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Scotland, PA | 
| Director: Billy Morrissette
Actors: Kevin Corrigan, Tom Guiry, James Legros, James Rebhorn, Maura Tierney
Studio: Showtime Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  32 reviews
Format: Import, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 670206
UPC: 829567020623
EAN: 0829567020623
ASIN: B00080ZGHO
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
Release Date: October 22, 2002
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Think of IScotland, PA./I as truck-stop Shakespeare, iMacbeth/i given a drive-through makeover as the deadliest of deadpan comedies. Writer-director Billy Morrissette got this wacky idea from an early job at Dairy Queen. He makes the most of that bad memory by casting his own wife (IER/I's Maura Tierney) and indie stalwart James LeGros as Pat and Mac McBeth, a married pair of Pennsylvanian schemers, circa 1973, who plot to escape their thankless jobs at Duncan's burger joint. They dispatch Duncan in a sizzling accident (you want fries with that corpse?) and inherit the diner from Duncan's stoner son (who's also a suspect), hoping to prove to Detective McDuff (Christopher Walken, at his funniest) that their newfound happiness is entirely legal. Like IThe Big Lebowski/I, this movie's hilarious if you're in on the joke, and familiarity with Shakespeare is optional when you've got a "rock block" of Bad Company hits to keep the grisly comedy on track. I--Jeff Shannon/I
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 Good Set-Up, No Follow-Through July 3, 2004
Kevin L. Nenstiel (Kearney, Nebraska)
If you've read or seen a production of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, you're already familiar with this story. Reset in a 1970's fast-food restaurant, this funny but spotty adaptation is a good idea that wasn't executed as well as it could have been. When Joe Mac McBeth's idea for this newfangled Drive-Thru thingie merits him only feint rewards, he and his wife do in his boss, Norm Duncan. As you know, he merits some short-term rewards, but everything goes downhill from there.pThis movie has some really sharp visuals--the cinematography is gorgeous--and the soundtrack is laced with some well-chosen AM radio hits from the time period in question. The beginning has some of the wittiest indi-film humor in years. But as we reach the climax, the filmmakers start playing funny with Shakespeare's sequence, moving a lot of Acts IV and V material up to act III to put the climax closer to the resolution. The jokes become sparse, and the ironic self-referential Macbeth material becomes grating rather than funny.pBy making Mac McBeth a businessman and respected community member, the tragic downfall remains part of the character, but by having the character never change, or even cut his hair, and by having his final downfall take place privately and in the dark of night, we are left with anticlimax rather than Aristotelian catharsis. This movie was a great idea, but it wasn't carried though in the best possible way. Here's hoping someone else takes a shot at it again when the chance comes.
 My ab-Fav movie! June 5, 2004
Portia Lockhart (NYC)
I love this movie soooo much. Morrisette has done a beyond fab job directing it, not to mention Maura Tierney was perfectly cast. I really liked her as Pat, it broke her 'Good Girl' image she seems to have on ER. This movie is increadibly witty, and well thought out. Kitsch to my heats content!! I love it.
 Great Adaptation May 24, 2004
Molly J. Fassett (Monte Vista, Colorado USA)
A very clever adaptation of Macbeth. It was nice to see a version where the actors weren't caught up in a concept without anyone else being able to understand what is going on. Loved the time period and loved, loved, loved the music
 Boring February 24, 2004
Mr. Christopher L. Cox (austin, Texas United States)
This is an adaptation of Shakespeare's "Macbeth", told in the 1970's with James LeGros and Maura Tierney as Mac and Pat McBeth who work at Duncan's fast food restaurant. Before you know it, they've killed him and turned the restaurant into "McBeth's" with a huge M arch. Just like the original story, Pat and Mac start freaking out a bit when McDuff (Christopher Walken) doesn't accept the scapegoat they set up and starts investigating Duncan's murder further. All does not end well.pEveryone else I talked to seemed to love this, so maybe it was just me, but apart from the three furies (Andy Dick is one of them) who tell McBeth's future with a magic 8 ball, and Christopher Walken's vegetarian,gentle McDuff, this all fell a bit flat. The comedy did not really stand out and all the characters are played so unsympathetically, that who cares what happens to them. Occasional glimmers of smart dialogue, but mainly this left me wanting to go read the original again.
Laugh out loud funny February 4, 2004
L. Jerome (Silver Spring, Maryland USA)
Mr. Walken's character was terrific and hilarious. All the actors made this movie believable and a delight to watch. I picked it up at Blockbuster not knowing what to expect, but ended up loving it. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED - if you like black humor.
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