katy Davis
    Aideen
  • Didier Pasquette
    Nicolai
  • Marion Fossett
    Ring Master
  • Ruth Salama
    Hochseil-Double

Production company

  • Eyeworks Film Gemini GmbH (Köln)
  • Promedia (Dublin)
  • Portman Entertainment Group (London)

in association with

  • Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (Köln)
  • Dollarglen

Producer

  • Gerhard Schmidt

Co-Producer

  • Michael O'Connell
  • Steve Matthews

Producer (TV)

  • Monica Minzlaff

Executive producer

  • Sytze van der Laan (Creative Producer)
  • Frank Döhmann
  • Rod Stoneman

Line producer

  • Paul Little (Executive (Promedia))
  • Monica Minzlaff (Executive (WDR))

Unit production manager

  • Teresa Nunn
  • Anton Moho

Location manager

  • Jody Cosgrave

Production assistant

  • Christine Bowers
  • Claudia Steffen

Production coordinator

  • Alex Lisowski

Original distributor

  • Beaufilm Verleih- und Vertriebs GmbH (München)

Funding

  • Film- und Medien Stiftung NRW (Düsseldorf)
  • Irish Film Board (Dublin)
  • Eurimages (Straßburg)

Shoot

    • 03.07.1995 - 10.08.1995: Dublin und Umgebung, Köln und Umgebung
Duration:
2780 m, 101 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Dolby Stereo THX SR
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 25.01.1996, 74607, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 29.08.1996

Titles

Additional titles
  • Weiterer Titel (IE GB) My Friend Joe
  • Originaltitel (DE) Mein Freund Joe
  • Arbeitstitel (DE) Jan, mein Freund

Versions

Original

Duration:
2780 m, 101 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Dolby Stereo THX SR
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 25.01.1996, 74607, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 29.08.1996

Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/mein-freund-joe_ea43d4a6e2f15006e03053d50b37753d