Sunday, May 6, 2012

Braveheart (1995)




Director: Mel Gibson



William Wallace is a Scottish rebel who leads an uprising against the cruel English ruler Edward the Longshanks, who wishes to inherit the crown of Scotland for himself. When he was a young boy, William Wallace's father and brother, along with many others, lost their lives trying to free Scotland. Once he loses another of his loved ones, William Wallace begins his long quest to make Scotland free once and for all, along with the assistance of Robert the Bruce.


Braveheart was my absolute favorite movie from the time it was released until the release of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy.  Now it ranks at number 4 (or maybe even number 3).  I'm not going to say a whole lot about Braveheart.  If you haven't already seen it, what are you waiting for?  This is a fantastic film in every regard.  It looks awesome.  It has incredible acting, story, and action.  It flows great and you will never be bored.  Rank this one up as a modern classic and modern masterpiece.



The Cast














David O'Hara ... Stephen


John Kavanagh ... Craig


John Murtagh ... Lochlan




James Cosmo ... Campbell


Stephen Billington ... Phillip


Tommy Flanagan ... Morrison


Alun Armstrong ... Mornay




Gerda Stevenson ... Mother MacClannough


Ian Bannen ... The Leper


Jeanne Marine ... Nicolette


Malcolm Tierney ... Magistrate


Martin Murphy ... Lord Talmadge


Michael Byrne ... Smythe


Rupert Vansittart ... Lord Bottoms




Sandy Nelson ... John Wallace


Sean McGinley ... MacClannough


Tam White ... MacGregor


Andrew Weir ... Young Hamish


Bernard Horsfall ... Balliol


Daniel Coll ... York Captain
Richard Leaf ... Governor of York


David Gant ... Royal Magistrate


Dean Lopata ... Madbaker


David McKay ... Young Soldier
Peter Mullan ... Veteran


 Donal Gibson ... Stewart


Gerard McSorley ... Cheltham




Jimmy Chisholm ... Faudron


Joe Savino ... Chief Assassin


Julie Austin ... Mrs. Morrison


Mhairi Calvey ... Murron


Niall O'Brien ... English General


Paul Tucker ... English Commander


Robert Paterson ... Priest No. 2


William Scott-Masson ... Corporal

















2 comments:

  1. Haven't seen this for ages - and the DVD is sitting in my "to watch" pile, but I think you're enthusiasm has bumped it up several places:)

    So many familiar faces, as well.

    On a technical note - what software do you use to take your screen grabs, as I'm always impressed by the quality?

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  2. To tell you the truth, most of these screen captures were pilfered from other sites. When I do a popular and recent film, it's easy to gather great quality screenshots. So, I cannot take credit for most of these. On normal occasions I don't use any software at all, my secret is the "print screen" button and microsoft paint. Most of my screenshots aren't that great, they just look ok because most of the movies I do are old and are a pretty poor quality print anyway. Then I shrink them a bit and make them look even better. Combine all that with a crap-load of screenshots and it's even better because quantity can help mask quality. lol

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