Quote Originally Posted by Alan H
Also, before the Japanese version of "Shall We Dance" which we also watched this weekend, I noticed a trailer for a Miramax film that seems to be an adaption of the Masterpiece Theatre's show "Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown". It looks like a great show, too.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/mbrown/

The male lead is a Scotsman, John Brown (played by Billy Connolly) who spends a lot of time kilted during the movie. Apparently it's basically a true story, and was the scandal of Queen Victoria's rule. Has anybody seen this movie or the PBS series? Recomended???

cheers.....

Alan
Yes, I have seen it a couple of times, Alan and I taped it last time it was on TV. It's a brilliantly acted film (without any of "Rob Roy's" violence!), and is beautifully filmed. In fact, all the exterior shots which were supposedly at Windsor Castle (still HM The Queen's home) were actually filmed at Arundel Castle, just a few miles from here.

The circumstances of the story are historical fact but precisely what the true nature of the relationship between the servant and his Queen were can only be imagined.

For all my dislike of Billy Connolly as a comedian, he is a first-rate actor in this film. Both he and Dame Judi Dench, as Queen Victoria, are quite superb.
You have to see it.