Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10542 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-10-04
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 106 minutes

Synopsis
Scottish DJ Alan Bird, looking for something meaningful in life, stumbles across a vendetta between rival Italian ice-cream families and sets out to settle the dispute himself.

Customer Reviews

Low Key Gem
This wonderful gem is very understated and typical of Bill Forsyth's best work (see also Gregory's Girl, That Sinking Feeling and Local Hero however do take care to avoid Gregory's Two Girls like the plague a 0 star clunker).

Dumped DJ Dickie Bird (the perennially excellent Bill Paterson) wants to be taken seriously and tries his hand at some investigative journalism. After seeing an attack on an ice cream van manned by Alex "Taggart" Norton and Clare Grogan being trashed he gets involved in an internecine ice cream war.

A warm, amusing script coupled with an understated Mark Knopfler Score (bits of Love Over Gold for the record) and sympathetic direction/cinematography results in a great feel good film, a star is docked as feels a little dated.

Happy Days!
The 1980's - what fun we had!
This excellent film is as funny now as it was then! It's worth a few pounds and an evening in for anybody!

'Like a good ice cream'
Lovely film, a real pleasure. Bill Paterson is the star of the show but Scottish stars like Rikki Fulton add to it. Some of the acting is a little dubious for example Clare Grogan is very wooden at times.
I would certainly recommend the film especially to homesick Glaswegians who will recognise many of the sights.