Charlie Cox, Kate Mara, Billy Boyd
The story of Ian Hamilton, a dedicated nationalist who reignited Scottish national pride in the 1950s with his daring raid on the heart of England to bring the Stone of Scone back to Scotland.
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October 16, 2008Go into this movie not knowing what it is about. Thats what I did and I came out quite supprised. The story is such a fun caper style true story that I hadnt heard of until this movie. Besides all the in your face patriotism it is an enjoyable movie which keeps you watching.
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October 30, 2009they showed this on United on my flight from Chicago to LA. It's a Scottish pride film, meaning it was pathetic but cute in a Scottish way. it made me want to listen to The Jesus and Mary Chain.
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October 19, 2009Scottish all the way! Amusing, witty, heroic and funny, one of the best- but yet ravishing movie I've seen this year.
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October 6, 2009saw this in a trailer and all i noticed was oh billy boyd is in it i want to watch it
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September 5, 2009Cute, amiable, innocent story of a group of college kids in the 50s who decided to break into Westminster Abbey and take back the Scottish Stone of Destiny for the pride of their country. The fresh young cast is fun to watch.
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July 30, 2009this was a very good movie even though it was kind of slow at the beginning....but good. very cool that Ian Hamilton did that. movie had the BESt cast for it
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July 28, 2009Love the fact it was shot in Scotland. Beautiful scenery, love the actors' accents and the plot is ok though not incredible
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July 19, 2009Quite enjoyable ... its nice to learn about history I dont know about; well worth a viewing for sure :)
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June 3, 2009a tale ofyoung proud scotsman going to london to steal back the stone of destiny, a symbol and historic stone from scotlands past, a entertaining story, and well paced throughout,
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May 1, 2009"The film is based on real events and tells the story of the return of the Stone of Scone on Christmas Day, 1950. The stone, supposedly the pillow stone used by Jacob in the Bible and the stone over which Scottish Kings were traditionally crowned at Scone in Perthshire, was stolen by the English King Edward I in 1296 and placed under the throne at Westminster Abbey in London. In 1950, a daring nationalist plot succeeded in removing it from Westminster Abbey and returning it to Scotland where it was placed symbolically at Arbroath Abbey, the site of the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath and an important site in the Scottish nationalist cause."
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May 1, 2009
"Stone of Destiny is a 2008 British-Canadian adventure/comedy film directed by Charles Martin Smith. It stars Charlie Cox, Billy Boyd, Robert Carlyle, Kate Mara and Brenda Fricker.The Stone of Destiny retells the fascinating and true story of four young Glaswegian students who, in 1951, outwitted the British authorities in their successful attempt to take back the Stone of Scone - a beloved symbol of Scottish pride, back to its country of origin."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_of_Destiny_(film)
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