# My Friend Joe

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{{Infobox film
| name           = My Friend Joe
| image          =
| caption        =
| director       = [Chris Bould](/source/Chris_Bould)
| producer       = Steve Matthews (co-producer)<br>[Gerhard Schmidt](/source/Gerhard_Schmidt_(producer)) (executive producer)<br>Sytze Van Der Laan (producer)
| writer         = David Howard
| narrator       =
| starring       = [Schuyler Fisk](/source/Schuyler_Fisk)<br>[John Cleere](/source/John_Cleere)<br>[Stephen McHattie](/source/Stephen_McHattie)
| music          = [Ronan Hardiman](/source/Ronan_Hardiman)
| cinematography = [Michael Faust](/source/Michael_Faust)
| editing        = [Rodney Holland](/source/Rodney_Holland)
| distributor    =
| released       = {{Film date|1996|08|29|Germany|df=y}}
| runtime        = 101 or 102 minutes
| country        = United Kingdom<br>Germany<br>Ireland
| language       = English
| budget         =
| gross          =
}}

'''''My Friend Joe''''' is a 1996 film directed by [Chris Bould](/source/Chris_Bould) starring [Schuyler Fisk](/source/Schuyler_Fisk) and [John Cleere](/source/John_Cleere). The film is based on the 1985 [Swedish](/source/Sweden) novel ''Janne, min vän'' (''[Johnny, My Friend](/source/Johnny%2C_My_Friend)'') by [Peter Pohl](/source/Peter_Pohl).

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

== Cast ==
*[Schuyler Fisk](/source/Schuyler_Fisk) as Joe
*[John Cleere](/source/John_Cleere) as Chris Doyle
*[Stephen McHattie](/source/Stephen_McHattie) as Curt
*[Stanley Townsend](/source/Stanley_Townsend) as Mr. Doyle
*[Pauline McLynn](/source/Pauline_McLynn) as Ms. Doyle
*[Eoin Hughes](/source/Eoin_Hughes) as Boyler
*[Mark Hannigan](/source/Mark_Hannigan) as Conor
*[Stuart Dannell-Foran](/source/Stuart_Dannell-Foran) as Noel
*[Joel Grey](/source/Joel_Grey) as Simon
*[Katie Carroll](/source/Katie_Carroll) as Suzie
*Katy Davis as Aideen
*[Didier Pasquette](/source/Didier_Pasquette) as Nicolai

== Awards and honors ==
* [16th](/source/16th_Ale_Kino!_Festival) [Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival](/source/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](/source/Schuyler_Fisk) won "Poznań Goats" for Best Foreign Child Actor or Actress 
* [Berlin International Film Festival](/source/Berlin_International_Film_Festival), 1996
**Chris Bould won "Award of the Senator for Women, Youth and Family" 
* [Carrousel International du Film](/source/Carrousel_International_du_Film), 1996
**Chris Bould won "Audience Camério" 
* [German Children's-Film & TV-Festival](/source/German_Children's-Film_%26_TV-Festival), 1997
**The film won "Children Jury Golden Sparrow" for "Best Feature - Long"
* [Chicago International Children's Film Festival](/source/Chicago_International_Children's_Film_Festival), 1998
**Chris Bould won 2nd prize "Children's Jury Award" for "Feature Film and Video"

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0117015|My Friend Joe}}

Category:1996 films
Category:German drama films
Category:Irish drama films
Category:1996 drama films
Category:English-language German films
Category:Films shot in Cologne
Category:British drama films
Category:Films based on Swedish novels
Category:1996 English-language films
Category:1996 British films
Category:1996 German films
Category:English-language drama films

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