They decide to rid the aristocrats of their belongings. Best netflix series ranked 200 fresh free movies online. Can a movie be constructed entirely out of stylistic excess, without the aid of a story or characters wed give two farthings for. Selected scenes and trailer from the film plunkett and macleane. Your inclination may depend on whether you recall his dad ridleys own directing debut, the duellists 1977, and savor the correspondences. Macleane was an inveterate dandy, and this caused him to make the fatal mistake of wearing a set of stolen waistcoats into the shop of the tailor who made them, leading to his arrest and subsequent hanging in november 1750. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. 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. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A ballroom full of revelers dances the minuet or is it the gavotte. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free.
Rock a bye baby 1958 jerry lewis dean martin full length comedy movie duration. Plunkett is a hard nut, but macleane is far too polite for that, and thus becomes the gentleman highwayman. Plunkett and macleane is full of tension, booming bass, orchestra, angelic voices, nervous sound effects and haunting ambience, and exciting driving pieces that are sure to get your blood flowing. News, opinion and commentary general interest printer friendly 34,681,422 articles and books.
Plunkett and macleane internet movie firearms database. And plunkett and macleane, the film debut of jake scott, a british director from the world of music video, fits right in to a nasty tradition that embraces everything from ken russells portraits of the artist as sacred monster to the kitchensink. With plunkett s criminal knowhow and macleane s social connections, they team up to be soon known as the gentlemen highwaymen. A ballroom dance is depicted as a rowdy beatdriven freeforall at which. Finally, the plunkett and macleane script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the jonny lee miller movie. This is the story of downtrodden highwayman plunkett robert carlisle and gentlemanfallenonhardtimes captain macleane jonny lee miller, and how they get together and rob the aristo pigs. Plunkett and macleane by craig armstrong on amazon music. Watch hd movies online for free and download the latest movies. He soon hooks up with disgraced gentleman soldier captain maccleane miller to. Set in 1748, when highwaymen are plaguing the wealthy along englands roads, the film a revolves around the criminal partnership of the titular characters.
It follows the story of captain james macleane miller and will plunkett carlyle, two men in eighteenth century britain who are both. I know, i know, i still need to get the cast names in there and ill be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me a line. Two robbers are persecuted by the law, whose servants are not much better and even worse. Macleane falls in love with gibsons niece lady rebecca liv tyler, but thief taker general chance sets out to locate and destroy the two highwaymen. A historical comedy that applies a 1990s mindset to a tale of. With plunketts criminal knowhow and macleanes social connections, they team up to be soon known as the gentlemen highwaymen. Plunkett really was an apothecary, although it was macleane s wife who had died. But when one day these gentlemen hold up lord chief justice.
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. 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. While cooling their heels in a jail cell, the pair comes up with a plan to finance their goals. James macleane jonny lee miller, trainspotting, decide to join forces. Ah, how refreshing to see a vision of 18th century england complete with. Plunkett carlyle is a highwayman whos partner is killed by the evil chance. 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. Plunkett macleane escape craig armstrong video dailymotion. 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. Nov 21, 2008 plunkett macleane escape craig armstrong. Jul 09, 2018 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, the full monty and gentlemandebtor capt. Stuff your pretentious costume dramas up your ass and stick this in your dvd player. Will plunkett and captain james macleane, two men from different.
The titular characters are based very, very loosely on real life highway men william plunkett and james macleane. Gary oldman was executive producer the story was cowritten by neal purvis and robert wade. Will plunkett and captain james macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18thcentury england, enter a gentlemens agreement. Either you go with its notion of cheeky, stylish fun or you want to grab firsttime director jake scott by the ear and slap him silly. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of plunkett and macleane. Plunkett is a druggist who has gone broke and turned to robbery to pay his bills, while macleane was a minor member of the aristocracy who has resorted to. The passionate romance between two academybound high school sweethearts turns deadly when. The story was cowritten by neal purvis and robert wade.
With robert carlyle, jonny lee miller, iain robertson, ken stott. 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, the full monty and gentlemandebtor capt. When macleane manages to wrangle an invitation to a night of gambling at the. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Rollicking is the term that best sums up plunkett and macleane, not in itself a bad thing, just, i think, not a very good thing.