My Friend Joe

My Friend Joe is a 1996 film directed by Chris Bould starring Schuyler Fisk and John Cleere. The film is based on the 1985 Swedish novel Janne, min vän (Johnny, My Friend) by Peter Pohl.

My Friend Joe
Directed by	Chris Bould
Written by	David Howard
Produced by	Steve Matthews (co-producer) Gerhard Schmidt (executive producer) Sytze Van Der Laan (producer)
Starring	Schuyler Fisk John Cleere Stephen McHattie
Cinematography	Michael Faust
Edited by	Rodney Holland
Music by	Ronan Hardiman
Release date	29 August 1996 (1996-08-29) (Germany)
Running time	101 or 102 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom Germany Ireland
Language	English

Plot summary

Chris' new best friend, the American Joe, turns out not to be a boy, but a girl.

Cast

• Schuyler Fisk as Joe
• John Cleere as Chris Doyle
• Stephen McHattie as Curt
• Stanley Townsend as Mr. Doyle
• Pauline McLynn as Ms. Doyle
• Eoin Hughes as Boyler
• Mark Hannigan as Conor
• Stuart Dannell-Foran as Noel
• Joel Grey as Simon
• Katie Carroll as Suzie
• Katy Davis as Aideen
• Didier Pasquette as Nicolai

Awards and honors

• 16th Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival, 1998
  • Chris Bould won "Silver Poznan Goat" for "Best Live-Action Film"
  • The film won "Marcin - Children's Jury Award" for "Best Live-Action Film"
  • Schuyler Fisk won "Poznań Goats" for Best Foreign Child Actor or Actress
• Berlin International Film Festival, 1996
  • Chris Bould won "Award of the Senator for Women, Youth and Family"
• Carrousel International du Film, 1996
  • Chris Bould won "Audience Camério"
• German Children's-Film & TV-Festival, 1997
  • The film won "Children Jury Golden Sparrow" for "Best Feature - Long"
• Chicago International Children's Film Festival, 1998
  • Chris Bould won 2nd prize "Children's Jury Award" for "Feature Film and Video"

External links

• My Friend Joe at IMDb