Rob Roy

UPC: 027616626097

Studio: MGM

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Violence, Rape & Sexual Abuse, Questionable for Children, Profanity]

Summary: The 18th century Scottish legend of Robert Roy MacGregor comes to life in this stylish adaptation of the swashbuckling novel by Sir Walter Scott. Liam Neeson stars as the title character, a cattle drover and proud head of a Highlands clan who takes a one thousand pound loan from the royal Marquis of Montrose (John Hurt) in order to make a profit on some livestock that will keep his struggling people alive through the coming winter. One of the Marquis' henchmen, wily expert swordsman Archibald Cunningham (Tim Roth) learns of the loan from the nobleman's factor, Killearn (Brian Cox), and steals the money by murdering Rob Roy's best friend MacDonald (Eric Stoltz). Unable to repay the loan and unwilling to give up his land, Rob Roy becomes a fugitive, hunted by none other than Cunningham, who rapes Rob Roy's wife Mary (Jessica Lange). Scotch-British politics come to a boil over the Rob Roy affair, leading to an officially sanctioned showdown between the stoic farmer and Cunningham. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

Category: Adventure

Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – null Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Supporting Actor – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Features: 4-page booklet featuring trivia, production notes and a revealing look at the making of the film
Original theatrical trailer

Rob Roy

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 08/27/1997

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 139 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
0. Scene Selections
1. Logo/Main Title [2:12]
2. At the Dawn (Prologue) [:27]
3. Tracking Thieves [4:40]
4. The Confrontation [2:57]
5. Wolf in Fop's Clothing [8:16]
6. "I Dreamed a Silkie Came" [5:32]
7. "How Fine Y'Are to Me" [7:34]
8. The Loan/Guthrie [5:56]
9. A Tale of Two Bastards [7:21]
10. McDonald Meets His End [5:19]
11. "Best Be No Skullduggery" [5:35]
12. Rob Refuses Montrose [6:02]
13. "Broken But Not Dead" [2:15]
14. The Last Peaceful Night [1:44]
15. Atrocities at Inversnaid [6:31]
16. Bearing to Be Silent [2:58]
17. The Conspirator's Mind [2:36]
18. Reaction From the Clan [4:00]
19. Betty Speaks to Mary [2:35]
20. Confronting Killearn [3:24]
21. Betty's Solution [2:16]
22. Mary's Resolve [5:09]
23. Montrose Suspects/War [4:37]
24. Alasdair's Revelation [3:03]
25. Strung Along [3:00]
26. Mary Visits Argyll [2:24]
27. Hanging From the Arch [5:06]
28. Lament/Rob Returns [5:36]
29. MacGregor Despite Them [5:09]
30. The Duel [6:57]
31. To the Heart of Honor [2:31]
32. End Credits [5:05]

Perry Seibert

There are a pair of superb performances at the heart of Rob Roy. Liam Neeson embodies Roy with a quiet, intense dignity. The character does not want to change the world; he simply wants to live his life. The early scenes showing the robust physical relationship between Roy and his wife, along with a warm sequence in which his clan plays music, cracks jokes, and dances by a bonfire, reveal a man that prefers domesticity to action. A great hero needs a great villain, and Tim Roth's Cunningham is the perfect foil for Roy. He is a man who loves action. He fights in duels, womanizes, and thinks nothing of murder if there is money for the taking. In his early scenes he plays Cunningham like a fop, making his violation of Roy's wife all the more frightening; the audience has no clue as to the depths of his wickedness. Roth's Oscar-nominated turn masterfully conveys Cunningham's two-faced nature throughout the film. The film's best scene is a duel between Roy and Cunningham. Truly one of the greatest sword fights in film history, the climactic struggle stands out from such films as The Princess Bride, The Adventures of Robin Hood, and other swashbuckling spectacles because it presents how physically exhausting a sword fight is. The swords in this film are weapons, not props. These men do not leap about with acrobatic flourishes; they fight as if their lives hang in the balance. Rob Roy is masterfully acted, well written, old-fashioned (in the best sense of the phrase) entertainment that was overshadowed in its initial release by another sweeping Scottish historical epic, Braveheart, a film that favors action over character. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Ewan Stewart  Actor 
Shirley Henderson  Actor 
Gilbert Martin  Actor 
Gilly Gilchrist  Actor 
Brian Cox  Actor 
John Murtagh  Actor 
David Hayman  Actor 
Jason Flemyng  Actor 
Vicki Masson  Actor 
Brian McCardie  Actor 
Carter Burwell  Composer (Music Score) 
Michael Caton-Jones  Director 
Michael Caton-Jones  Executive Producer 
Richard Jackson  Producer 
Alan Sharp  Screenwriter 
Peter Broughan  Producer 
Liam Neeson  Actor 
Jessica Lange  Actor 
John Hurt  Actor 
Tim Roth  Actor 
Eric Stoltz  Actor 
Andrew Keir  Actor 

Country: USA