Braveheart
- Director: Mel Gibson
- Writer: Randall Wallace
- Producer: Bruce Davey; Mel Gibson
CGiii Comment
A flagrantly false account of William Wallace...but, it was a crowd pleaser and a huge box-office smash.
Quite deservedly so - even though we're not too keen on the vile Gibson - he did manage to make a great Hollywood film - a very difficult achievement indeed.
And - in places - it is as camp as tartan tits.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
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.
Cast & Characters
Mel Gibson as William Wallace;
James Robinson as Young William Wallace;
Sean Lawlor as Malcolm Wallace;
Sandy Nelson as John Wallace;
James Cosmo as Campbell;
Sean McGinley as MacClannough;
Alan Tall as Elder Stewart;
Andrew Weir as Young Hamish Campbell;
Gerda Stevenson as Mother MacClannough;
Ralph Riach as Priest #1;
Mhairi Calvey as Young Murron MacClannough;
Brian Cox as Argyle Wallace;
Patrick McGoohan as Longshanks, King Edward I;
Peter Hanly as Edward, Prince of Wales;
Sophie Marceau as Princess Isabelle