The Acid House 1998  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul McGuigan
Cast: Ewen Bremner, Martin Clunes, Jemma Redgrave, Arlene Cockburn, Kevin McKidd, Maurice Roeves, Stephen McCole, Garry Sweeney, Michelle Gomez, Gary McCormack, Tam Dean Burn, Billy McElhaney, Barbara Rafferty, Doug Eadie, Andrea McKenna
Based on three short stories by Irvine Welsh, these tales about drugs and other abuses include: "The Granton Star Cause" about a man's worst day on Earth, "A Soft Touch" involving the tale of a cheating wife, and "The Acid House" capping off the other two with its plot of a drug experiment in which the user swaps places with the unborn baby of very wealthy parents.
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Comfort and Joy 1984  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bill Forsyth
Cast: Bill Paterson, Eleanor David, Clare Grogan, Alex Norton, Patrick Malahide, Rikki Fulton, Roberto Bernardi, George Rossi, Peter Rossi, Billy McElhaney
Leave it to writer/director Bill Forsyth to come up with unusual films, and this is no exception. Bill Paterson is a popular disc jockey in Glasgow, Scotland, who gets involved in a war between rival ice cream businesses by trying to act as an on-air mediator. Good premise with some funny situations.
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| 1. The Acid House (1998)
2. Comfort and Joy (1984)
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