Rob Roy (1995)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Michael Caton-Jones

Writer:

Alan Sharp (screenplay)

Release Date:

7 April 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Biography | Drama | Romance | War

Tagline:

Honor made him a man. Courage made him a hero. History made him a Legend

Plot:

In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future,...

Plot Keywords:

Scotland | Torso Cut In Half | Homosexual Subtext | Love | Nude Swimming

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Liam Neeson	...	Robert Roy MacGregor
Jessica Lange	...	Mary MacGregor
John Hurt	...	Montrose
Tim Roth	...	Archibald Cunningham
Eric Stoltz	...	Alan MacDonald
Andrew Keir	...	Duke of Argyll
Brian Cox	...	Killearn
Brian McCardie	...	Alasdair McGregor
Gilbert Martin	...	Will Guthrie
Vicki Masson	...	Betty
Gilly Gilchrist	...	Iain
Jason Flemyng	...	Gregor
Ewan Stewart	...	Coll
David Hayman	...	Sibbald
Brian McArthur	...	Ranald McGregor
David Brooks Palmer	...	Duncan McGregor
Myra McFadyen	...	Tinker Woman
Karen Matheson	...	Ceilidh Singer
Shirley Henderson	...	Morag
John Murtagh	...	Referee
Bill Gardiner	...	Tavern Lad
Valentine Nwanze	...	Servant Boy
Richard Bonehill	...	Gutherie's Opponent

Directed by
Michael Caton-Jones

Writing credits
Alan Sharp		(screenplay)

Produced by
Peter Broughan	....	producer
Michael Caton-Jones	....	executive producer
Larry DeWaay	....	co-producer
Richard Jackson	....	producer

Original Music by
Carter Burwell

Cinematography by
Karl Walter Lindenlaub

Film Editing by
Peter Honess

Casting by
Susie Figgis

Production Design by
Assheton Gorton

Art Direction by
John Ralph
Alan Tomkins

Set Decoration by
Ann Mollo

Costume Design by
Sandy Powell

Makeup Department
Jan Archibald	....	hair stylist
Miri Ben-Schlomo	....	makeup artist
Eithne Fennel	....	hair stylist
Sallie Jaye	....	makeup artist
Dorothy J. Pearl	....	makeup artist
Morag Ross	....	chief makeup designer
Barbara Taylor	....	hair stylist
Toni-Ann Walker	....	hair stylist
Anita Burger	....	assistant hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Paul Frift	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vic Armstrong	....	second unit director
Sean Clayton	....	second assistant director
Gabreal Franklin	....	documentary segments director
Adam Goodman	....	second assistant director
Guy Heeley	....	second assistant director
Bill Westley	....	first assistant director
John Withers	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Les Benson	....	chargehand dressing propman
Keith Crossley	....	storyboard artist
Bob Eames	....	head carpenter
Frederic Evard	....	assistant art director
John Hogan	....	dressing propman
Poppy Luard	....	set designer
David Lusby	....	production buyer
Philip McDonald	....	assistant property master
Harry Metcalfe	....	construction coordinator
Dave Midson	....	dressing propman (as David Midson)
Eddie Rees	....	drapes master
Kenny Richards	....	head rigger
Martin Smeaton	....	head sculptor
Derrick Smith	....	head painter
Charles Torbett	....	property master
Jason Torbett	....	assistant property master
Brian Windus	....	construction buyer
Barnaby Papworth	....	chargehand carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
Campbell Askew	....	supervising adr editor
Catherine Calleson	....	assistant sound editor
Paul Cridlin	....	sound maintenance
Susan Demskey	....	assistant sound editor
Sukey Fontelieu	....	dialogue editor
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley mixer
Gary A. Hecker	....	foley artist
Adam Jenkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Chris Jenkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
David John	....	production sound recordist
Richard King	....	supervising sound editor
Cliff Latimer	....	adr editor
Patricio A. Libenson	....	sound effects editor
James Matheny	....	dialogue editor
Nash Michael	....	foley editor
Peter Murphy	....	boom operator
David Novack	....	adr mixer
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist (as Daniel O'Connell)
Mark Pappas	....	foley editor
Eric Potter	....	sound effects recordist
Mark Rathaus	....	assistant sound editor
Charleen Richards	....	adr mixer
Mark Smith	....	sound re-recording mixer
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Graham Sutton	....	adr assistant
Donald Sylvester	....	foley editor
Kevin Tayler	....	adr mixer
David F. Van Slyke	....	sound effects editor
Brian Milliken	....	sound mixer: second unit (uncredited)
Fred Peck III	....	foley recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Erno Bajus	....	special effects
Simon Baker	....	special effects
Yves De Bono	....	special effects supervisor
Gerd Feuchter	....	special effects
Markus Geiger	....	special effects
Jude Harris	....	special effects technician
Michael Luppino	....	special effects
Uli Nefzer	....	special effects coordinator (as Ulrich Nefzer)

Visual Effects by
Rocco Gioffre	....	matte artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Vic Armstrong	....	stunt coordinator
Dickey Beer	....	stunts
Jorge Casares	....	stunts
Nick Gillard	....	stunts
William Hobbs	....	fights
Bronco McLoughlin	....	stunts (as Bronco McLaughlin)
Gerard Naprous	....	stunts
Terence Plummer	....	stunts
Seon Rogers	....	stunts
Mark Southworth	....	stunts
Trevor Steedman	....	stunts
Mark Stewart	....	stunts
Sylwester Zawadski	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Pete Cavaciuti	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Tom Collins	....	still photographer
Barney Davis	....	camera loader
James Devis	....	director of photography: second unit
Lester Dunton	....	video assist operator
Angus Hudson	....	first assistant camera
Simon Hume	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Paddy Kiely	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Eddie Knight	....	chief lighting technician
Malcolm MacIntosh	....	camera operator: second unit (as Malcolm MacKintosh)
Colin Manning	....	key grip
Keith Manning	....	crane operator
Simon Mills	....	focus puller: second unit
Nick Pearson	....	second company grip
Dave Ridout	....	assistant lighting technician
Mike Roberts	....	camera operator
Arthur Donnelly	....	electrician (uncredited)
Darren Quinn	....	assistant grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Anne Campbell	....	extras casting
Romany Turner	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mandy Bryan	....	set costumer
Nigel Egerton	....	set costumer
Frank Gardiner	....	assistant costume designer
Nick Heather	....	set costumer
Clare Spragge	....	costume supervisor
Linda Lashley	....	costumer (uncredited)
Dominic Young	....	costume maker (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Beth Jochem Besterveld	....	first assistant editor
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Phil Hetos	....	color timer
Elizabeth Sherry	....	lightworks assistant
Gabrielle Smith	....	assistant editor
Wayne Smith	....	assistant editor
Ben Yeates	....	assistant editor (as Ben Yates)
Jennifer Govey	....	assistant editor (uncredited)
Georgina O'Connor	....	post-production runner (uncredited)
Rob Sciarratta	....	video color timer (uncredited)

Music Department
Paisley Pappé-Iredell	....	assistant music editor (as Paisley Pappé)
Adam Milo Smalley	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Gerry Gore	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Bruce Armstrong	....	head groom
Wendy Armstrong	....	horse master
Gillian Barton	....	choreographer
Sarah Booth	....	assistant accountant
Beverley Caton-Jones	....	assistant to director
Dale Clarke	....	armorer
Anne Coulter	....	script supervisor
Emma Cullen	....	assistant production coordinator
Jeni Dodd	....	groom
Quentin Donoghue	....	unit publicist
Samantha Glen	....	assistant accountant
Angel Louis Gomez	....	groom
Keith Hatcher	....	location manager
Brian Horsburgh	....	assistant location manager
John Humphries	....	animal prosthetics
Sean Jones	....	groom
Lesley Keane	....	assistant production coordinator
Sarah Jane Kerr	....	location assistant
Bettina Lyster	....	assistant to producers
Mark MacLean	....	groom
Simon Marsden	....	location assistant
Tony O'Connor	....	armorer
Rajeshree Patel	....	assistant accountant
Gilly Raddings	....	dog trainer
Janet Riddoch	....	assistant location manager
Elizabeth Smith	....	dialogue coach
Michele Tandy	....	production accountant
Sarah 'Toad' Tozer	....	lead set design
Joyce Turner	....	production coordinator
Kristen Wing	....	assistant production coordinator
Winnie Wishart	....	assistant production coordinator
Ian Abercrombie	....	adr loop group (uncredited)
Robert G. Goodwin	....	consultant: sword fighting (uncredited)
Matt Platts-Mills	....	floor runner (uncredited)

Production Companies

• United Artists
• Talisman Productions

Distributors

• United Artists (1995) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1998) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1995) (Germany) (theatrical)
• MGM Home Entertainment (1995) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MGM Home Entertainment (1997) (USA) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) (2000) (UK) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2000) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2001) (Brazil) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Chapel Distribution (1997) (Australia) (theatrical) (35mm print)
• Lucernafilm - Alfa (1995) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (19??) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Air Lyndhurst Studios  score recording facility (as Air Studios Lyndhurst, London)
• Blowup  stills processing
• British Screen Finance Ltd.  developed with the support of
• European Script Fund  developed with the support of
• Howard Anderson Company, The  titles and opticals
• Joe Dunton & Company  camera equipment provided by
• Lee Lighting  grip and lighting equipment
• Movietech  camera equipment provided by
• Scottish Film Production Fund  developed with the support of
• Todd-AO Studios  sound re-recording
• Virgin Records  soundtrack

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and sexuality.

Runtime:

139 min | Spain:133 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:R-18 | Peru:14 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Germany:16 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (cut) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Caig Falls Bridge, Loch Arkaig, Highland, Scotland, UK

Company:

United Artists

Trivia:

The final sword fight between Rob and Archibald is often considered to be one of the greatest sword fights ever filmed.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Robert Roy MacGregor hides in the corpse of a Hebrides cow, Montrose's man leading the chase says, "What a stench! Let's get downwind." To get away from an odor, a person needs to place himself upwind, not downwind.

Quotes:

Montrose: Great men, such as yourself, draw rumors as shite draws flies.
Duke of Argyll: You are the shite, Montrose, and the flies upon it!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Pitch (1997)

Great Entertainment

This sweeping drama has it all: top notch acting, incredible photography, good story. It is often compared to "Braveheart" because both movies take place in historical Scotland. Even though I love Braveheart, I think this is the better of the two films. Jessica Lange gave an incredible performance (should have been nominated for an Oscar). Liam Neeson is fantastic in the title role. Tim Roth plays one of the most evil, despicable, characters in film history (he was nominated for an Oscar). John Hurt is excellent as Lord Montrose, another dislikeable character. I am always amazed at the incredible range of characters that John Hurt can play. This is a story of a dispute over money between Rob Roy and his clan, and Lord Montrose. Rob Roy is a self made man, who will not solve his problems with Montrose if it violates his sense of honor. Montrose, who, inherited his title, has no sense of honor. And that is basically what this story is all about; honor of the common man versus corruption of the nobility. This movie is very entertaining, it should appeal to all. It has romance, action, beautiful scenery, and has a exciting plot. One of my favorite films.