Restless Natives Page #6

Synopsis: Two lads in Edinburgh embark on a non-violent spree of robberies. They dress up in clown masks and act as modern highwaymen, robbing coach loads of tourists in the highlands. In the process they become folk heroes to the locals. Their adventures make for a whimsical and gentle comedy, in the Bill Forsyth vein.
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Michael Hoffman
Production: Orion Classics
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.2
PG
Year:
1985
90 min
599 Views


WITHOUT HOPE:

AND WITHOUT PRIDE

SO, WHO WILL KNOW

WHERE THEY COME FROM?

WHO WILL RAISE THE TORCH

FOR THOSE WHO DIED?

I WILL BE WITH THEM

IN THE SUMMER SUN

AND THE WINTER SNOW

THEY WILL COME:

AND CLOUDS WILL GO

SHOW THAT WE ARE PROUD AGAIN

THOUGH ALL WE LOS IN AUTUMN DAYS

CANNOT BE BORN AGAIN

STAND HERE BY ME

UNTIL THE WAYS:

OF AGE AND YOUTH

ARE ONE AND SAME

I WILL BE WITH THEM

IN THE SUMMER SUN

AND THE WINTER SNOW

THEY WILL COME:

AND CLOUDS WILL GO

AND SHOW THEM:

WE ARE PROUD AGAIN

AND I WILL BE WITH THEM

IN THE SUMMER SUN

AND THE WINTER SNOW

THEY WILL COME:

AND CLOUDS WILL GO

SHOW THEM WE ARE PROUD AGAIN

ALONE AMONG:

THE HILLS AND STONE

THROUGH SUMMER SUN

AND WINTER SNOW:

THE EAGLE:

HE WAS LORD ABOVE

ROB WAS LORD BELOW

MARGOT?

DEAR ME, WHA ARE YOU WEARING?

OK, HOLD IT!

NO, SUNSHINE.

YOU HOLD IT.

NO, JACK,

YOU HOLD IT.

[SCREAMING]

MARGOT!

WASTE HIM, RONNIE.

LOOK AT ME.

I'M BULLETPROOF MAN.

COME ON, YOU!

PUT THE BOOT IN.

Will:
RONNIE.

DO IT!

SORRY, NIGEL.

GIVE ME THAT,

SUCKERS!

ACHOO!

EVERYBODY:

ON THE BUS STAY PUT!

Passengers:
AWW!

[WOMEN CHEERING]

[SHEEP BLEATING]

OK, MOVE.

LET'S GO! GO!

AND NOW THAT WE'VE GOT YOU

AWAY FROM THE EYES

OF THE ADORING PUBLIC,

LET'S GET THE MASKS OFF.

WELL, SCOTTIE,

WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?

JESUS CHRIST!

[CHUCKLES]

THERE'S BEEN A WEE

BIT OF A CHANGE.

YOU BETTER READ THAT.

HUH?

LISTEN,

THERE'S A MESSAGE

FROM YOUR LAWYER:

YOU GOT THE DOG! HA HA!

IF THERE'S ANY PROBLEM,

YOUR LAWYER WILL PHONE YOU.

I WANT YOU:

TO HAVE THIS.

IT'S NOT GOLD.

IT WAS MEANT TO BE

GOLD FOR HIS WARTS.

[WAVES CRASH ON SHORE]

OUT!

COME ON, OUT!

[SEAGULLS CAWING]

I HAD A TELEX FROM

THE SECRETARY OF STATE

FOR SCOTLAND.

IT'S FROM

THE SCOTTISH SECRETARY.

IT SEEMS TOURIST SPENDING

HAS GONE UP 15%

SINCE THE START OF

THESE ACTIVITIES.

YOU'RE BIGGER THAN

THE LOCH NESS MONSTER.

GROSSLY IRRESPONSIBLE

CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR

OF THE MOST FLAGRANT KIND!

"LOW PROFILE," HE SAYS.

"HANDLE WITH

THE UTMOST DISCRETION.

POLITICAL HOT POTATO."

I CANNAE LET YOU GO.

SO, IT WAS HERE

IN A LAST DESPERATE BID

TO ESCAPE THE TIGHTENING

GRIP OF THE LAW:

THAT THE HIGHLAND HEROES

PLUNGED TO THEIR DEATHS

IN THESE STORMY SEAS.

AND ALL THAT REMAINS IS

THE BROKEN WRECKAGE

OF THE JAPANESE MOTORCYCLE

THAT CARRIED THEM THROUGH

SO MANY DARING RAIDS.

I THINK THAT'S TERRIBLE.

NOW STREWN ACROSS

THESE JAGGED ROCKS...

I NEVER THOUGH IT WOULD END LIKE THIS.

...WITHOUT ANY PRETENSE

OF CROOKEDNES.

THERE WERE SCENES

OF WILD EMOTION:

AS THE UNFORGETTABLE FIGURES

OF THE CLOWN AND THE WOLFMAN

SPED DOWN THE MAIN STREE OF THAT CITY.

THE EXCITED CROWD COULD

HARDLY HAVE IMAGINED

THE DRAMATIC FATE WHICH

AWAITED THE OUTLAWS.

DURING THEIR BRIEF CAREER

AS HIGHWAYMEN:

IN SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS,

THE CLOWN AND THE WOLFMAN

CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION

OF A WORLDWIDE AUDIENCE...

THANK YOU.

IT'S REALLY GOOD,

THIS STUFF, YOU KNOW?

YOU SHOULD TRY SOME.

IT TASTES LIKE...

THERE'S BITS

DROPPING OFF OF THIS.

LOOK, THERE'S BITS

FALLING OFF MY ICE.

THERE COULD BE A GERM

IN THERE OR SOMETHING.

I READ THAT...

DON'T BE SUCH

A BIG LASSIE.

A COUPLE OF WEE GERMS

NEVER DID ANYBODY ANY HARM.

ANYWAY, WE ARE BIGGER

THAN GERMS, YOU AND ME.

PUT YOUR NAME:

ON THAT.

IT'S TO YOUR FAMILY.

[DONKEY BRAYS]

"NEW MEXICO--

LAND OF OPPORTUNITY.

WEATHER VERY NICE."

THEY'RE VERY HOSPITABLE

HERE, AREN'T THEY?

VERY GOOD TO TOURISTS.

WHEN CAN I SAY:

I WILL BE HOME?

WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO WAI FOR A DECENT INTERVAL.

HAVE TO WAIT FOR OUR

BONDS TO MATURE AT LEAST.

SAY CHRISTMAS.

DO YOU THINK:

IT'LL BE OK

TO GO BACK:

AT CHRISTMAS?

RONNIE, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE

SOME RESPECT FOR THE DEAD.

Man on TV:

ALL THAT REMAINS IS THIS...

[SHEEP BLEATING]

A SAD, SODDEN REMINDER

OF MORTALITY.

WE MAY NEVER KNOW

WHO THEY WERE.

BUT ONE THING IS CERTAIN:

NOW NO ONE CAN TAME THEM.

IS THIS THE END:

OF THE STORY:

OR THE BEGINNING

OF A LEGEND?

MEL HAMMER,

"A.M. NEWS MAGAZINE," SCOTLAND.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS?

Big Country:
THE DAY

THEY HAD A PARTY

RIGHT OU IN THE STREET

FLAGS AND FLOWERS

AND SINGING:

FOR THE HOMECOME

HERO'S TREAT

I SAT IN THE KITCHEN

WITHOUT A FIRE:

ON THE RANGE:

I KNEW THIS HOUSE

HAD LOST THE CAUSE

TO EVER MAKE ME:

WARM AGAIN:

COME BACK TO ME:

THE DAYS ARE ALL TOO LONG

COME BACK TO ME:

YOU NEVER SHOULD HAVE GONE

I WAS SO YOUNG:

AND FULL OF PRIDE

AND YOU WERE:

WILD AND STRONG:

CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY

LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMEN CAPTIONED BY THE NATIONAL

Big Country:
ALONE AMONG

THE HILLS AND STONE

THROUGH SUMMER SUN

AND WINTER SNOW:

THE EAGLE:

HE WAS LORD ABOVE

AND ROB WAS LORD BELOW

240 YEARS WE LIVED

WITHOUT HOPE:

AND WITHOUT PRIDE

SO, WHO WILL KNOW

WHERE THEY COME FROM?

WHO WILL RAISE THE TORCH

FOR THOSE WHO DIED?

I WILL BE WITH THEM

IN THE SUMMER SUN

AND THE WINTER SNOW

THEY WILL COME:

AND CLOUDS WILL GO

SHOW THAT WE ARE PROUD AGAIN

THOUGH ALL WE LOS IN AUTUMN DAYS

CANNOT BE BORN AGAIN

STAND HERE BY ME

UNTIL THE WAYS:

OF AGE AND YOUTH

ARE ONE AND SAME

I WILL BE WITH THEM

IN THE SUMMER SUN

AND THE WINTER SNOW

THEY WILL COME:

AND CLOUDS WILL GO

AND SHOW THEM:

WE ARE PROUD AGAIN

I WILL BE WITH THEM

IN THE SUMMER SUN

AND THE WINTER SNOW

THEY WILL COME:

AND CLOUDS WILL GO

SHOW THEM WE ARE PROUD AGAIN

ALONE AMONG:

THE HILLS AND STONE

THROUGH SUMMER SUN

AND WINTER SNOW:

THE EAGLE:

HE WAS LORD ABOVE

ROB WAS LORD BELOW

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