Plunkett & Macleane

"They Robbed The Rich...And That's It"

1999 1h 33m EN

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★6.2TMDB · 158

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Synopsis

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Will Plunkett and Captain James Macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18th-century England, enter a gentlemen's agreement: They decide to rid the aristocrats of their belongings. With Plunkett's criminal know-how and Macleane's social connections, they team up to be soon known as "The Gentlemen Highwaymen". But when one day these gentlemen hold up Lord Chief Justice Gibson's coach, Macleane instantly falls in love with his beautiful and cunning niece, Lady Rebecca Gibson. Unfortunately, Thief Taker General Chance, who also is quite fond of Rebecca, is getting closer and closer to getting both.

“They Robbed The Rich...And That's It”

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Cast

Jonny Lee Miller
Captain James Macleane
Robert Carlyle
Will Plunkett
Liv Tyler
Lady Rebecca Gibson
Ken Stott
Thief Taker General Chance
Michael Gambon
Lord Gibson
Alan Cumming
Lord Rochester
Alexander Armstrong
Winterburn
Ben Miller
Dixon

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jake Scott
Writers: Robert Wade, Neal Purvis, Charles McKeown
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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ERA

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27 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jake Scott, shot by John Mathieson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Craig Armstrong. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Oral Norrie Ottey shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle and Liv Tyler carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "They Robbed The Rich...And That's It".

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IMDB entry: tt0134033 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Jake Scott directs. John Mathieson behind the camera. Craig Armstrong scores. Oral Norrie Ottey cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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127 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Jake Scott, shot by John Mathieson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Craig Armstrong. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Oral Norrie Ottey shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle and Liv Tyler carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "They Robbed The Rich...And That's It".
7IMDB entry: tt0134033 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: John Mathieson
Original score: Craig Armstrong
Editing: Oral Norrie Ottey
Production design: Norris Spencer
Costume design: Janty Yates
Makeup / hair: Graham Johnston
Runtime: 93 min · 1h 33m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $474,900
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Plunkett & Macleane (1999)

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CinemaSerf2022-06-01
★ 6/10
This is quite a fun take on a sort of "Robin Hood" meets "Dick Turpin" theme. The eponymous two gents - Robert Carlyle: already a thriving member of the criminal fraternity and Jonny Lee Miller: a gent somewhat down at heel - are fed up with the status quo in 18th century England, so decide to do a bit of wealth redistribution for themselves. To that end, they set about robbing the nobility as they travel the dark country roads. It is upon one such raid that they detain none other than the Lord Chief Justice (Sir Michael Gambon) and his charming daughter "Lady Rebecca" (Liv Tyler) to whom JLM takes a shine. Unfortunately for him, Ken Stott's "Chance" - a bit of an enforcer for her father also has designs in that direction - and soon their simple life of robbing and boozing is compromised by his infatuation/love... Carlyle never did repeat his performance in "Trainspotting" (1996) for me, ever since he has delivered some pretty undercooked efforts, and here is no different. Miller is on quite good form though, Tyler plays her part with gusto and there are a few engaging cameos from the suitably powdered-up Alan Cumming ("Lord Rochester") that sit atop a supporting cast of hit and miss British comedy talent that many will have seen on television over the years. That comedy, it has to be said, is a bit on the bawdy side - and it is not always very funny; but generally speaking there is enough chemistry and pace on the screen to keep this at the fair-to-middling end of the entertainment scale. The costumes look good, the music is quirky - not always of the period, and it's just about worth 100 minutes of your time. Not that you will recall much about it a day or two afterwards.

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