The Bruce (film)
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| The Bruce | |
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| Directed by | Bob Carruthers David McWhinnie |
| Screenplay by | Bob Carruthers |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Chris Weaver |
| Edited by | Owen Parker |
| Music by | |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Prime Time Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $500,000.00 |
The Bruce is a 1996 medieval historical film set in Scotland and England. The film focuses primarily on the rise to power of Robert I of Scotland, culminating in the Battle of Bannockburn in AD 1314.
This film was directed by Bob Carruthers and David McWhinnie. Parts of the film were shot at Craigmillar Castle in Edinburgh, and at Peebles in the Scottish Borders.[1]
Cast
[edit]- Sandy Welch as Robert I of Scotland
- Oliver Reed as Robert Wishart
- Brian Blessed as Edward I of England
- Richard Brindlecombe as Edward II of England
- Pavel Douglas as John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch
- Hildegarde Neil as Eleanor of Castile
- Michael Van Wijk as Henry de Bohun
- Dee Hepburn as Mary Bruce
- Ronnie Browne as Maxwell
- Barrie Ingham as Gloucester
- Jake D'Arcy as Chief MacKenzie
Reception
[edit]The film received generally poor to mixed responses. Empire gave the film one star out of five, criticising the film's battle scenes, calling them "lacklustre and unimpressive" and "unconvincing and downright laughable".[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ (2015) Filmed here - 1996, The Bruce, Bob Carruthers, David McWhinnie Film Edinburgh, Retrieved 20 February 2015
- ↑ Bignell, Darren (1 January 2000). "The Bruce Review". empireonline.com.
External links
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Categories:
- 1996 films
- War films based on actual events
- Films set in the 1310s
- Films set in medieval Scotland
- Films set in 14th-century Plantagenet England
- British biographical films
- Films shot in Edinburgh
- Films shot in the Scottish Borders
- British war drama films
- Cultural depictions of Robert the Bruce
- Cultural depictions of Edward I
- 1996 English-language films
- 1996 British films
- Cultural depictions of Eleanor of Castile
- War drama film stubs
