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The original American Cinema release was overdubbed with softer Scottish accents, so that the audience would better be able to understand the dialogue.  John Gordon Sinclair was billed as Gordon John Sinclair. He subsequently reversed his christain names in the hope it would sound less Scottish and result in more work. -Thanks to Jon HarrisThe sequel (Gregory's Two Girls, 1999) is one of those rare occurences - a sequel with the same director, writer, star, and location, as well as several other actors. Chic Murray who played the headmaster (or principal in USA terms) was a well-known Scottish comic. He began his career in the music hall where he performed a double-act with his wife. He sadly died in 1985. -Thanks to DennisClare Grogan is best known as leading the 1980's britpop band Altered Images, her other main acting role was as the original Kochanski in the Sci-Fi cult series, Red Dwarf (billed as C P Grogan) Clare Grogan -or C P Grogan as she now likes to be called - was working in a restaurant, "The Spaghetti Factory" in Glasgow, when a customer offered her a role in a movie he was making. The customer was Bill Forsyth and the movie was Gregory's Girl. -Thanks to DennisClaire Grogan now presents on VH1 music channel. -Thanks to NatAfter Altered Images split up in 1984, Clare went on to star in another movie directed by Forsyth, "Comfort & Joy". She continues to work in television as a presenter and lives with her husband in North London. -Thanks to DennisThe old window cleaner is Pat Lewsley who was the head housing officer for Cumbernauld Council and a bit of an amateur dramatist. -Thanks to Chris HendrieDee Hepburn acted only three times more post-Gregory's Girl. She played Isobel on a tv series called "Maggie", had a part in the little-known feature film "The Bruce" and did a brief stint in a British soap opera called "Crossroads." She later entered a career as a sales rep for a pharmaceutical company. This seems so sad, all that promise and she ends up flogging drugs. -Thanks to DennisThe director, Bill Forsyth, also made "Local Hero". I played Eric the photographer in a form play of this in 1984/5; not very interesting except Ed Simons (since of the Chemical Brothers) played Gregory. -Thanks to Erum Waheed« Click here to add some Gregory's Girl trivia Rediscover your favorites! If you like Gregory's Girl or 80's Romantic Comedy classics, then be sure to check out this list: ..... Can't Buy Me Love ..... Say Anything ..... Some Kind Of Wonderful ..... Sixteen Candles ..... Valley Girl ..... Switching Channels ..... Grandview, U.S.A. ..... Dance 'til Dawn ..... Don't Tell Her It's Me ..... Mannequin ..... Teen Wolf ..... Secret of My Success ..... Secret Admirer ..... Pretty In Pink ..... She's Having a Baby ..... Dream A little Dream .....[More] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Featured Movie Location: The High SchoolWanna see the real life filming location used for The High School in the movie? These scenes were actually shot at Abronhill High School, located at Larch Road, Abronhill in Cumbernauld, NORTH LANARKSHIRE, Scotland. There's a scene as they walk to school near a corrugated iron underpass - that's in Ravenswood, by Dowanfield Road at Our Lady's High School. In the opening scene, where the boys are watching the nurse through her window, that building was the Electricity Board (SSEB) training centre in Seafar on Allanfauld Road, Ravensood. It's now a Christian Centre and is located not far from the corrugated tunnel. [Thanks to Angi Shields / Chris Hendrie] As the boys are wallking along being regaled with stories by the young window cleaner - that's 'The Square' between Ash Road and Spruce Road in Abronhill. They walk towards the bridge (that we never see in the movie) over Blackthorn Road (at the end of The Square) towards Pine Road/Pine Place, but there is a cut and they're then walking towards the bridge again from the opposite direction. Then Gregory bids farewell to his mates and disappears up a wee side path (part of Larch Grove) that is a dead end in real life. [Thanks to Chris Hendrie] The football matches were played at the Oak Road Football pitch in Oak Road, Abronhill, Cumbernauld. Gregory's house was, we believe, in the Westfield area of Cumbernauld (the opposite end of the town to Abronhill), although we do not know the street it was filmed in. Can anyone help? The park was not Palacerigg as sometimes stated, it was actually Cumbernauld Park, which is adjacent to the wooden houses with flat roofs Gregory and Claire Grogan were walking past on their 'date'. This is one of my favourite ever films as I stayed in Oak Road, between the football park and the school, and attended the school. During the summer of 1980 I spent many a day watching the crew filming - they seemed to spend more time setting up then putting gear away due to rain than actually filming!! [Thanks to Alan Coleman] The chip shop in the film was the "trio" chip shop in Larch Road. The phone box where one of the girls changes her clothes was the phone box in Ash Road. [Thanks to Lynsey]
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