Brigadoon, Braveheart, and the Scots : distortions of Scotland in Hollywood cinema /: distortions of Scotland in Hollywood cinema. (2003)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Colin McArthur.
• Other Names: McArthur, Colin
• Contents: List of illustrations -- General editor's introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Where did brigadoon come from? -- Brigadoon and the broadway musical -- Brigadoon and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer -- Marketing, using and abusing Brigadoon -- Scotland and the Braveheart effect -- Braveheart: A (Quasi- ) Barthesian reading in slow motion -- 'No' a fuckin' dry eye in the hoose': Braveheart's 'gift of a thistle' sequence -- 'That's show business!': 'What' and 'Why' of Braveheart's historical distortions -- It takes one to know one: Braveheart's appeal to the proto-fascist psyche -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index of films -- General index.
• Publisher Details: London New York : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2003
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 228 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 791.4362411; Fine Arts; PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference; Motion pictures; Film; Scotland -- In motion pictures; Scotland; Schottland (Motiv); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1417516933; 9781417516933; 1282528904; 9781282528901; 1860649270; 9781860649271; 6000007124; 9786000007126; 9780857711014; 0857711016
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-218) and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.