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Rob Roy is a 1995 historical biographical drama film directed by Michael Caton-Jones. [3] It stars Liam Neeson as Rob Roy MacGregor, an 18th-century Scottish highlander who becomes engaged in a dispute with a nobleman in the Scottish Highlands, played by John Hurt. Tim Roth won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was ...
Liam Neeson is an Irish actor from Northern Ireland. He rose to prominence with his acclaimed starring role in Steven Spielberg's 1993 Oscar winner Schindler's List.He has since starred in a number of other successful films, including Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Taken, Michael Collins, Les Misérables, Batman Begins, Kinsey, Clash of the Titans, and The Chronicles of Narnia ...
110 minutes [1] Country. United States [1] Language. English. Box office. $5.2 million [2] 52 Pick-Up is a 1986 American neo-noir crime film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, and Vanity. [3] It is based on Elmore Leonard 's 1974 novel 52 Pickup and is the second adaptation of it after The Ambassador (1984).
The film begins in the early 18th century with Rob Roy leading his McGregor clansmen against King George I's forces commanded by the Scottish Duke of Argyll.. While determined to establish order in the Highlands, Argyll is sympathetic to "the bonny blue bonnets" whom he is fighting, even refusing to unleash German mercenaries against them.
United States. Language. English. Budget. $4 million [1] Box office. $16,530,578 [2] The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean is a 1972 American Western comedy film written by John Milius, directed by John Huston, and starring Paul Newman. It was loosely based on the life and times of Judge Roy Bean.
Rob Roy, nickname of John MacGregor (1825–1892), English explorer, travel writer and philanthropist, and also the boats that he designed. Rob Roy, CEO and co-founder of Switch. Rob Roy (cocktail), created in conjunction with the premiere of De Koven' and Smith's Rob Roy operetta (1894) Rob Roy (dog), a collie owned by Calvin Coolidge.
Braveheart. Braveheart is a 1995 American epic historical war drama film directed and produced by Mel Gibson, who also portrays its central character, Sir William Wallace, a late-13th century Scottish warrior who led the Scots in the First War of Scottish Independence against King Edward I of England. The film also stars Sophie Marceau, Patrick ...
Rob Roy was born in the Kingdom of Scotland at Glengyle, at the head of Loch Katrine, as recorded in the baptismal register of Buchanan, Stirling. His parents were the local Clan MacGregor tacksman, Donald Glas MacGregor, and Margaret Campbell. He was also descended from the Clan MacDonald of Keppoch through his paternal grandmother.