Restless Natives
Restless Natives is a 1985 Scottish cinema adventure comedy, directed by Michael Hoffman.
Plot
The story follows the adventures of two Scottish youths from the Wester Hailes district of Edinburgh, played by Vincent Friell and Joe Mullaney, who, in rebellion to their drab lives in urban Scotland in the mid-1980s, become modern highwaymen. Donning masks of a clown and a wolf-man and riding a Suzuki GP 125 motorbike, they waylay and hold up with a toy gun tourist coaches in the Highlands, but in the process becoming a tourist attraction themselves. Having acquired substantial amounts of money, they proceed to become modern-day Rob Roys, doling it out to the poor of their city by scattering it on bike rides through its streets, attracting national media attention and pursuit by the police.
More details
author | Ninian Dunnett |
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contentLocation | Scotland |
director | Michael Hoffman |
genre | adventure comedy |
keywords | arrest end highland highwayman joe mullaney rid rob roy rob roy macgregor scottish highlands secretary of state secretary of state for scotland tourist attraction toy gun vincent friell west wester hailes |
musicBy | Stuart Adamson |
producer | Andy Paterson Rick Stevenson |
productionCompany | EMI Films |
publisher | Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment |
recordedAt | Edinburgh |
theme | road movie |