# Movies list for a kid going to Scotland for Uni **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 19, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-list-for-a-kid-going-to-scotland-for-uni/715413 "2015-03-19T19:29:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ken001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-list-for-a-kid-going-to-scotland-for-uni/715413/41 "2015-03-22T06:51:57Z")
> [@Fuzzy\_wuzzy](#): > > Whisky Galore. By golly haven’t seen that in many a year. A lovely old classic comedy. ---
**Author:** ![bonzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@bonzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonzer)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-list-for-a-kid-going-to-scotland-for-uni/715413/42 "2015-03-22T15:27:14Z")
_Trainspotting_ is the one that leapt immediately to mind. In so far as there’s any obvious “canon” of native Scottish cinema, then it’s quite small: John Grierson (though he didn’t direct [the most famous film he’s associated with](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5iKZf_rwgU)), Alexander Mackendrick (with _Whisky Galore!_ as his best known Scottish film), early Bill Forsyth and the Boyle-MacDonald-Hodge collaborations (though Boyle is English). The oddity is that _Local Hero_’s the nearest I can think of to any film set in Aberdeen itself. Though _[You’ve Been Trumped](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You've_Been_Trumped)_ is a must-see documentary about a live local controversy. Good stuff by outsiders not already mentioned: Hitchcock’s _The 39 Steps_, Powell and Pressburger’s _The Spy in Black_ and _I Know Where I’m Going_ and Glazer’s very recent _Under the Skin_. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-list-for-a-kid-going-to-scotland-for-uni/715413/43 "2015-03-22T23:13:02Z")
> [@bonzer](#): > > Good stuff by outsiders not already mentioned: Hitchcock’s _The 39 Steps_, Powell and Pressburger’s _The Spy in Black_ and _I Know Where I’m Going_ and Glazer’s very recent _Under the Skin_. I was thinking about mentioning _I Know Where I’m Going_, but I was worried by the twee quotient. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-list-for-a-kid-going-to-scotland-for-uni/715413/44 "2015-03-22T23:14:51Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > _Tunes of Glory_, starring Alec Guinness and John Mills. I’ve never seen _Tunes of Glory_ myself, but it tends to get very favourable mention on a piping bb I sometimes hang out on. ---
**Author:** ![bonzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@bonzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonzer)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-list-for-a-kid-going-to-scotland-for-uni/715413/45 "2015-03-22T23:32:51Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I was thinking about mentioning _I Know Where I’m Going_, but I was worried by the twee quotient. Oh, it is utterly twee. In a completely Powell and (at the obvious remove as always) Pressburger English fashion. Having nodded to Andrew Macdonald as Scottish in my previous post, I suppose I now have to acknowledge that he is also Emeric Pressburger’s grandson. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-list-for-a-kid-going-to-scotland-for-uni/715413/46 "2015-03-23T09:51:05Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > “Nothing says Scotland like a millionaire Australian antisemite.” Filmed in Ireland. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-list-for-a-kid-going-to-scotland-for-uni/715413/47 "2015-03-23T11:15:10Z")
> [@Smid](#): > > Filmed in Ireland. Largely filmed in Ireland. The really scenic mountain bits were filmed in Scotland. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-list-for-a-kid-going-to-scotland-for-uni/715413/48 "2015-03-23T11:24:54Z")
Seconding Chewin’ the Fat, Still Game and [The Angel’s Share](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1924394/)! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-list-for-a-kid-going-to-scotland-for-uni/715413/49 "2015-03-23T12:30:00Z")
[Stone of Destiny](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_of_Destiny_%28film%29). The film is from 2008 but the true story is set in 1950, when several students who were Scottish nationalists stole the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey. Edited to add that it’s available from the Netflix DVD-by-mail service. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-list-for-a-kid-going-to-scotland-for-uni/715413/50 "2015-03-23T18:18:41Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > “Nothing says Scotland like a millionaire Australian antisemite.” He is also apparently very anti-English. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-list-for-a-kid-going-to-scotland-for-uni/715413/51 "2015-03-23T18:26:47Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > “Nothing says Scotland like a millionaire Australian antisemite.” > > William Wallace was the Marshal of Scotland, uniting all the clans against foreign aggressors was the mans job, he wasn’t some scrubby farmer. He was a noble, he would have been dressed in plate mail with plenty of banners and gold leaf in every battle, which by the by are all silly in the movie. > > But, hey, watch it for the learning. :rolleyes: I prefer the Horrible Histories version. 😃 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3g61xASD-24/hqdefault.jpg "Horrible Histories - William Wallace Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g61xASD-24) ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-list-for-a-kid-going-to-scotland-for-uni/715413/52 "2015-03-23T18:38:20Z")
Another little known Scottish film, showing life in the schemes of Edinburgh - [New Town Killers](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1183908/) ---
**Author:** ![ch51](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ch51/32/3111_2.png) [@ch51](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ch51)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-list-for-a-kid-going-to-scotland-for-uni/715413/53 "2015-03-25T03:07:32Z")
The Bridal Path A 1959 British comedy film directed by Frank Launder and starring Bill Travers, George Cole and Bernadette O’Farrell. It is based on the 1952 novel of the same name by Nigel Tranter. A young man on a remote Scottish island travels to the mainland in search of a wife. Very funny. ---
**Author:** ![ch51](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ch51/32/3111_2.png) [@ch51](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ch51)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-list-for-a-kid-going-to-scotland-for-uni/715413/54 "2015-03-25T03:08:40Z")
Oh, and another shout out for “Comfort & Joy”. Great film. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-list-for-a-kid-going-to-scotland-for-uni/715413/55 "2015-03-25T09:25:38Z")
One of my favourite Scottish films is **The Last Great Wilderness** , directed by David MacKenzie who also did the aforementioned _Young Adam_, and _Hallam Foe_ which is also worth a look. He films Scottish scenery the way Scots see it, less romantic but still beautiful. The Last Great Wilderness is sinister and hilarious. It’s a little bit like what The Wicker Man would have been like if it had actually been written and directed by Scots. Personally I find The Wicker Man to be a bit patronising in tone, in the way it completely ignores the reality of religion and attitudes to aristocracy on the West coast of Scotland. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-list-for-a-kid-going-to-scotland-for-uni/715413/56 "2015-03-25T10:41:49Z")
Another old film (sort of a missing link between Whisky Galore and Local Hero), but still available on DVD, and it’s certainly turned up on terrestrial TV in the witching hours, is The Maggie, based loosely on Neil MacGregor’s Para Handy tales, in which the wily captain of a jobbing coastal cargo “puffer” (on its last sea-legs) manages to inveigle himself into a contract to deliver an American millionaire’s furniture to his newly-purchased Highland castle. ---
**Author:** ![ch51](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ch51/32/3111_2.png) [@ch51](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ch51)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-list-for-a-kid-going-to-scotland-for-uni/715413/57 "2015-03-25T12:22:16Z")
Nit pik - Neil Munro - one of my two favourite authors ---
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-list-for-a-kid-going-to-scotland-for-uni/715413/58 "2015-03-25T16:05:58Z")
Don’t think you can get the 70s BBC version of Sunset Song in America, but there is a new film of it due out soon. It’s got farming, religion and WWI in Aberdeenshire. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-list-for-a-kid-going-to-scotland-for-uni/715413.md?page=2)