Rob Roy From:Liam Neeson , Jessica Lange , John Hurt , Tim Roth , Eric Stoltz , TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT , Michael Caton-Jones , MGM (Video & DVD) ,
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 9780792833666
Format: Anamorphic
Format: Closed-captioned
Format: Color
Format: Dolby
Format: DTS Surround Sound
Format: DVD-Video
Format: Widescreen
Format: NTSC
ISBN: 079283366X
Weight: 25 hundredths-pounds
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Audio Format: Dolby Digital 5.1
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Packaged Height: 60 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 740 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 25 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 510 hundredths-inches
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 1997-10-14
Running Time: 139 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1995-04-07
Product Description:
Academy AwardÂ(r) nominee* Liam Neeson and Best Actress OscarÂ(r) winner** Jessica Lange give extraordinary performances as the legendary hero who refused to let his enemies destroy his honor and the loyal woman who gave him the courage to fight. Boasting "the best direction, acting, writing and technical credits [and] one of the great action sequences in movie history" (Roger Ebert), Rob Roy is a thrilling, powerful adventure and "one of the best films of the year" (GeneSiskel). When a harsh winter threatens the majestic Scottish Highlands, Rob Roy MacGregor (Neeson) is forced to borrow money from the less-than-noble Marquis of Montrose (John Hurt) to provide for his clan. But when Montrose's henchman (Tim Roth, in an OscarÂ(r)-nominated*** performance) conspires to take the wealth for himself, Rob is thrust into the most challenging battle of his life...one that escalates into an exhilarating climax that will captivate you to the film's finalframe. *1993: Actor, Schindler's List **1994: Blue Sky ***1995: Supporting Actor
Customer Reviews:
 Noble heroes, evil villains, winsome lasses on Scottish Highland, 2008-11-18
Rob Roy is an absolutely splendid, swashbuckling tale full of villainy, beautiful lasses and strapping lads. It ends with a sword-fight so thrilling Roger Ebert writes the filmmakers "re-invent the exercise".
Liam Neeson brings 1700s Scottish legend Rob Roy MacGregor to life in a performance that makes the hero seem ten feet tall, bulletproof, and passionately human. His performance would be reason enough to watch this movie, but the rest of the film is fleshed out with supporting characters that are as rip-roaringly full of life as The Man himself - both friends and foe - so when the climactic sword fight comes we are gripped in the moment. It feels as if the world hangs in the balance.
Jessica Lange plays Mrs. MacGregor as a sexy, supportive wife, and the viewer has no difficulty imagining that she is the kind of women men would fight over. Neeson and Lange make a good pair, and you feel their passion for one another and their clan. Tim Roth earned the film's only Oscar nomination for best supporting actor as the fey and cunning villain Archibald Cunningham. He is the nephew of John Hurt's John Graham, Marquis of Montrose, but he is no gentleman. Cunningham is the kind of man who will cheat and murder other men and deflower willing and unwilling women.
Although the story is set in the Scotland of 300 years ago, an almost identical story could be set in almost any historical period. I could imagine the story in the old west, starring John Wayne. Or set on the streets of New York, directed by Martin Scorcese. Or Boston, with a screenplay written by Dennis Lehane.
At its core Rob Roy is the story of a good man. Rob Roy isn't just "good" in the sense of "lack of evil". Mr. MacGregor is the kind of man who makes meeker men better. He is the kind of man other people count on. He is the kind of man who makes criminals nervous. Leading a highlands clan, he directs and polices their small agricultural enterprises. Because he is also a man of vision and ambition, he approaches other men of wealth, seeking investors because Rob Roy is the kind of man who can turn money into more money through livestock. Perhaps his greatest fault comes when he trusts that "noblemen" will act with as much honor as he, a simple herder.
Roth plays the chief and most heinous villain, but he is aided by Hurt, as the Marquis, Andrew Keir as the haughty Duke of Argyll, and Brian Cox as the sycophantic Killearn.
By the time the story arrives at the climactic sword fight, you feel the weight of every swing of saber. You are emotionally invested in the characters and you care about the outcome. A film of this type could not achieve more. Highly recommended.
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