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Movie Description
A rousing film version of Sir Walter Scott's sweeping romantic adventure based on the life of Scottish hero Robert Roy MacGregor who battled a despotic English secretary appointed by the king to watch over Scottish highlands.
Synopsis
This epic adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's novel details the adventures and misfortunes of Scottish clan leader Rob Roy McGregor (1671-1734).
Rob Roy, a man of steely integrity and honor, requests a loan from the Marquis of Montrose in order to enlarge his farm. The Marquis agrees, but his henchmen immediately set a trap: they send the money with Rob's friend McDonald -- and then murder him. Now Roy must pay Montrose £1000 pounds or he will lose his land. There's one way to free himself from the debt, however; all he has to do is slander the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis' bitter enemy.
The moral Scotsman refuses to participate in this nefarious scheme, and is forced to become an outlaw. But the evil Marquis will truly test the clan leader's strength by attacking the thing Rob Roy loves most in the world -- his wife Mary.
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Widescreen - 2.35
Single Side - Single Layer
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Trailer
Additional Products:
Collectible Booklet
Shot in DeLuxe color.
Recorded on DTS Stereo Surround.
Copyright 1995 United Artists Pictures, Inc.
Industry Reviews
"...A rousing adventure..."
Rolling Stone - p.73-76 - Peter Travers (05/04/1995)
"...A smartly chosen cast, visible production values and chunky moral center..." -- 3 out of 4 stars
USA Today - p.1D - Mike Clark
"...The heart of ROB ROY is the passionate interplay between Neeson and Lange, and the two are superb together..." -- Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly - pp.42-3 - Owen Gleiberman (04/14/1995)
"...Handsome....Lovely....[The film] is stately..."
Variety - Todd McCarthy (03/27/1995)
"...[Ms. Lange] displays great dignity mixed with raw, barely contained emotion..."
New York Times - p.C1 - Janet Maslin (04/07/1995)
"...Director Caton-Jones has give ROB ROY a beautiful wide-screen look, filled with gorgeous vistas..."
Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan (04/07/1995)
"...This is a splendid, rousing historical adventure....What's best about this movie is its vivid picture of the time and place....ROB ROY is a fabulous entertainment..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (04/07/1995)
"...[Roth is] deliciously vicious....[Lange] turns in a great performance..."
Premiere - p.25 - Kitty Bowe Hearty
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