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Rob Roy
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Rob Roy is a 1995 historical adventure/drama film directed by Michael Caton-Jones. Being vaguely inspired by real events, it has almost nothing to do with the 1817 novel Rob Roy by Sir Walter Scott, and stars Liam Neeson, Tim Roth, Jessica Lange, Brian Cox, and John Hurt. It tells the heavily fictionalized story of Scottish folk hero Robert Roy MacGregor, and his part in the Jacobite Rising.Robert Roy MacGregor (Neeson) is a chieftain in the Scottish Highlands. He borrows £1,000 from the Marquess of Montrose (Hurt), but it's stolen by Montrose's protege, a deadly fop named Archibald Cunningham (Roth, who earned an Academy Award nomination). Montrose agrees to forgive the debt if MacGregor frames his enemy, the Duke of Argyll. He refuses, sees his farm burnt and his wife (Lange) raped, and is forced to go into hiding. He must find a way to clear his name in court, or failing that, war against those who come after him.While it was overshadowed by that other 1995 movie about Scottish rebellion against the English, the climactic Sword Fight is held up as one of the best in film. | |
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Dirty Coward | |
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Dirty Coward: Killearn. Archibald, whatever else can be said about him, is perfectly willing to put himself in physical danger to get what he wants, while Killearn buckles immediately when faced with a stronger character. | |
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Rape as Drama | |
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Rape as Drama: Archie raping Mary is a major plot point. | |
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Dragon-in-Chief | |
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Dragon-in-Chief: Archibald is The Dragon to Montrose, but it's the former who is really the main villain of the story. Their relationship is somewhere between this and a Big Bad Duumvirate- Archibald robs Montrose of his money and is easily the worst person of the two, but Montrose is the one with the status and wealth, and he goes along with it to further his own agenda. Archie, though, remains the one driving the plot and carrying out most of the crimes in the movie (and mostly For the Evulz), and it's Archie that Roy regards as his real enemy in the film. | |
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Foreshadowing | |
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Foreshadowing: Before Guthrie and Cunningham fight, Guthrie squeezes Cunningham's upper arm and notes the muscles aren't developed, telling Cunningham he'd be better off using a musket. This comes back in the final duel when Rob grabs Cunningham's rapier and Cunningham isn't strong enough to pull it free. | |
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Man in a Kilt | |
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Man in a Kilt: Obviously. | |
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Not-So-Harmless Villain | |
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Not-So-Harmless Villain: Archie is a variation; the audience find out in his very first scene that being The Dandy does not stop him being a Master Swordsman, while Rob himself goes into the climactic duel having never seen him in a fair fight before, and (despite warnings from those who have), badly underestimates his skill. | |
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The Worf Effect | |
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The Worf Effect: We see Guthrie dispatching another swordsman to establish his toughness. Then he spends the rest of the film being beaten by the main characters to show off how badass they are. | |
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Master Swordsman | |
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Master Swordsman: Cunningham is the most skilled swordsman in the film. | |
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The Sociopath | |
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The Sociopath: Archibald Cunningham is a thief, a philanderer, a rapist, and a murderer who makes his way in life off of other peoples' money. Superficially charming enough to get most women into bed, but he doesn't give a damn about them beyond sex- including if they kill themselves out of shame afterwards. He betrays and robs his own patron, then gets him to frame another man for his own crime. A smug, spoilt, unloved Psychopathic Manchild who is used to others covering for his misdeeds, he ultimately gets cut in half for his laundry list of crimes and nobody- including his own ally- mourns for him afterwards. | |
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Underestimating Badassery | |
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Underestimating Badassery: Rob has only seen Cunningham act like a fop and not put himself in any sort of danger unless he has an army at his back, and as such he is taken completely by surprise when he turns out to be a Master Swordsman. The audience, however, has seen Cunningham's fight with Guthrie, so knows that Rob's in for one hell of a fight. | |
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The Brute | |
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The Brute: Guthrie, a crude swordsman who acts as muscle. | |
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The Dandy | |
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The Dandy: Cunningham. Fashion is Serious Business for him because, as a noble bastard, he needs to look the part of a noble to be accepted as that class. After Cunningham steals the MacGregor clan's money, Montrose notes with suspicion that Cunningham has acquired new clothes. | |
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Wicked Cultured | |
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Wicked Cultured: The Marquess of Montrose loves him his formal gardens. | |
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In the Back | |
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In the Back: After being humiliated in his duel with Archie, Guthrie moves to stab him in the back, only for Argyll to stop and shame him. This serves as an Establishing Character Moment for both men. | |
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Good Is Not Nice | |
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Good is Not Nice: Argyll, a Grumpy Old Man and Reasonable Authority Figure. | |
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Red Right Hand | |
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Red Right Hand: As tough and Scottish as he is, Guthrie's rotten teeth (on top of his greasy hair and Perma-Stubble) let us know that he's not someone we should be cheering for. | |
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Dirty Old Man | |
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Dirty Old Man: Killearn is first introduced sticking his hands up young Betty's skirt in order to wake Cunningham with his fingers smelling of her vagina. A perfect reason to hate him. | |
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Alliterative Title | |
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Alliterative Title: Rob Roy. | |
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Sexual Karma | |
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Sexual Karma: Rob's mutually passionate and affectionate sex life with Mary is shown repeatedly, while we see only the aftermath of Archie's liaisons, which clearly mean nothing to him. | |
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Sophisticated as Hell | |
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Sophisticated as Hell: Montrose and Argyll can be appallingly blunt, at times. Right out of the box, we get this conversational gem: | |
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Flowery Insults | |
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Flowery Insults: The more eloquent characters get in a few good ones, often combined with Sophisticated as Hell. The best might be Archie calling Killearn "a carbuncle on this arse of a country". | |
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Sword Drag | |
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Sword Drag: Rob, at the end of the duel, when he's almost completely out of strength. | |
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Kick the Dog | |
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Kick the Dog: Cunningham shoots Rob’s dog when he comes to burn down his house. | |
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Deliberate Injury Gambit | |
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Deliberate Injury Gambit: One of Rob's special moves, used twice: once to prevent a fight, and once to win a fight. In the first example, he slices his own hand on Guthrie's blade to declare him the "winner" of their duel. In the final duel, Rob grabs onto Archibald's blade before dealing a death blow. | |
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Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping | |
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Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: Rob starts to sound noticeably Irish at several points throughout the film. Tim Roth's famous cockney accent shines through Archie's prim, upper class accent on a few occasions. | |
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Properly Paranoid | |
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Properly Paranoid: When Rob comes to meet Montrose for the first time, Killearn insists on searching him for weapons despite Rob's claims to the contrary. Killearn's concern turns out to be justified when Rob pulls out a hidden knife from his hat when Montrose orders him to be arrested at their second meeting. | |
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Reminiscing About Your Victims | |
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Reminiscing About Your Victims: When he meets Rob, Cunningham fondly recalls how good it felt to rape Mary. | |
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Historical Hero Upgrade | |
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Historical Hero Upgrade: The real Rob Roy was both a murderer and a cattle thief. The movie Rob Roy turns him into a heroic man of impeccable honor, though strangely it still does make passing mention to cattle-thieving. It's also been suggested that the robbery of the loan that kicks off the plot (the character of Cunningham did not actually exist) was carried out by Rob himself- though, more likely, it was carried out by the treachery of one of his own men. He is known to have been guilty of armed robbery, assault, arson, village raids, and other misdeeds, in one case taking over a small church and forcing the congregation to strip before stealing their Bibles for no reason other than It Amused Me. Less Lovable Rogue, more plain rogue. However, he was regarded as a generally trustworthy and honourable man when it came to his word, at least. | |
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Not Even Bothering with the Accent | |
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Not Even Bothering with the Accent: Montrose speaks with John Hurt 's natural English accent to make it clear that he's a Category Traitor to the Scots for adopting English dress sense and mannerisms. | |
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Tranquil Fury | |
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Tranquil Fury: Mary's murderously calm response to Cunningham after he rapes her is the quotation at the top of the page. | |
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Honor Before Reason | |
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Honor Before Reason: MacGregor. Lampshaded by his wife Mary, who doesn't want to tell him about her rape because she knows he'll go ballistic and do something stupid trying to avenge her, which is entirely the response Archie wanted in the first place. | |
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Single-Stroke Battle | |
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Single-Stroke Battle: Rob isn't great with extended swordfights, but he's excellent at ambushing foes with a surprise attack. He kills two opponents with a single stroke, then kills Archie with a surprise attack at the end of their duel. | |
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Let's Fight Like Gentlemen | |
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Let's Fight Like Gentlemen: Archie's Establishing Character Moment is him winning a duel against Guthrie. He actually fights too much like a gentleman; Guthrie and the crowd get fed up with his overly-long and elaborate salute, provoking Guthrie to make the first move. Played straight between the two later when Guthrie stands in MacGregor's way to Killearn. Rob wins. And, of course, the climactic duel between MacGregor and Cunningham. | |
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Combat Pragmatist | |
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Rob himself is a downplayed example, being more of a Combat Pragmatist than a Master Swordsman, most likely having picked it up as he went along. He relies more on physical strength and sheer determination in his final duel with Cunningham. | |
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Villainous Valour | |
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Villainous Valour: Cunningham tells a man pointing a gun at him that he doesn't have it in him to kill him, and doesn't even flinch when the gun actually goes off. He may be a murdering, raping fop, but he's certainly no coward. | |
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Hit-and-Run Tactics | |
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Alasdair gets a group of his clansmen slaughtered when he refuses to follow the plan to use Hit-and-Run Tactics on the small army led by Cunningham, and instead tries to snipe Cunningham at extreme range. | |
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Smug Snake | |
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Smug Snake: Cunningham, who sneers and smirks throughout the movie, having apparently developed his personality from a serious case of inferiority complex, being a bastard at court. Montrose is also an example. Look at that smirk on his face whenever he's talking to Argyll. | |
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Pre-Mortem One-Liner | |
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Pre-Mortem One-Liner: Alasdair delivers one to Killearn before drowning him. | |
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The Coats Are Off | |
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The Coats Are Off: Before the final duel, Rob removes his heavy jacket. Cunningham removes his opulent frock coat and, to show he's taking this fight much more seriously than his earlier ones, he also removes his heavy wig, forgoing vanity for not being encumbered. | |
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Attack the Injury | |
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Attack the Injury: Slightly downplayed, as not much attention is called to it, but just before the final duel Archie takes note of Rob's rib injury when Rob hisses in pain while taking off his coat. Archie then looks to exploit that injury both by aiming several slashes at Rob's torso and also making Rob exert himself more by chasing Archie, which is agonizing and drains stamina when one has a rib injury. Finally, Archie's last attack before Rob falls to his knees is a slice directly over the ribs, which causes Rob to fall to his knees in pain, gasping for air. | |
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Throwing Your Sword Always Works | |
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Throwing Your Sword Always Works: Explicitly listed as the kind of underhand move that's strictly forbidden during the duel in the finale. | |
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Pint-Sized Powerhouse | |
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Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Archie is smaller and skinnier than the swordsmen he fights, as noted by Guthrie, who mocks his slender physique. However, he's quite the Master Swordsman. | |
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Fragile Speedster | |
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Fragile Speedster: Cunningham is easily knocked around when his enemies get hold of him, but is incredibly quick and skilled with a rapier. | |
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Bare-Handed Blade Block | |
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Barehanded Blade Block: Rob delivers one in the final duel, seriously slicing open his hand, but winning the fight by taking hold of Archibald's blade and thus making him unable to parry. | |
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Sword Fight | |
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Sword Fight: The film ends with one, generally considered the most memorable feature of the film and one of the best sword fights in cinema. | |
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| Rob Roy / int_60ea2a89 | type |
Starter Villain | |
| Rob Roy / int_60ea2a89 | comment |
Starter Villain: Tam Sibald, who Rob tracks down and kills in front of his clan for criminal actions. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Rob Roy / int_619985d7 | type |
Sacrificial Lion | |
| Rob Roy / int_619985d7 | comment |
Sacrificial Lion: Rob's foolishly aggressive younger brother, who practically has "Doomed relative" written across his face from the first scene he appears in. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Rob Roy / int_63d861f8 | type |
Even Evil Has Loved Ones | |
| Rob Roy / int_63d861f8 | comment |
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Guthrie towards Tam Sibald. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Rob Roy / int_6a6760fa | type |
The Power of Hate | |
| Rob Roy / int_6a6760fa | comment |
The Power of Hate: Montrose notes "the healing power of hate" when the injured Archie manages to rasp his assent to the final duel. Also invoked as the reason Mary will come out of the burning house to live and hate rather than proudly let herself burn with it. | |
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| Rob Roy / int_6b35bdff | type |
Serious Business | |
| Rob Roy / int_6b35bdff | comment |
Serious Business: Archibald's interest in getting nice clothes, which help him fit in with the aristocracy. | |
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| Rob Roy / int_6d332aea | type |
Driven to Suicide | |
| Rob Roy / int_6d332aea | comment |
Driven to Suicide: Betty Sturrock, after Archie refuses to take responsibility for the baby he's put in her. | |
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Rob Roy / int_6d332aea | |
| Rob Roy / int_6ee10e0 | type |
My Greatest Failure | |
| Rob Roy / int_6ee10e0 | comment |
My Greatest Failure: A deconstructed case with Alastair Roy. After failing to prevent Mary's rape, it causes him to become increasingly belligerent and commit reckless actions eventually leading to his death. | |
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Rob Roy / int_6ee10e0 | |
| Rob Roy / int_723be11b | type |
Villain Has a Point | |
| Rob Roy / int_723be11b | comment |
Villain Has a Point: A pregnant Betty chews out Killearn for informing Montrose of her situation leading to her dismissal, but Killearn pragmatically points out that her pregnancy would've made it harder to conceal as the months go on regardless. | |
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| Rob Roy / int_7276d0de | type |
Mugging the Monster | |
| Rob Roy / int_7276d0de | comment |
Mugging the Monster: Argyll and Guthrie team up in browbeating Archibald upon their first meeting, causing Archibald to reveal that he's no man to bully. | |
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1.0 | |
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Rob Roy / int_7276d0de | |
| Rob Roy / int_740f59b4 | type |
ColorCodedForYourConvenience | |
| Rob Roy / int_740f59b4 | comment |
Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Played with. Argyll affects elements of Highland dress (the eagle-feather bonnet and tartan sash), as well as retaining a distinctive Scottish burr, to let the audience know that he would be more in sympathy with the Scottish people. Whereas Montrose wears full-on English fashions and sports an English accent to demonstrate the oppositenote Both of their Real Life counterparts had been native Scots, from families ennobled in the late 15th century. | |
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Rob Roy / int_740f59b4 | |
| Rob Roy / int_7919a45b | type |
Duel to the Death | |
| Rob Roy / int_7919a45b | comment |
Duel to the Death: The final duel, with seconds and a referee, and it being explicitly agreed by both parties that it will be to the death. | |
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1.0 | |
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Rob Roy / int_7919a45b | |
| Rob Roy / int_7a08e8d1 | type |
They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! | |
| Rob Roy / int_7a08e8d1 | comment |
They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!: Montrose gets this treatment when he is insolently too familiar with an angry Duke of Argyll when the two meet at a gentrified poker salon. | |
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Rob Roy / int_7a08e8d1 | |
| Rob Roy / int_7febc23b | type |
Establishing Character Moment | |
| Rob Roy / int_7febc23b | comment |
Archie's Establishing Character Moment is him winning a duel against Guthrie. He actually fights too much like a gentleman; Guthrie and the crowd get fed up with his overly-long and elaborate salute, provoking Guthrie to make the first move. | |
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Rob Roy / int_7febc23b | |
| Rob Roy / int_834420aa | type |
BFS | |
| Rob Roy / int_834420aa | comment |
BFS: The heavy claymores of the Highland Scots are contrasted with the nimble Royal Rapiers of the Lowland aristocrats. Archie mocks Guthrie's sword as a "cleaver." | |
| Rob Roy / int_834420aa | featureApplicability |
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Rob Roy / int_834420aa | |
| Rob Roy / int_8387bb18 | type |
Good Girls Avoid Abortion | |
| Rob Roy / int_8387bb18 | comment |
Good Girls Avoid Abortion: Mary apologizes to Rob after telling him she may be pregnant by her rapist, not him, saying she couldn't bring herself to abort. He tells her it's the rapist who needs killing. | |
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Rob Roy / int_8387bb18 | |
| Rob Roy / int_88239e0e | type |
Victory by First Blood | |
| Rob Roy / int_88239e0e | comment |
Victory by First Blood: Rob actually exploits the concept. At the very start of the film Rob and company track down and capture a group of men who had stolen a herd of cattle from a Scottish lord, and Rob kills the leader in a duel. Later in the film Will Guthrie, a friend of the leader of the thieves, comes up to Rob in an inn with his sword drawn, challenging Rob to a duel for revenge. Rob gets Guthrie to agree that the duel be to first blood only, then immediately reaches out, cuts his hand on Guthrie's drawn sword, and "congratulates" the other man on his victory. This handily (no pun intended) satisfies honor and leaves Guthrie no recourse for further revenge while also removing the chances of anyone dying in a duel, either via Rob accidentally killing Guthrie or Guthrie "accidentally" killing Rob by scoring a lethal first wound and then later pretending that he never intended to kill Rob. | |
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Rob Roy / int_88239e0e | |
| Rob Roy / int_8a817c2a | type |
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil | |
| Rob Roy / int_8a817c2a | comment |
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: Played with. The audience are clearly meant to see Archie's rape of Mary as further proof of his evil, while many other characters (being products of the time) see it more as an affront to Rob's honour than a vile crime against her. Archie's whole plan relies on the rape not remaining a secret, meaning he's quite willing to be publicly known as a rapist, but doesn't disagree when Killearn advises that there would be "a reckoning" if Mary let herself be burned with her house; "shagging her's one thing, burning her's another". | |
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Rob Roy / int_8a817c2a | |
| Rob Roy / int_8d6d9535 | type |
Artistic License – Medicine | |
| Rob Roy / int_8d6d9535 | comment |
Artistic License – Medicine: When Rob escapes by wrapping the rope around Archie's neck and jumping off the bridge, Archie is strangling, but upon being cut loose suffers no more than some pain and a raspy voice. In reality, Rob would have been falling at about 25 miles per hour after falling that distance (roughly twenty feet) before the rope snapped taut around Archie's neck, arresting his fall. Considering Rob's weight, the rope would have crushed Archie's windpipe completely. Cutting him loose would have made no difference in the end. He would have suffocated in minutes either way. | |
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Rob Roy / int_8d6d9535 | |
| Rob Roy / int_8ed5c6e4 | type |
Asshole Victim | |
| Rob Roy / int_8ed5c6e4 | comment |
Asshole Victim: Cunningham and Killearn. | |
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Rob Roy / int_8ed5c6e4 | |
| Rob Roy / int_933576c8 | type |
Mighty Glacier | |
| Rob Roy / int_933576c8 | comment |
Mighty Glacier: Rob is slower than Cunningham but larger and stronger than him. While Archie is able to run circles around him with his speed and deal multiple damaging cuts with his sword, all it takes is one blow from Rob to defeat Archie. | |
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Rob Roy / int_933576c8 | |
| Rob Roy / int_95265081 | type |
Leeroy Jenkins | |
| Rob Roy / int_95265081 | comment |
Leeroy Jenkins: Alasdair gets a group of his clansmen slaughtered when he refuses to follow the plan to use Hit-and-Run Tactics on the small army led by Cunningham, and instead tries to snipe Cunningham at extreme range. Cunningham attempted to provoke Rob into doing this as well, and there's a good chance it would have worked if Mary had not kept silent. | |
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Rob Roy / int_95265081 | |
| Rob Roy / int_95b7c400 | type |
Faux Affably Evil | |
| Rob Roy / int_95b7c400 | comment |
Faux Affably Evil: Archie always has a polite disposition, can charm others easily enough and speaks like a true, upper-class gentleman but it only provides a thin mask for his sadism and depravity and there's nothing sincere about it. | |
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Rob Roy / int_95b7c400 | |
| Rob Roy / int_96144372 | type |
Aristocrats Are Evil | |
| Rob Roy / int_96144372 | comment |
Aristocrats Are Evil: Montrose and Cunningham are sneeringly evil villains. The Duke of Argyll is the one exception, as a reasonably honorable guy. | |
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| Rob Roy / int_963d947b | type |
It's Personal with the Dragon | |
| Rob Roy / int_963d947b | comment |
It's Personal with the Dragon: In spite of being the Dragon to Montrose, Archibald is the main villain. He robs both Montrose and Rob of their money, murdering one of Rob's closest friends in the process, and later rapes Rob's wife. Montrose doesn't particularly like or trust Archibald, and it's Archibald who Rob ultimately fights to the death in the end. | |
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Rob Roy / int_963d947b | |
| Rob Roy / int_9eb11fac | type |
Weak, but Skilled | |
| Rob Roy / int_9eb11fac | comment |
Weak, but Skilled: Cunningham is obviously not as physically strong as his opponents Guthrie and Rob, but has far superior sword fighting skill. | |
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Rob Roy / int_9eb11fac | |
| Rob Roy / int_a54c2273 | type |
Dented Iron | |
| Rob Roy / int_a54c2273 | comment |
Dented Iron: By the time of the final duel Rob has been injured several times and is still bandaged, nevertheless he gives a good account of himself and eventually wins through determination and cunning. | |
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Rob Roy / int_a54c2273 | |
| Rob Roy / int_a7aef9ff | type |
Obfuscating Stupidity | |
| Rob Roy / int_a7aef9ff | comment |
Obfuscating Stupidity: Or rather, obfuscating foppery. Archibald Cunningham likes to give the impression he's a harmless dandy through his fixation on fashion and courtly manners, the kind of upper-class person who's never been in a fight in their lives and wouldn't know one end of a sword from the other. Montrose makes use of this to swindle money, placing bets on Cunningham in sword fights, where Cunningham's oblivious opponents quickly discover he's a ruthless and extremely skilled swordsman. | |
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Rob Roy / int_a7aef9ff | |
| Rob Roy / int_a859f080 | type |
Agent Peacock | |
| Rob Roy / int_a859f080 | comment |
Agent Peacock: Archie cares a great deal about fashion and courtly manners, and goes out of his way to seem a Sissy Villain. Anyone who actually finds themselves in a fight with him, however, quickly realises that this does not mean he's harmless. | |
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Rob Roy / int_a859f080 | |
| Rob Roy / int_a9de87d2 | type |
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass | |
| Rob Roy / int_a9de87d2 | comment |
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Cunningham may play the role of a mincing, dainty fop, but anyone who tries him will quickly discover he's a master swordsman with a sadistic streak. | |
| Rob Roy / int_a9de87d2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Rob Roy / int_a9de87d2 | |
| Rob Roy / int_aba8065b | type |
Fatal Flaw | |
| Rob Roy / int_aba8065b | comment |
Fatal Flaw: Pride for Rob. Mary points out that Rob's "honorable" refusal to support Montrose against Argyll (a man he doesn't know and to whom he owes nothing) is a case of pride in his own personal honor over the wellbeing of his family and clan. Cunningham's pride comes out as overconfidence. After soundly defeating Guthrie, he turns his back on the man and almost gets backstabbed. He treats Rob as less of a threat than he is and is manhandled by him several times. In the end, he chooses to toy with Rob during their duel rather than finish him quickly. | |
| Rob Roy / int_aba8065b | featureApplicability |
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Rob Roy / int_aba8065b | |
| Rob Roy / int_ad1db87c | type |
Oh, Crap! | |
| Rob Roy / int_ad1db87c | comment |
Oh, Crap!: Rob gets a gradually increasing one during the final duel, where he begins to see that, despite seeming like a fop and a coward who will only fight with an army at his back, Cunningham is a superb swordsman. Cunningham gets one when having seemingly beaten Rob and about to deal the deathblow, Rob grabs Archie's sword, recovers his own and then deals one hell of a killing blow. | |
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Rob Roy / int_ad1db87c | |
| Rob Roy / int_af5f2180 | type |
Avenging the Villain | |
| Rob Roy / int_af5f2180 | comment |
Avenging the Villain: Guthrie tries to do this for Tam Sibald, who Rob Roy killed in the opening of the film. | |
| Rob Roy / int_af5f2180 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Rob Roy / int_af5f2180 | |
| Rob Roy / int_b156a790 | type |
Evil Sounds Raspy | |
| Rob Roy / int_b156a790 | comment |
Evil Sounds Raspy: Cunningham ends up talking like this after Rob near-strangles him jumping over a bridge while snaring Archie's neck with the rope that tied Rob's hands. | |
| Rob Roy / int_b156a790 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Rob Roy / int_b156a790 | |
| Rob Roy / int_b1b865f7 | type |
Royal Rapier | |
| Rob Roy / int_b1b865f7 | comment |
Royal Rapier: Cunningham's rapier is played as his being fancier and more refined than the earthier Scots with their claymores. | |
| Rob Roy / int_b1b865f7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Rob Roy / int_b1b865f7 | |
| Rob Roy / int_b58b4e3c | type |
Too Dumb to Live | |
| Rob Roy / int_b58b4e3c | comment |
Too Dumb to Live: Alastair Roy. Shooting at redcoats when they badly outnumber you and you're supposed to be hiding? Not smart. | |
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1.0 | |
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Rob Roy / int_b58b4e3c | |
| Rob Roy / int_bb18a227 | type |
It's All About Me | |
| Rob Roy / int_bb18a227 | comment |
It's All About Me: Both Archie and Montrose only care about themselves, with Archie being proactively self-promoting, while Montrose is just so used to getting his own way he seems honestly indignant when things don't go perfectly for him. Mary accuses Rob of this attitude when he prioritises his personal honour over the wellbeing of his family and clan. Rob, after the consequences of his decision have fallen on many people other than him, admits that she was right. | |
| Rob Roy / int_bb18a227 | featureApplicability |
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Rob Roy / int_bb18a227 | |
| Rob Roy / int_bb7ae292 | type |
Child by Rape | |
| Rob Roy / int_bb7ae292 | comment |
Child by Rape: Quite possibly the case with Mary's baby, although she can't say for sure whether Rob or her rapist is the father. note Possibly a Historical In-Joke - Rob Roy's youngest son, Robin Oig Macgregor, was hanged for rape in 1754. | |
| Rob Roy / int_bb7ae292 | featureApplicability |
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Rob Roy / int_bb7ae292 | |
| Rob Roy / int_c23525d4 | type |
Character Title | |
| Rob Roy / int_c23525d4 | comment |
Character Title: Rob Roy, our hero. | |
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Rob Roy / int_c23525d4 | |
| Rob Roy / int_c3fbac64 | type |
Bestiality Is Depraved | |
| Rob Roy / int_c3fbac64 | comment |
Bestiality Is Depraved: The Highlanders are frequently the subject of "sheep-shagger" jokes. Mary herself makes a rather bitter one when Rob has to go on the run. | |
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Rob Roy / int_c3fbac64 | |
| Rob Roy / int_c5ccf60f | type |
Internal Reveal | |
| Rob Roy / int_c5ccf60f | comment |
Internal Reveal: Cunningham looks like he would be worthless in a fight and Rob anticipates as much. However the audience knows from Cunningham's introduction that he's a skilled fencer and thus his small frame and sword are very dangerous in a duel. | |
| Rob Roy / int_c5ccf60f | featureApplicability |
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Rob Roy / int_c5ccf60f | |
| Rob Roy / int_c83a589c | type |
Luke, I Am Your Father | |
| Rob Roy / int_c83a589c | comment |
Luke, I Am Your Father: Montrose is strongly implied to be Archie's father. Well, he's definitely one of the top three contenders, anyway. | |
| Rob Roy / int_c83a589c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Rob Roy / int_c83a589c | |
| Rob Roy / int_d990c574 | type |
OlderHeroVSYoungerVillain | |
| Rob Roy / int_d990c574 | comment |
Older Hero vs. Younger Villain: Our hero Rob is a middle-aged man with a wife and children, while Cunnigham is a youthful villain. | |
| Rob Roy / int_d990c574 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Rob Roy / int_d990c574 | |
| Rob Roy / int_daee232f | type |
Who's Your Daddy? | |
| Rob Roy / int_daee232f | comment |
Who's Your Daddy?: Mary is pregnant at the end of the film and there’s no indication whether or not it’s Rob’s or Cunningham's. Rob makes clear he will accept the child as his. | |
| Rob Roy / int_daee232f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Rob Roy / int_daee232f | |
| Rob Roy / int_dca70c44 | type |
Reasonable Authority Figure | |
| Rob Roy / int_dca70c44 | comment |
Reasonable Authority Figure: Argyll has not been involved in any of the skullduggery of the plot and realizes that Rob has made sacrifices to protect him, even if Rob did it for his own reasons, so Argyll helps Rob as best as can. | |
| Rob Roy / int_dca70c44 | featureApplicability |
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Rob Roy / int_dca70c44 | |
| Rob Roy / int_dfa40c1b | type |
Didn't See That Coming | |
| Rob Roy / int_dfa40c1b | comment |
Didn't See That Coming: Rob assumes - like everyone before him - Cunningham is just a harmless fop he can power through in a duel with ease. To his surprise, he's at the complete mercy of Archibald, unable to even properly parry his attacks, not to mention countering them. By the time their duel is wrapping up, Rob is badly wounded and winded, while Archie is annoyed it takes them so long. | |
| Rob Roy / int_dfa40c1b | featureApplicability |
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| Rob Roy | hasFeature |
Rob Roy / int_dfa40c1b | |
| Rob Roy / int_dfe57573 | type |
Historical In-Joke | |
| Rob Roy / int_dfe57573 | comment |
Historical In-Joke: The film never makes clear if Mary's child is Rob's, or her rapist's. The Real Life Rob Roy's youngest son Robin Oig Macgregor murdered a neighbor and was later hanged for rape in 1754. | |
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Historical Villain Upgrade | |
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Historical Villain Upgrade: The Marquess of Montrose (Duke at the time the film is set). Archibald Cunningham did not exist, so obviously the real Montrose was not complicit in any of his crimes since they never actually happened. He never did find out who robbed him and he certainly didn't cover it up and frame an innocent man (insofar as the historic Rob Roy Macgregor was "innocent"). Unlike Cunningham, the character of Grahame of Killearn did exist, and did indeed once find Mary and hold her captive- the rape committed by Cunningham is attributed to a legend that Grahame himself was the culprit, and in the film he is at least an accomplice to the deed. However, this rape probably did not occur (and if it did, she definitely never got pregnant by it); Grahame ended up being held captive by Rob at one point later, who treated him courteously- unlikely to happen if he really thought this guy raped his wife. | |
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Very Loosely Based on a True Story | |
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Very Loosely Based on a True Story: For one, the character of Archibald Cunningham never existed and is an invention of the movie; Montrose does exist, but he was a Duke, not Marquess, at the time this film is set, and of course is given a bit of a Historical Villain Upgrade for the movie, just as Rob is given a Historical Hero Upgrade (the real Rob Roy Macgregor was a cattle thief and a murderer; the former is only vaguely referenced). Incidentally, it has nothing to do with the 1817 novel by Walter Scott, which has a different plot entirely- being based around the Jacobite rebellion (which should have been occurring during the timeline of the movie but are not mentioned at all)-, not to mention a different protagonist (Rob Roy is more of a Famed In-Story supporting character whom the story revolves around). | |
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Kill It with Water | |
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Kill It with Water: Alasdair drowns Killearn after Mary stabs him in his neck and he runs down to the loch to tend to his wound. | |
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Bastard Bastard | |
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Bastard Bastard: Archibald is the bastard of a wealthy noblewoman and implied to be either Montrose's son or a relative. He's accustomed to living in court, but has no money or inheritance to support himself. | |
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Sissy Villain | |
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Sissy Villain: Cunningham, the fop, whose motivation for his villainy is buying expensive clothes. However, his mincing behavior is mostly a ruse. In private, he behaves much differently. | |
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Cornered Rattlesnake | |
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Cornered Rattlesnake: Though Killearn has repeatedly shown himself to be a Dirty Coward, upon being threatened by Mary with his involvement in Cunningham's scheme, sinisterly counters to tell Rob that Cunningham raped her and she is possibly pregnant with his child if she doesn't back off. Considering Mary stabs him afterwards, she took his threat very seriously even agreeing with Betty in the end that he 'Had the Devil in Him.' | |
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Bright Is Not Good | |
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Bright Is Not Good: Cunningham is a villain who wears gaudy, colorful uniforms while Rob Roy and the Scots stick with earthly tones. | |
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Unskilled, but Strong | |
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Unskilled, but Strong: Guthrie relies almost entirely on brute force when fighting. Rob himself is a downplayed example, being more of a Combat Pragmatist than a Master Swordsman, most likely having picked it up as he went along. He relies more on physical strength and sheer determination in his final duel with Cunningham. | |
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Violent Glaswegian | |
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Violent Glaswegian: Guthrie. Too bad Cunningham and Rob are a lot more skilled than he is. | |
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Post-Rape Taunt | |
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Post-Rape Taunt: Archie is only too happy to tell Rob how much he enjoyed raping Mary, and that he doesn't think "all of her" objected to it. | |
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Selkies and Wereseals | |
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Selkies and Wereseals: When Rob visits his wife after a swim, she tells him she was having an erotic dream about a male selkie before he woke her. | |
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Shown Their Work | |
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Shown Their Work: The swords used in the film are quite period-appropriate, with the English aristocrats favoring gentlemanly dueling short swords and the Scottish men using the basket-hilted heavy claymores of the period. | |
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