The Scot Pack: The Further Adventures of the Trainspotters and Their Fellow Travellers - Softcover

Pendreigh, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1840183101 ISBN 13: 9781840183108

Publisher: Mainstream Pub Co Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

Before the advent of Trainspotting, Scotland's international film stars could be summed up in two words - Sean Connery. Then one of the most successful British films of the 1990s turned Ewan McGregor into an icon and kick-started the careers of Robert Carlyle and Peter Mullan, as well as transforming Kelly MacDonald from barmaid into screen sensation.

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Until recently, Scotland's international film stars could be summed up in two words: Sean Connery. That was before "Trainspotting." It turned Ewan McGregor into an icon, jumpstarted the film career of Robert Carlyle, and transformed Kelly Macdonald from barmaid to screen sensation. But they were just the vanguard of a new phenomenon. Having conquered the British film industry, young Scots are taking Hollywood by storm: Angus Macfadyen in "Braveheart, The Cradle Will Rock," and "Titus;" John Hannah in "Four Weddings and a Funeral, Sliding Doors" and "The Mummy;" Dougray Scott in "Mission Impossible 2;" and Ray Park alongside McGregor in "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace." In "The Scot Pack," Brian Pendreigh assesses the changing fortunes of Scots on the big screen. Offering an insider's account of the Scottish film boom, he considers the wider appeal of Connery's heirs, including intimate portraits of all the new stars laying claim to his crown.

From Library Journal

An element of bitterness infuses the early chapters of this analysis of the Scottish film industry. Why? Because Hollywood and Hitchcockian films set in Scotland were shot in other locales; English actors portrayed Scots; supposed Scots, like David Niven, were born elsewhere; and Highlanders have come to symbolize all of Scotland's citizens. At least Scottish leading man Sean Connery did not disown his heritage. Pendreigh (On Location: The Film Fan's Guide to Britain and Ireland) follows an examination of Connery's importance and a discussion of seminal occurrences in Scotland's film history (such as Bill Forsyth, Braveheart, and Trainspotting) with detailed, chapter-length career surveys of bright young Scottish acting lights Robert Carlyle, Ewan McGregor, and their Trainspotting alumni Ewen Bremmer, Shirley Henderson, Kevin McKidd, Kelly Macdonald, and Peter Mullan. Also accorded chapters are Laura Fraser, John Hannah, Douglas Henshaw, Angus Macfadyen, Hans Matheson, Ray Park, and Dougray Scott. The text and filmographies reveal that many British films never reach American shores. For film collections.DKim Holston, American Inst. for Chartered Property Liability Underwriters, Malvern, PA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Mainstream Pub Co Ltd
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1840183101
• ISBN 13: 9781840183108
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224