Restless Natives

Restless Natives (1985)

Scotland's most notorious public enemies

Two lads in Edinburgh embark on a non-violent spree of robberies. They dress up in clown masks and act as modern highwaymen, robbing coach loads of tourists in the highlands. In the process they become folk heroes to the locals.

Date of release
1985-06-01
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (34)
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Director
Michael Hoffman

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Edinburgh

Restless Natives is a 1985 Scottish adventure comedy film, directed by Michael Hoffman.

Production

The screenplay won a film script writing competition held by Lloyds Bank before it was optioned for production. Writer Ninian Dunnett was a journalist and his script won over 200 other entries.

“I didn’t even know what I was writing, really,” said Dunnett later. “It was just little scribbles and notes here and there. And those were busy times in the north-east of England; the miner’s strike was looming, and I was out there interviewing people whose livelihoods were on the line, and who mostly weren’t too keen on journalists.

The movie was produced by the Oxford Film Foundation formed in 1980 by friends at Oriel College including Americans Rick Stevenson and director Michael Hoffman. It made a film called Privilege and wanted to make another one so held a competition.

Finance came from EMI. Filming took seven weeks. Bryan Forbes and Nanette Newman make a cameo as a married couple held up at the beginning of the film.

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