Chasing the Deer (Original title)
Dates: 1994 (Copyright), 16 September 1994 (Release)Country: United KingdomA film by/Directed by: Graham Holloway
Synopsis: Historical drama about the 18th century battle of Culloden. Blue-beret Jacobites and their leader King James II rise up first in 1715. Then in 1745 young Bonnie Prince Charlie arrives in the Highlands from France to get back the English throne. He rallies Scots, still faithful to the Jacobites cause and slowly works his way south; but when promised French troops don't arrive, he is forced to retreat to Scotland, hunted by English redcoats and he and his fellows are annihilated on Culloden Moor, near Inverness.
Genre: Historical drama
Subject: Battle of Culloden
Releases
Date: 16 December 1994Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Metrocolor - Sound - Dolby Stereo SRRuntime: 97 mins 12 secs - Length: 8748 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Feature Film Company, The
Dates: 1994 (Copyright), 16 September 1994 (Release)Country: United KingdomA film by/Directed by: Graham Holloway
Synopsis: Historical drama about the 18th century battle of Culloden. Blue-beret Jacobites and their leader King James II rise up first in 1715. Then in 1745 young Bonnie Prince Charlie arrives in the Highlands from France to get back the English throne. He rallies Scots, still faithful to the Jacobites cause and slowly works his way south; but when promised French troops don't arrive, he is forced to retreat to Scotland, hunted by English redcoats and he and his fellows are annihilated on Culloden Moor, near Inverness.
Genre: Historical drama
Subject: Battle of Culloden
Releases
Date: 16 December 1994Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Metrocolor - Sound - Dolby Stereo SRRuntime: 97 mins 12 secs - Length: 8748 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Feature Film Company, The
Credits
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©: Cromwell Productions, Chasing The Deer plc, Presents: Cromwell Productions, [Presented] In association with: Lamancha Productions, Sponsor: Highlands and Islands Enterprise Agency, Executive Producer: Rob Whitehouse, Executive Producer: Gary Russell, Executive Producer: David Mcwhinnie, A film by/Produced by: Bob Carruthers, Production Manager: Alex Carruthers, Production Accountant: Alison McCarthy, Location Manager: Pete Ross, Production Secretary: Pauline Harris, Assistant Director (1st): Jeremy Freeston, Assistant Director (2nd): James Miller, Viviene Wynd, Script Supervisor: Lucy Sampson, Screenplay by: Jerome Vincent, Screenplay by: Bob Carruthers, Steve Gillham, Based on an Original Idea by: Michele Ayson, Photographed by: Alan M. Trow, Focus Puller: Kevin Rudge, Clapper Loader: Kevin Scott, Lighting Gaffer: Stuart Roweth, Grip: Lucho Zuidema, Video Assist: Warren Hobden, Stills Photographer: Ruth Wood, Graphic Effects Designer: Lesley Marr, Edited by: Patrick Moore, Set Dresser: Jane Holloway, Storyboard Artist: Simon Freeston, Props Buyer: David Woodward, Construction Manager: Chas Prestidge, Costume Designer: Lionel Digby, Brian Blessed's Costumes Made by: Sue Hazemore, Wardrobe Supervisor: Michelle Digby, Chief Make-up/Hair Designer: Sharon Robbins, Make-up Assistant: Xanthia Cooper, Nicola Buck, Post-production: Optical Image Broadcast, Lighting Equipment: Cinequipt UK Ltd, Processing by: Metrocolor (London), Original Music by: John Wetton, Original Theme Music by: John Wetton, Original Theme Music by: Bob Marlett, Bob Mitchell, Additional Music by: Runrig, Additional Period Music by: Tarletons Jig, Woodwind Soloist: Olivia Robinson, Rachel Fletcher, Musical Director (Additnl Period Music): Jim Bisgood, [Music] Arranged by: David Lowe, Sound Recordist: Keith Conlon, Boom Swinger: Duncan Holmes, Dubbing Mixer: John Falcini, Re-recorded at: Cine-Lingual Sound Studios, Sound Editor: Paul Perrins, Re-enactment Co-ordinator: Nigel Walton, Fight Arranger: Seoras Wallace, Military Adviser: Stuart Reid, Horse Master (Scotland): Cameron Ormiston, Horse Master (England): Gareth Blyth
Cast
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Brian Blessed (Major Elliot), Iain Cuthbertson (Tullibardine), Matthew Zajac (Alistair Campbell), Fish (Angus Cameron), Brian Donald (old Campbell), Sandy Welch (old Cameron), Peter Gordon (McKinnon), Carolyn Konrad (Morag), Lynn Ferguson (Shonagh), Lewis Rae (Euan), Simon Kirk (Sergeant Kirk), Andy McCullogh (Sergeant Monroe), Callum Mcdougal (1st crofter), Steven Cooper (2nd crofter), Michael Leighton (O'Sullivan), Dominique Carrara (Charles Edward Stuart), Jake D'arcy (Tam), Jacqueline Pirie (Mary), Finn Mckenzie (Elliot's son), Philip Wallace (young McDonald), Robert Mcintosh (McDonald of Sleat), Charles Wilson (Dougal), Robin Abbot (recruit), Theobald Mann (1st guard), Alistair Dooner (2nd guard), Roy Anderson (young Clanranald), Pete Ross (servant), Ian Brooker (Ward), Terry Molloy (Garvie), Kim Durham (Cope), Steven Cooper (1st Jacobite soldier), Gary Cohen (2nd Jacobite soldier), Jock Ferguson (Lord Murray), Jeremy Freeston (Olderley), Dominic Borrelli (Cumberland), Nicky Nicol (Albermarie), Ross Dunsmore (Angus), Billy Mac (Iain), Fiona Jones (1st woman), Nicky Selby (2nd woman), John Claudius (Hawley), Scott Ilon, David Woodward (staff officer), James Morris (1st militia soldier), Andy Craig (2nd militia soldier), Graeme Stirling (baggage master)