Connection with the previous post (BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE): Karl Walter was the DOP on both films.
RATINGS: IMDB ― 6.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes ―72%, ME ―68%
[on their way to Robert's duel with Cunningham]
Robert Roy MacGregor: It's concerning me, Your Grace. Mr. Cunningham and I have matters outstanding.
Duke of Argyll: She will not thank you for making her a widow, honor or no.
Robert Roy MacGregor: Perhaps you'd like to wager a sum for her maintenance.
Duke of Argyll: Well, if it will help you die any the easier, I'll lay twenty guineas for her.
Robert Roy MacGregor: Fifty would go further.
Duke of Argyll: By God, you have a style to you, MacGregor! I like that!
Trivia (From IMDB):
Tim Roth thought he was going to be fired for making Archibald Cunningham too eccentric. He asked his agent to start looking for more work for him. Despite thinking this, the director told him to be more campy and eccentric. Roth would later receive an Oscar nomination for his performance.
The final sword fight between Rob and Archibald is often considered to be one of the greatest sword fights ever filmed.
Montrose's line bemoaning the Queen's lack of an heir is a reference to her seventeen pregnancies, which resulted in six miscarriages, six stillbirths, two children who lived only a few minutes after birth, a daughter who didn't see her first birthday, another who didn't see her second, and a son, William, Duke of Gloucester, who died a few days after turning 11, two years before Anne's ascension to the throne.
Jason Flemyng took the part of an extra in the film in direct opposition to the wishes of his agent. Flemyng was determined to be in the film, as it gave him a chance to act alongside Tim Roth, one of his idols.
The Duke of Argyll was first offered to Sir Sean Connery.
This was Andrew Keir's final film before his death on October 5, 1997 at the age of 71.
Appearing in this film netted Tim Roth his biggest paycheck, up to that date.
Jessica Lange replaced Miranda Richardson.
The film was shot entirely on location in Scotland, much of it in parts of the Highlands so remote, they had to be reached by helicopter.
Non-stop Highland rain presented a problem for cast and crew when filming outdoor shots, as did the resulting swarms of midges.
Argyll wishes that Queen Anne 'had seen a child of hers live, to comfort the King'. He is referring to her father, King James II, who had been deposed in 1689.
It is not clear when Rob borrows 1000 pounds from Montrose, whether these are Scots or English pounds. As the Scots pound was then worth around 5% of the English pound the difference would be considerable. Montrose and Argyll are certainly wagering in English currency as they finally bet in guineas.
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