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Release Date: 2005-04-01 |
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Think of Scotland, PA. as truck-stop Shakespeare, Macbeth given a drive-through makeover as the deadliest of deadpan comedies. Writer-director Billy Morrissette got this wacky idea from an early job at Dairy Queen. He makes the most of that bad memory by casting his own wife (ER's Maura Tierney) and indie stalwart James LeGros as Pat and Mac McBeth, a married pair of Pennsylvanian schemers, circa 1973, who plot to escape their thankless jobs at Duncan's burger joint. They dispatch Duncan in a sizzling accident (you want fries with that corpse?) and inherit the diner from Duncan's stoner son (who's also a suspect), hoping to prove to Detective McDuff (Christopher Walken, at his funniest) that their newfound happiness is entirely legal. Like The Big Lebowski, this movie's hilarious if you're in on the joke, and familiarity with Shakespeare is optional when you've got a "rock block" of Bad Company hits to keep the grisly comedy on track. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
a winner.......2007-08-05
As an English major and English teacher, I am definitely not the audience this was intended for. In the commentary, the director says that it's all well and good if the typical Shakespeare lovers embrace the movie, but he's really making it for the pot smokers who've never even heard of Macbeth because they were too busy getting high to bother reading the play or even show up for class (loose paraphrase from what I remember when I watched this a year or two ago). But whether or not it was made for people like me, I loved it. Some of the low ratings have been attributed to the fact that it's just taking an old story and modernizing it. Sure, people who write stories from scratch deserve a ton of credit, but there is also a great deal of creativity involved in telling an extremely well known story in a totally fresh way. Scotland, PA succeeds there. There were also some complaints about the fact that they don't use the Shakespearean English in this adaptation. I personally enjoy watching new versions of Shakespeare's plays both ways--Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet speaks to me in a totally different way than West Side Story, but they both speak to me. I wish I could share this film with my students so they could see how "cool" Shakespeare can be. It would be a great example of the timelessness or the themes or the range of directors' interpretations. Alas, I doubt I'd ever get this one okayed by the administration...
And as a side note, I thought the music was awesome.
Magnificent Modern Macbeth.......2007-05-13
This Shakespearian adaptation updates Macbeth to the 1970's and puts him in a diner in Scotland, PA. Macbeth's ambivalent ambition but submission to his sexy wife (played formidably by former ER nurse, Maura Tierney) is developed nicely in this film. It is easily understood by a modern audience. Christopher Walken is hysterical as vegeterian Detective MacDuff and makes Macduff a vivid, rounded character.
Note to teachers: preview the film before showing it to students. There is cursing and there are two scenes which you may find questionable and want to censor. I think it is fine for High School Juniors and Seniors, but more conservative teachers/ districts may object to it.
"We're Not Bad People, We're Just Underachievers That Have To Make-Up For Lost Time" ~ Shakespeare For The Fast Food Generation.......2007-04-25
`Scotland, PA' released in '01 is a dark, witty, black comedy that redefines Shakespeare for a new generation. Well not really, but overt Shakespearean elements are definitely present in this wonderfully quirky, highly enjoyable Indie film starring James LeGros, Maura Tierney and the always wacky Christopher Walken.
Synopsis: James and Maura star as Mac and Pat McBeth (doesn't that reference slap you right in the face). Mac and Pat both work at a diner in Scotland, U.S.A. There growing dissatisfaction with the owners hiring decisions finally pushes the couple over the edge when he announces the appointment of his teenage son to the vacant manager position instead of Mac. Aided by the advice of three imaginary hippies (McBeth's witches) that appear and disappear at pivotal moments in the storyline poor, confused Mac and Pat decide to rob the diner and use the money to begin a new life somewhere else. However their little robbery inadvertently turns into murder and from that moment on their plans take on drastic and unforeseen changes. Unexpectedly an out-of-town Lieutenant named Mc Duff (Christopher Walken) is assigned to the case and things progress from bad to worse when he begins asking too many questions.
`Scotland, PA' is a clever film with lots of inventive twists and turns. It does however lose a little steam towards the end which is why it receives -3 1/2 Stars- instead of 4.
one of my favorite movies.......2007-03-09
This movie is hilarious, Christopher Walken is great in this film! Plus, the soundtrack is absolutely amazing. If you like classic rock such as Bad Company and The Marshall Tucker Band then this film is for you. Rock block, baby, yeah!
Great movie, quick delivery.......2006-11-10
One of the greatest movies ever made that not too many people have heard of. It was delivered relatively quickly in perfect condition
Average customer rating:
- a winner
- Magnificent Modern Macbeth
- "We're Not Bad People, We're Just Underachievers That Have To Make-Up For Lost Time" ~ Shakespeare For The Fast Food Generation
- one of my favorite movies
- Great movie, quick delivery
|
Scotland, PA.
Starring:
John Cariani ,
Kevin Corrigan ,
Andy Dick ,
Geoff Dunsworth , and
Doug Gochman
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Throne of Blood - Criterion Collection
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Macbeth
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Richard III
ASIN: B00006G8IB
Release Date: 2002-10-22 |
Amazon.com
Think of Scotland, PA. as truck-stop Shakespeare, Macbeth given a drive-through makeover as the deadliest of deadpan comedies. Writer-director Billy Morrissette got this wacky idea from an early job at Dairy Queen. He makes the most of that bad memory by casting his own wife (ER's Maura Tierney) and indie stalwart James LeGros as Pat and Mac McBeth, a married pair of Pennsylvanian schemers, circa 1973, who plot to escape their thankless jobs at Duncan's burger joint. They dispatch Duncan in a sizzling accident (you want fries with that corpse?) and inherit the diner from Duncan's stoner son (who's also a suspect), hoping to prove to Detective McDuff (Christopher Walken, at his funniest) that their newfound happiness is entirely legal. Like The Big Lebowski, this movie's hilarious if you're in on the joke, and familiarity with Shakespeare is optional when you've got a "rock block" of Bad Company hits to keep the grisly comedy on track. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
a winner.......2007-08-05
As an English major and English teacher, I am definitely not the audience this was intended for. In the commentary, the director says that it's all well and good if the typical Shakespeare lovers embrace the movie, but he's really making it for the pot smokers who've never even heard of Macbeth because they were too busy getting high to bother reading the play or even show up for class (loose paraphrase from what I remember when I watched this a year or two ago). But whether or not it was made for people like me, I loved it. Some of the low ratings have been attributed to the fact that it's just taking an old story and modernizing it. Sure, people who write stories from scratch deserve a ton of credit, but there is also a great deal of creativity involved in telling an extremely well known story in a totally fresh way. Scotland, PA succeeds there. There were also some complaints about the fact that they don't use the Shakespearean English in this adaptation. I personally enjoy watching new versions of Shakespeare's plays both ways--Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet speaks to me in a totally different way than West Side Story, but they both speak to me. I wish I could share this film with my students so they could see how "cool" Shakespeare can be. It would be a great example of the timelessness or the themes or the range of directors' interpretations. Alas, I doubt I'd ever get this one okayed by the administration...
And as a side note, I thought the music was awesome.
Magnificent Modern Macbeth.......2007-05-13
This Shakespearian adaptation updates Macbeth to the 1970's and puts him in a diner in Scotland, PA. Macbeth's ambivalent ambition but submission to his sexy wife (played formidably by former ER nurse, Maura Tierney) is developed nicely in this film. It is easily understood by a modern audience. Christopher Walken is hysterical as vegeterian Detective MacDuff and makes Macduff a vivid, rounded character.
Note to teachers: preview the film before showing it to students. There is cursing and there are two scenes which you may find questionable and want to censor. I think it is fine for High School Juniors and Seniors, but more conservative teachers/ districts may object to it.
"We're Not Bad People, We're Just Underachievers That Have To Make-Up For Lost Time" ~ Shakespeare For The Fast Food Generation.......2007-04-25
`Scotland, PA' released in '01 is a dark, witty, black comedy that redefines Shakespeare for a new generation. Well not really, but overt Shakespearean elements are definitely present in this wonderfully quirky, highly enjoyable Indie film starring James LeGros, Maura Tierney and the always wacky Christopher Walken.
Synopsis: James and Maura star as Mac and Pat McBeth (doesn't that reference slap you right in the face). Mac and Pat both work at a diner in Scotland, U.S.A. There growing dissatisfaction with the owners hiring decisions finally pushes the couple over the edge when he announces the appointment of his teenage son to the vacant manager position instead of Mac. Aided by the advice of three imaginary hippies (McBeth's witches) that appear and disappear at pivotal moments in the storyline poor, confused Mac and Pat decide to rob the diner and use the money to begin a new life somewhere else. However their little robbery inadvertently turns into murder and from that moment on their plans take on drastic and unforeseen changes. Unexpectedly an out-of-town Lieutenant named Mc Duff (Christopher Walken) is assigned to the case and things progress from bad to worse when he begins asking too many questions.
`Scotland, PA' is a clever film with lots of inventive twists and turns. It does however lose a little steam towards the end which is why it receives -3 1/2 Stars- instead of 4.
one of my favorite movies.......2007-03-09
This movie is hilarious, Christopher Walken is great in this film! Plus, the soundtrack is absolutely amazing. If you like classic rock such as Bad Company and The Marshall Tucker Band then this film is for you. Rock block, baby, yeah!
Great movie, quick delivery.......2006-11-10
One of the greatest movies ever made that not too many people have heard of. It was delivered relatively quickly in perfect condition
Average customer rating:
- a winner
- Magnificent Modern Macbeth
- "We're Not Bad People, We're Just Underachievers That Have To Make-Up For Lost Time" ~ Shakespeare For The Fast Food Generation
- one of my favorite movies
- Great movie, quick delivery
|
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John Cariani ,
Kevin Corrigan ,
Andy Dick ,
Geoff Dunsworth , and
Doug Gochman
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Macbeth / McKellen, Dench (Thames Shakespeare Collection)
-
Throne of Blood - Criterion Collection
-
Hamlet
-
Macbeth
-
Richard III
ASIN: B00006G8NP
Release Date: 2002-10-22 |
Amazon.com
Think of Scotland, PA. as truck-stop Shakespeare, Macbeth given a drive-through makeover as the deadliest of deadpan comedies. Writer-director Billy Morrissette got this wacky idea from an early job at Dairy Queen. He makes the most of that bad memory by casting his own wife (ER's Maura Tierney) and indie stalwart James LeGros as Pat and Mac McBeth, a married pair of Pennsylvanian schemers, circa 1973, who plot to escape their thankless jobs at Duncan's burger joint. They dispatch Duncan in a sizzling accident (you want fries with that corpse?) and inherit the diner from Duncan's stoner son (who's also a suspect), hoping to prove to Detective McDuff (Christopher Walken, at his funniest) that their newfound happiness is entirely legal. Like The Big Lebowski, this movie's hilarious if you're in on the joke, and familiarity with Shakespeare is optional when you've got a "rock block" of Bad Company hits to keep the grisly comedy on track. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
a winner.......2007-08-05
As an English major and English teacher, I am definitely not the audience this was intended for. In the commentary, the director says that it's all well and good if the typical Shakespeare lovers embrace the movie, but he's really making it for the pot smokers who've never even heard of Macbeth because they were too busy getting high to bother reading the play or even show up for class (loose paraphrase from what I remember when I watched this a year or two ago). But whether or not it was made for people like me, I loved it. Some of the low ratings have been attributed to the fact that it's just taking an old story and modernizing it. Sure, people who write stories from scratch deserve a ton of credit, but there is also a great deal of creativity involved in telling an extremely well known story in a totally fresh way. Scotland, PA succeeds there. There were also some complaints about the fact that they don't use the Shakespearean English in this adaptation. I personally enjoy watching new versions of Shakespeare's plays both ways--Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet speaks to me in a totally different way than West Side Story, but they both speak to me. I wish I could share this film with my students so they could see how "cool" Shakespeare can be. It would be a great example of the timelessness or the themes or the range of directors' interpretations. Alas, I doubt I'd ever get this one okayed by the administration...
And as a side note, I thought the music was awesome.
Magnificent Modern Macbeth.......2007-05-13
This Shakespearian adaptation updates Macbeth to the 1970's and puts him in a diner in Scotland, PA. Macbeth's ambivalent ambition but submission to his sexy wife (played formidably by former ER nurse, Maura Tierney) is developed nicely in this film. It is easily understood by a modern audience. Christopher Walken is hysterical as vegeterian Detective MacDuff and makes Macduff a vivid, rounded character.
Note to teachers: preview the film before showing it to students. There is cursing and there are two scenes which you may find questionable and want to censor. I think it is fine for High School Juniors and Seniors, but more conservative teachers/ districts may object to it.
"We're Not Bad People, We're Just Underachievers That Have To Make-Up For Lost Time" ~ Shakespeare For The Fast Food Generation.......2007-04-25
`Scotland, PA' released in '01 is a dark, witty, black comedy that redefines Shakespeare for a new generation. Well not really, but overt Shakespearean elements are definitely present in this wonderfully quirky, highly enjoyable Indie film starring James LeGros, Maura Tierney and the always wacky Christopher Walken.
Synopsis: James and Maura star as Mac and Pat McBeth (doesn't that reference slap you right in the face). Mac and Pat both work at a diner in Scotland, U.S.A. There growing dissatisfaction with the owners hiring decisions finally pushes the couple over the edge when he announces the appointment of his teenage son to the vacant manager position instead of Mac. Aided by the advice of three imaginary hippies (McBeth's witches) that appear and disappear at pivotal moments in the storyline poor, confused Mac and Pat decide to rob the diner and use the money to begin a new life somewhere else. However their little robbery inadvertently turns into murder and from that moment on their plans take on drastic and unforeseen changes. Unexpectedly an out-of-town Lieutenant named Mc Duff (Christopher Walken) is assigned to the case and things progress from bad to worse when he begins asking too many questions.
`Scotland, PA' is a clever film with lots of inventive twists and turns. It does however lose a little steam towards the end which is why it receives -3 1/2 Stars- instead of 4.
one of my favorite movies.......2007-03-09
This movie is hilarious, Christopher Walken is great in this film! Plus, the soundtrack is absolutely amazing. If you like classic rock such as Bad Company and The Marshall Tucker Band then this film is for you. Rock block, baby, yeah!
Great movie, quick delivery.......2006-11-10
One of the greatest movies ever made that not too many people have heard of. It was delivered relatively quickly in perfect condition
Average customer rating:
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Cutting Edge Comedy Collection (Amy's O/Seeing Other People/Melvin Goes to Dinner/Scotland, PA.)
Starring:
Various
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Melvin Goes to Dinner: With three almost complete strangers. Their conversation is always heartfelt and frequently funny as the four some talk about dating, sex religion, fetishes, ghost and everything in between.
Amy's O: Startlingly candid and hilarious, this romantic comedy about love, neuroses, and the "big O" offers a wry look at sex and the single girl- with a twist of sweetness and warmth.
Scotland, PA: A black comedy that transports Shakespeare's Macbeth to a fast-food restaurant in early 70's rural Pennsylvania.
Seeing Other People: Just two months shy of their wedding, a couple allows each other last flings until they say "I do." The results, of course, are comically disastrous.
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Amy's O: Startlingly candid and hilarious, Amy's O is a romantic comedy about love, neuroses, and "the big O." Writer/director/star Julie Davis follows in the female footsteps of Woody Allen with a wry look at sex and the single girl - with a twist of sweetness and warmth. Scotland, PA: Burgers, fries… and a side of mayhem. Welcome to McBeth's, where fast food and ambition make up a daily special filled with murder and mystery, 70's style. The Sleepy Time Gal: As a mother looks to her past to gain the strength to face her future, a daughter investigates the emotional wounds which have kept her from finding love.
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Sundance Channel Gift Pack (Scotland, Pa. / Amy's Orgasm / The Sleepy Time Gal)
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John Cariani ,
Kevin Corrigan ,
Andy Dick ,
Geoff Dunsworth , and
Doug Gochman
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Billy Morrissette
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Amy's O: Startlingly candid and hilarious, Amy's O is a romantic comedy about love, neuroses, and "the big O." Writer/director/star Julie Davis follows in the female footsteps of Woody Allen with a wry look at sex and the single girl - with a twist of sweetness and warmth. Scotland, PA: Burgers, fries… and a side of mayhem. Welcome to McBeth's, where fast food and ambition make up a daily special filled with murder and mystery, 70's style. The Sleepy Time Gal: As a mother looks to her past to gain the strength to face her future, a daughter investigates the emotional wounds which have kept her from finding love.
Average customer rating:
- a winner
- Magnificent Modern Macbeth
- "We're Not Bad People, We're Just Underachievers That Have To Make-Up For Lost Time" ~ Shakespeare For The Fast Food Generation
- one of my favorite movies
- Great movie, quick delivery
|
Scotland PA
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John Cariani ,
Kevin Corrigan ,
Andy Dick ,
Geoff Dunsworth , and
Doug Gochman
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Macbeth / McKellen, Dench (Thames Shakespeare Collection)
-
Throne of Blood - Criterion Collection
-
Hamlet
-
Macbeth
-
Richard III
ASIN: B00080ZGHE
Release Date: 2005-03-22 |
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Think of Scotland, PA. as truck-stop Shakespeare, Macbeth given a drive-through makeover as the deadliest of deadpan comedies. Writer-director Billy Morrissette got this wacky idea from an early job at Dairy Queen. He makes the most of that bad memory by casting his own wife (ER's Maura Tierney) and indie stalwart James LeGros as Pat and Mac McBeth, a married pair of Pennsylvanian schemers, circa 1973, who plot to escape their thankless jobs at Duncan's burger joint. They dispatch Duncan in a sizzling accident (you want fries with that corpse?) and inherit the diner from Duncan's stoner son (who's also a suspect), hoping to prove to Detective McDuff (Christopher Walken, at his funniest) that their newfound happiness is entirely legal. Like The Big Lebowski, this movie's hilarious if you're in on the joke, and familiarity with Shakespeare is optional when you've got a "rock block" of Bad Company hits to keep the grisly comedy on track. --Jeff Shannon
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a winner.......2007-08-05
As an English major and English teacher, I am definitely not the audience this was intended for. In the commentary, the director says that it's all well and good if the typical Shakespeare lovers embrace the movie, but he's really making it for the pot smokers who've never even heard of Macbeth because they were too busy getting high to bother reading the play or even show up for class (loose paraphrase from what I remember when I watched this a year or two ago). But whether or not it was made for people like me, I loved it. Some of the low ratings have been attributed to the fact that it's just taking an old story and modernizing it. Sure, people who write stories from scratch deserve a ton of credit, but there is also a great deal of creativity involved in telling an extremely well known story in a totally fresh way. Scotland, PA succeeds there. There were also some complaints about the fact that they don't use the Shakespearean English in this adaptation. I personally enjoy watching new versions of Shakespeare's plays both ways--Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet speaks to me in a totally different way than West Side Story, but they both speak to me. I wish I could share this film with my students so they could see how "cool" Shakespeare can be. It would be a great example of the timelessness or the themes or the range of directors' interpretations. Alas, I doubt I'd ever get this one okayed by the administration...
And as a side note, I thought the music was awesome.
Magnificent Modern Macbeth.......2007-05-13
This Shakespearian adaptation updates Macbeth to the 1970's and puts him in a diner in Scotland, PA. Macbeth's ambivalent ambition but submission to his sexy wife (played formidably by former ER nurse, Maura Tierney) is developed nicely in this film. It is easily understood by a modern audience. Christopher Walken is hysterical as vegeterian Detective MacDuff and makes Macduff a vivid, rounded character.
Note to teachers: preview the film before showing it to students. There is cursing and there are two scenes which you may find questionable and want to censor. I think it is fine for High School Juniors and Seniors, but more conservative teachers/ districts may object to it.
"We're Not Bad People, We're Just Underachievers That Have To Make-Up For Lost Time" ~ Shakespeare For The Fast Food Generation.......2007-04-25
`Scotland, PA' released in '01 is a dark, witty, black comedy that redefines Shakespeare for a new generation. Well not really, but overt Shakespearean elements are definitely present in this wonderfully quirky, highly enjoyable Indie film starring James LeGros, Maura Tierney and the always wacky Christopher Walken.
Synopsis: James and Maura star as Mac and Pat McBeth (doesn't that reference slap you right in the face). Mac and Pat both work at a diner in Scotland, U.S.A. There growing dissatisfaction with the owners hiring decisions finally pushes the couple over the edge when he announces the appointment of his teenage son to the vacant manager position instead of Mac. Aided by the advice of three imaginary hippies (McBeth's witches) that appear and disappear at pivotal moments in the storyline poor, confused Mac and Pat decide to rob the diner and use the money to begin a new life somewhere else. However their little robbery inadvertently turns into murder and from that moment on their plans take on drastic and unforeseen changes. Unexpectedly an out-of-town Lieutenant named Mc Duff (Christopher Walken) is assigned to the case and things progress from bad to worse when he begins asking too many questions.
`Scotland, PA' is a clever film with lots of inventive twists and turns. It does however lose a little steam towards the end which is why it receives -3 1/2 Stars- instead of 4.
one of my favorite movies.......2007-03-09
This movie is hilarious, Christopher Walken is great in this film! Plus, the soundtrack is absolutely amazing. If you like classic rock such as Bad Company and The Marshall Tucker Band then this film is for you. Rock block, baby, yeah!
Great movie, quick delivery.......2006-11-10
One of the greatest movies ever made that not too many people have heard of. It was delivered relatively quickly in perfect condition
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Sundance Channel Starter Kit I (Scotland, PA/Amy's O/Swimming/The Slaughter Rule/The Heart of Me)
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Release Date: 2004-05-18 |
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