Robert carlyle and jonny lee miller, who were on the wrong side of the law in trainspotting, reteam for more criminal mayhem in this rousing adventure about englands most wanted in more ways than. Liv tyler, tim bevan, jonny lee miller, ken stott, michael gambon, alan cumming, nicholas farrell, robert carlyle. With plunketts criminal knowhow and macleanes social connections, they team up to be soon known as. He was known as the gentleman highwayman as a result of his courteous behaviour during his robberies. Here is a film overgrown with so many directorial flourishes that the heroes need machetes to hack their way to within view of the audience. Plunkett and macleane script transcript from the screenplay. Will plunkett and captain james macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18thcentury england, enter a gentlemens. Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the jake scottdirected movie via. For everybody, everywhere, everydevice, and everything.
Watch hd movies online for free and download the latest movies. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of plunkett and macleane. While cooling their heels in a jail cell, the pair comes up with a plan. While cooling their heels in a jail cell, the pair comes up with a plan to finance their goals. With plunketts criminal knowhow and macleanes social connections, they team up to be soon known as the gentlemen highwaymen. Can a movie be constructed entirely out of stylistic excess, without the aid of a story or characters wed give two farthings for. Robert carlyle and jonny lee miller, who were on the wrong side of the law in trainspotting, reteam for more criminal mayhem in this rousing adventure about englands most wanted in more ways than one highwaymen of the mid18th century.
Plunkett and macleane is the first feature film from director jake scott, who has a background in. Ah, how refreshing to see a vision of 18th century england complete with mud, the pox and gibbets and accompanied by a. An unlikely partnership between plunkett, a thief with an appetite for vengeance, and macleane, a drunken aristocrat shunned by his own kind, begins when they meet amid a heist. The movie is loosely based on the true exploits of captain james maclaine who was a notorious highwayman with his accomplice william plunkett. Plunkett ambushes macleane and forces him to give up the ruby, but when they are discovered by chances men, plunkett swallows it. With plunkett s criminal knowhow and macleane s social connections, they team up. The titular characters are based very, very loosely on real life highway men william plunkett and james macleane. It follows the story of captain james macleane miller and will plunkett carlyle, two men in eighteenth century britain who are both struggling to. Plunkett and macleane internet movie firearms database. With plunkett s criminal knowhow and macleane s social connections, they team up to be soon known as. The story was cowritten by neal purvis and robert wade. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Two robbers are persecuted by the law, whose servants are not much better and even worse. If you like swashbucklers with a modern twist, then this movie will be for you.
Jonny lee miller, robert carlyle, iain robertson, movie description. Alan cumming, alexander armstrong, jonny lee miller, ken stott, liv tyler, michael gambon, robert carlyle. A historical comedy that applies a 1990s mindset to a tale of crime in the 1740s, plunkett and macleane stars robert carlyle as will plunkett and jonny lee miller as capt. Finally, the plunkett and macleane script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the jonny lee miller movie. They decide to rid the aristocrats of their belongings. Plunkett is a druggist who has gone broke and turned to robbery to pay his bills, while. Liv tyler shot this movie concurrently with armageddon 1998 so she would frequently fly from her location in the. The film centers around two criminals, or highwaymen, who struggle in 18th century england to survive through their various criminal activities while wondering if the other will betray him. Set in 1748, when highwaymen are plaguing the wealthy along englands roads, the film a revolves around the criminal partnership of the titular. With robert carlyle, jonny lee miller, iain robertson, ken stott. Gary oldman was executive producer the story was cowritten by neal purvis and robert wade. The characters are loosely based on two genuine highwaymen of the eighteenth century, james maclaine and william plunkett, although the story bears little. After meeting in prison in the wake of a botched grave robbery, two strangers from different echelons of english society scheming lowlife william plunkett robert carlyle and gentlemandebtor. It follows the story of captain james macleane miller and will plunkett carlyle, two men in eighteenth century britain who are both struggling to survive.
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