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	Rob Roy (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rob Roy is a movie that was released on April 7, 1995.
		The film was generally inspired by elements of the life of a 17th-18th century Scot named Robert Roy MacGregor and his battles with feudal landowners in the Scottish Highlands.
		Rob manages to capture Killearn, with the intention of forcing a full confession of his part in the conspiracy, theft, and murder; and using Betty as a witness.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rob_Roy_(film) (1545 words)

	Rob Roy (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rob Roy (1817) is a novel by Walter Scott about Frank Osbaldistone, the son of an English merchant who goes to the Scottish Highlands to collect a debt stolen from him.
		Rob Roy MacGregor, who the book is named after, appears in the book several times but is not the lead character (in fact the narrative does not move to Scotland until half way through the book).
		Rob Roy was written from the Spring of 1817 and published on Hogmanay of that year.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rob_Roy_(novel) (285 words)

	Rob Roy MacGregor
		Rob Roy MacGregor was the chief of the Clan Gregor who styled themselves the "Children of the Mist." The clans motto was "Royal is our race," and they were descended from a brother of the great Scottish king Alpin.
		Rob soon developed a sound reputation and became known as a man who could get his clients a fair price for their beasts and was renowned as an honest man into the bargain.
		After the passing of Rob Roy the Clan Gregor continued to support the Jacobite cause and after the debacle of the '45 they were one of the Clan's most ardently sought out for elimination by the Government forces.
	www.visitdunkeld.com /roy-macgregor.htm (1897 words)

	Rob Roy
		The film begins with the aforementioned description of the state of affairs in Scotland at the turn of the Eighteenth Century, and then with a beautiful, wide-angle shot of the Scottish highlands.
		Film artefacts and film-to-video artefacts were almost non-existent, except for the usual loss of definition in the credits.
		Rob Roy is another great tale about the plight of another UK nation that England has grown fat from the plight of.
	www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/RobRoy.asp (1729 words)

	ROB ROY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		"Rob Roy" is a beautifully filmed, classic tale marred by a vicious rape scene which, although necessary to the plot as written, still made me quite uncomfortable.
		Shot on location in Scotland, the film tells the story of an 18th-century highlander named Rob Roy MacGregor (Liam Neeson) who has a run-in with the lord of his land (John Hurt) which changes the lives of his peasant community forever.
		And yet, with all this going for it, "Rob Roy" isn't as gratifying as it could have been, due to its periodic reliance on sexuality, both in positive and negative depictions.
	www.xmission.com /~gregorys/reviews/robroy.htm (490 words)

	GitM Reviews: Rob Roy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Supported by a highly talented cast and breathtakingly beautiful cinematography, Rob Roy combines the Scottish flavor of Highlander, the heroic grandeur of Last of the Mohicans, and the loner parable of The Outlaw Josey Wales into splendid historical fiction.
		Like Mohicans, Rob Roy colorfully evokes the mythic frontiersman, whose honor, virtue, and way of life become increasingly threatened by the encroachment of "progress," as personified by the perpetually land-hungry English aristocracy.
		Rob Roy successfully provides a visually stunning backdrop for yet another conflict between Good and Evil, culminating in the inevitable Neeson-Roth sword fight (which should satisfy anyone expecting Highlander antics).
	www.kevincmurphy.com /robroy.html (314 words)

	Charity's Place.com > Rob Roy
		By the conclusion of the film, I was wishing I had listened to her.
		While Rob Roy is done with masterful storytelling and has a compelling conclusion, I found it to be far too disconcerting to be considered quality entertainment.
		Rob Roy sacrifices everything so that he will not "bear false witness" against an innocent man. He looks after the men of the village and acts in the interest of justice more than revenge.
	www.charitysplace.com /review/robroy.htm (676 words)

	Rob Roy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Eighteenth-century Scotland, that is, the Highland home of Rob Roy MacGregor and what's left of his clan following a century of emigration to the "New World." It's a land of stunning natural beauty and unnatural cruelty, a place where honor is more important than food, and more plentiful.
		Through this land strides Rob Roy (Liam Neeson), a Scottish chieftain with the unusual ambition of feeding the hungry and sheltering the poor.
		Rob Roy MacGregor is a man of his word.
	www.rambles.net /rob_roy.html (500 words)

	Rob Roy Movie Review
		ROB ROY is a story set in the Scottish Highlands in the year 1713.
		Rob Roy (Liam Neeson) is a man who values his honor about all else.
		Suffice it to say it is the catalyst for this entire episode of Rob Roy's life, and it is a rollicking good tale as they say.
	www.killermovies.com /r/robroy/reviews/20k.html (797 words)

	Rob Roy by Carter Burwell (1995) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The film, indeed, is more a love story than a pure period piece, and Burwell's tender sweet music serves to highlight the endearing story of love amidst warfare.
		Her voice is very powerful and it gives the film score a distinctively feminine touch amidst all of the pounding action that takes place at the back end of the score.
		Rob Roy is a tremendous score, and easily ranks among the best in this particular genre of film score.
	www.cinemusic.net /reviews/1995/robroy.html (376 words)

	Movie Reviews by Edwin Jahiel
		Robert Roy (Liam Neeson, born in Ireland) is the leader of the shrinking MacGregor clan.
		Rob and his wife Mary of Comar (Jessica Lange, born in Minnesota), are passionately in love and just as passionately into frequent, spontaneous sex.
		Rob Roy's hardiness and resistance to physical injuries is as mythical as that of heroes in Westerns.
	www.prairienet.org /ejahiel/robroy.htm (832 words)

	Robin Roy: ZoomInfo Business People Information
		Duglad Ciar Mohr, ancestor of Rob Roy, is said on this occasion to have exhibited extraordinary ferocity and courage.
		Of this branch was the celebrated Rob Roy, that is, Red Rob, who assumed the name of Campbell under the proscriptive act.
		Rob Roy himself married Helen-Mary, the daughter of Macgregor of Cromar.
	www.zoominfo.com /people/roy_robin_16250923.aspx (2975 words)

	Seminar 4
		The story focuses on Rob Roy's attempt to help his clan by borrowing £1,000 from the Marquis of Montrose, a despotic Scottish Lord, and the subsequent conflict brought about by the theft of the money and the outlaw's refusal to malign the Duke of Argyll.
		This contrast, represented during the whole film, between the poor clansmen and the rich landowners is historically accurate and the differences in the costumes further oppose the two social classes - the clothes worn by aristocrats are accurately based on period paintings.
		In fact, Rob Roy continued to be an outlaw for several years - he even participated in the 'Fifteen Rebellion', a Jacobite rising in 1715 - and eventually made his peace with the authorities in 1722.
	www.st-andrews.ac.uk /~histfilm/sem4.html (844 words)

	Robert Roy MacGregor - Wikiquote
		If ye are seeking Rob Roy, he's ken'd to be better than half a hunder men strong when he's at the fewest.
		Our last accounts of Rob Roy correspond with what this fellow has confessed, that, finding himself surrounded on all sides, he had dismissed the greater part of his followers, with the purpose either of lying concealed, or of making his escape through his superior knowledge of the passes.
		To these national peculiarities Rob Roy added a sort of hard indifference of accent and manner, expressive of a mind neither to be daunted, nor surprised, nor affected by what passed before him, however dreadful, however sudden, however afflicting.
	en.wikiquote.org /wiki/Robert_Roy_MacGregor (542 words)

	'Rob Roy' - Laserdisc Reviews [SMR]
		Not one, but two major films dealing with characters from different time periods in Scottish history were released this past Spring and the first, 'Rob Roy', has been released on disc by MGM/UA.
		Though lacking the epic scope and emotional strength of Mel Gibson's wonderful 'Braveheart', 'Rob Roy', none the less, stands as one of the better films I've seen this year.
		This may keep many from giving 'Rob Roy' a spin, but if you are a fan of this film or of well produced period pieces, you could do a lot worse.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /~robinson/Reviews/Rob-Roy-Review.htm (648 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Rob Roy [1995]: DVD: Michael Caton-Jones,Liam Neeson,Jessica Lange,John Hurt,Tim Roth,Eric Stoltz,Andrew ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Rob Roy was the story of one man's personal fight against wrongs done to him and his family.
		Rob Roy (Liam Neeson) is not portrayed as being perfect and principled.
		"Rob Roy" delivers on all of these counts; yet, it manages to be much more than a colorful costume piece with a storyline in fl and white, and it differs considerably from the type of movie coined ever since the adventures of history's great heroes were first brought to the silver screen.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Rob-Roy-Michael-Caton-Jones/dp/B00004CZ7T (2603 words)

	"Rob Roy" / a review from Christian Spotlight on the Movies
		Robert Roy MacGregor (Liam Neeson) is a clan leader in the service of the Marquis of Montrose (John Hurt).
		As the film opens, we see him recover some of Montrose's stolen cattle and engage the thieves' leader (who is an old friend) in deadly sword combat.
		Although this film had to compete with the similar-themed Braveheart, Tim Roth was nominated for a Supporting Actor Oscar and he won the corresponding British award.
	www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/2000/robroy.html (920 words)

	Rob Roy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Rob Roy is an outstanding role for him and under director Michael Caton-Jones' guidance, the film achieves a unique style.
		Rob Roy is a character driven film, and in that department it is indeed rich.
		Images are relatively sharp and colors are faithful to the the original film.
	www.filmsondisc.com /DVDpages/rob_roy.htm (255 words)

	Jessica Lange - Rob Roy
		Rob Roy was filmed entirely on location and, with the exception of Lange and Eric Stolz, the cast and crew were Scottish.
		Rob Roy is the true story of Robert Roy MacGregor, a hero of 18th Century Scotland, whose love for his wife and family gave him honor, courage and, ultimately, his life.
		The film boasts beautiful scenery and performances and features one of the most intense sword fights ever filmed.
	home.hiwaay.net /~oliver/jlrobroy.htm (239 words)

	Rob Roy @ Mac Braveheart
		Rob Roy is much shorter, and consequently packs a lesser punch, at least in terms of 'epic-ery'.
		Rob Roy has it's moments as well, but in general they tend to be quieter ones.
		rob roy has a better sound track over all because of the variety and flavor of Scotland but as far as movies go, Braveheart is hands down the winner.
	www.macbraveheart.co.uk /messages/bhrobroy.htm (896 words)

	Rob Roy - DVD - Title R Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		Films such as Braveheart and The Patriot were guilty of this only American Civil War saga Glory managed to lay out some balance in its undertaking.
		Rob Roy would always be a difficult subject to make into a balanced film.
		In an age when alleigence and politics was the road to success, the historical Rob Roy MacGregor was an enigmatic player of this game and changed his camps as it suited his own ends.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /dvd-title-r/rob-roy (279 words)

	FILM REVIEW: ROB ROY; Liam Neeson: Man in Kilts - New York Times
		But the film doesn't convey much sense of why he should matter to modern viewers, who may know less about Rob Roy the folk hero than Rob Roy the drink.
		The film tries its hardest to lend a lusty, sometimes scatological edge to such goings-on, which means the audience is treated to a scene featuring Cunningham and his chamber-pot.
		Hurt properly regal and wise beneath his tricornered hat, and Brian Cox delicately sinister as one of his henchmen, "Rob Roy" is poised for a battle of wills between pampered nobility and a ruffian folk hero.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE6D8113AF934A35757C0A963958260 (790 words)

	Filmtracks: Rob Roy (Carter Burwell)
		Rob Roy: (Carter Burwell) Within the span of a year, audiences were treated to several Highland epics, with Rob Roy followed by Braveheart and then Dragonheart.
		In the film, Burwell's effort is a stirring and authentic piece, sufficiently epic in size and theme to accompany the fantastic visuals of the locations.
		The redundancy factor also applies to the performances by the specialty instruments; by the end of Rob Roy, the pipes, whistles, and fiddles --all staples of the ethnic genre portrayed-- begin to wear considerably on the nerves, especially when considering the monotonous rhythms that often carry them through their lengthy performances.
	www.filmtracks.com /titles/rob_roy.html?page=print (658 words)

	Rob Roy Film Review - Time Out Film
		The aloof Machiavellian hesitantly agrees; but Rob hasn't bargained for the laird's house-guest, the foppish wastrel Cunningham (Roth), who together with Montrose's scheming factor (Cox) steals the money, killing Rob's friend Alan (Stoltz) in the process.
		As scripted by Alan Sharp and directed by Caton-Jones, this stirring historical drama is less swashbuckler than transposed Western, with a feel for landscape, intrigue, romance and questions of honour reminiscent of Mann's Last of the Mohicans.
		While the film's chief virtue is the mythic clarity, Sharp's script, which shifts easily between the fruity innuendo of the aristos and the more demotic colloquialisms of the clansmen, never soft-pedals the historical and political context.
	www.timeout.com /film/76855.html (240 words)

	Rob Roy Country
		Highland folkhero or a Lowland outlaw, Rob Roy MacGregor (1671-1734) used intimate knowledge of his Trossachs homelands to outwit the redcoat soldiers sent to subdue him.
		The local churchyard is the final resting place of Rob Roy, his grave marked with the appropriately defiant motto 'MacGregor...
		The area is strongly associated with Rob Roy, who lived his final years at Inverlochlarig and is buried in the grounds of Balquhidder Kirk.
	www.robroycountry.org /index.php (425 words)

	Rob Roy mistakes, goofs and bloopers
		Dukes are only ever referred to as "Your Grace" and he is addressed correctly (by Rob Roy and others) throughout the rest of the film.
		Other: In the scene around the camp fire, Rob Roy can be clearly seen with with plasters on his hand.
		Continuity: Towards the end, as Rob Roy is negotiating the duel, watch his hands - they switch from his sides to in front of him 2 or 3 times in different shots.
	www.moviemistakes.com /film1076 (362 words)

	Rob Roy Movie: Rob Roy DVD is available from Bestprices.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		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.
		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.
	www.bestprices.com /cgi-bin/vlink/027616626097IE?source=adwords (321 words)

	The Austin Chronicle Film Listings
		Countering Neeson's quietly formidable Rob is the evil dandy, Cunningham (brilliantly portrayed by Tim Roth), whose effeminate posturing cloaks a deadly efficacy with blades.
		His greedy, simpering duplicity and fancy pastel frocks clash in consummate contrast with Rob's stoic sense of honor and tattered tartans.
		Part historical narrative, part epic romance, and part swashbuckling adventure, Rob Roy is overly cultivated, resulting in a stiff, unnatural hybrid that's quite lovely to look at, but lacks spontaneity.
	www.austinchronicle.com /gbase/Calendar/Film?Film=oid:142794 (462 words)

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