Set in 1748, when highwaymen are plaguing the wealthy along englands roads, the film a revolves around the criminal partnership of the titular. Will plunkett and captain james macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18thcentury england, enter a gentlemens agreement. With plunkett s criminal knowhow and macleane s social connections, they team up to be soon known as. Long before butch and sundance or bonnie and clyde, there was will plunkett and james macleane a pair of notorious and irreverent highwayman who terrorized english aristocracy in the mid 1700s.
There are some whod say it didnt really do any business, and id be hardpressed to disagree. Reuniting the stars of the hit movie trainspotting, plunkett robert carlyle and macleane johnny lee miller combine frces to steal from the rich. While cooling their heels in a jail cell, the pair comes up with a plan to finance their goals. With plunketts criminal knowhow and macleanes social connections, they team. Overall this is good news, and this heavily instrumental music fits especially well with action or scifi movies cf. This tentative partnership leads to an unlikely alliance. While in newgate prison, the two form a partnership that utilizes plunkett s criminal knowhow and macleane s social status to bribe their way out of prison. Liv tyler, tim bevan, jonny lee miller, ken stott, michael gambon, alan cumming, nicholas farrell, robert carlyle. It follows the story of captain james macleane miller and will plunkett carlyle, two men in eighteenth century britain who are both. They decide to rid the aristocrats of their belongings. 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. Electronica artists are increasingly in demand as film scorers. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of plunkett and macleane. It follows the story of captain james macleane miller and will plunkett carlyle, two men in eighteenth century britain who are.
Robert carlyle and jonny lee miller, who were on the wrong side of the law in trainspotting, reteam for more criminal mayhem in this rousing adventure about englands most wanted in more ways than one highwaymen of the mid18th century. Macleane jonny lee miller is a social climbing neerdowell who has the manners and tastes of a. Two robbers are persecuted by the law, whose servants are not much better and even worse. Plunkett and macleane script transcript from the screenplay. The titular characters are based very, very loosely on real life highway men william plunkett and james macleane. With plunketts criminal knowhow and macleanes social connections, they team up to be soon known as. Gary oldman was executive producer the story was cowritten by neal purvis and robert wade. Directed by jake scott ridleys son and starring robert carlyle and jonny lee miller, it tells the basically true tale of two highwaymen in edwardian london who embark upon a freewheeling life of crime, seducing a beautiful. 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. Plunkett robert carlyle is a roguish apothecaryturnedhighwayman. 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. Can a movie be constructed entirely out of stylistic excess, without the aid of a story or characters wed give two farthings for. Plunkett ambushes macleane and forces him to give up the ruby, but when they are discovered by chances men, plunkett swallows it.
Mr harrison, give captain macleane my berth in the royal suite. But when one day these gentlemen hold up lord chief justice. 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. Reuniting the stars of the hit movie trainspotting, plunkett robert carlyle and macleane johnny lee miller combine f. Taika waititi set to direct, pen new star wars movie thr news. Here armstrong mixes up carl orffstyle pomp, stringladen triphop, and a somber ambience reminiscent of late 1980s goth. While cooling their heels in a jail cell, the pair comes up with a plan. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay and or viewings of plunkett and macleane. All images and subtitles are ed to their respectful owners unless stated otherwise.
The story was cowritten by neal purvis and robert wade. Plunkett and macleane internet movie firearms database. With plunketts criminal knowhow and macleanes social connections, they team up to be soon known as the gentlemen highwaymen. Robert carlyle and jonny lee miller, who were on the wrong side of the law in trainspotting, reteam for more criminal mayhem in this rousing adventure about englands most wanted in more ways than. With plunkett s criminal knowhow and macleane s social connections, they team up to be soon known as the gentlemen highwaymen.