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Rob Roy
Ambitiously-staged biopic of Highland rogue and rebel Robert 'Rob Roy' MacGregor, with extensive location shooting in the Trossachs
Overview
This ambitiously-staged biopic of Highland rogue and rebel Robert MacGregor benefits from extensive location shooting in the Trossachs as well as at nearby Stirling Castle. Nationalist sentiments are played down in this telling of the tale, with the conflict more personalised as Rob and the Duke of Montrose become rivals in love. It's a pity we couldn't have had more of Sandy the Biter, though.
Although Sir Walter Scott's 1817 novel 'Rob Roy' was instrumental in establishing the real-life Robert MacGregor as a popular figure in Scottish folklore, the film's opening title card: "To Scotland, not to Scott, did we go for the facts…", affirms that the film is not based on that famous book - nor the facts either, come to that.
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