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• Actors: Peter Mullan, David Hayman, Gary Lewis, Louise Goodall, David McKay
• Directors: Ken Loach
• Producers: My Name Is Joe ( Mein Name ist Joe ) ( Mi nombre es Joe ), My Name Is Joe, Mein Name ist Joe, Mi nombre es Joe
• Format: Import, PAL, Widescreen
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Eurovideo
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B0013KX6HA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #520,125 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Germany released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), German ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Anamorphic Widescreen, Biographies, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: Story of Joe, who is struggling with sobriety after 20 years of alcoholism. His commitment to a local football team is an essential part of his new grip on reality, and he sees it as a way to give something back to the community. He gets involved with the financial problems of a team member, Liam, and his partner Sabine. They owe money to a gang, and are unable to pay it. Sabine is a drug addict, and has turned to prostitution to try to pay off the debt. Meanwhile, Joe meets Sarah, Liam and Sabine's social worker, and tries to change his life. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: British Independent Film Awards, Cannes Film Festival, European Film Awards, ...My Name Is Joe ( Mein Name ist Joe ) ( Mi nombre es Joe )

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5.0 out of 5 stars Another Ken Loach Success, June 4, 2011

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This review is from: My Name Is Joe ( Mein Name ist Joe ) ( Mi nombre es Joe ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Germany ] (DVD)

In his career as a filmmaker, Loach is famous for taking small, closeup shots of character's lives. In MY NAME IS JOE he deftly tells the story of a disenfranchised Scotsman who is finally, in his late 30s, trying to get his life back on track. Or rather any track, as he's just spent the first half of his life blind drunk. Joe meets a social worker, they form an awkward, unlikely couple and the film follows them as they reach out to and then push away from each other over and over. Joe has a problem. His old life (constantly drunk and working for a local drug dealing thug) won't leave him alone. Even though Joe is sober his neighborhood is not. Heroin worms its way through the community, wrecking lives as surely as alcoholism does. A fascinating character study but one you'll want to leave the English subtitles on for, unless you're from Scotland.