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Comfort and Joy (1984)
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10 October 1984 (USA) moreTagline:
Have you ever had one of those weeks...Plot:
Radio host Alan Bird witnesses how an icecream van is attacked and destroyed by angry competitors. This... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
Radio
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Christmas
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Ice Cream
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Radio DJ
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Independent Film
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Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win moreUser Comments:
From the cutting room floor moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Bill Paterson | ... | Alan |
| Eleanor David | ... | Maddy |
| Clare Grogan | ... | Charlotte (as C. P. Grogan) |
| Alex Norton | ... | Trevor |
 | Patrick Malahide | ... | Colin |
| Rikki Fulton | ... | Hilary |
| Roberto Bernardi | ... | Mr. McCool |
| George Rossi | ... | Bruno |
| Peter Rossi | ... | Paulo |
| Billy McElhaney | ... | Renato |
| Gilly Gilchrist | ... | Rufus |
| Caroline Guthrie | ... | Gloria |
| Ona McCracken | ... | Nancy |
| Elizabeth Sinclair | ... | Fiona |
| Katy Black | ... | Sarah |
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106 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoFilming Locations:
Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UKFun Stuff
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There was a real Ice Cream war in Glasgow in 1984, and it lead to murders within the City of Glasgow. It was suspected that it was really a drug-land turf war by ice cream vendors who used their ice cream vans as a front. moreFAQ
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At a recent (February 2001) showing of this film in the home city in which it was made (Glasgow, Scotland). Bill Patterson spoke to the audience about the film, and explained that a scene was removed from the film before it went into distribution that, in his view, pulled the disparate strands of the film together. Its absence meant that the film had two plots that never connected - his lack of love life due to 'Maddie' walking out on him, and the solution to the warring Ice Cream owners.
The missing scene - intended to be placed before the final radio studio shots of Dicky Bird explaining to listeners that it was only he that was in the radio station at Christmas - featured the girl from the Ice Cream van (Clare Grogan) discussing whether they should enter into a partnership themselves for the unique confection (Hot Ice Cream). The absence certainly simplified the storyline, but left Dicky love-less. Whether Dicky or the girl entered into the relationship was never revealed but the potential for them to 'get it together' made you wish it did.