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IF THIS WERE A MOVIE . . .
Sunday Herald, The, May 4, 2008
PLOT
Hoping to cash in on the Grand Theft Auto craze, the Scottish fi lm industry comes up with its own low-budget movie version. Set on the mean streets of Arbroath, the story follows boy racer Jimmy as he tears along the high street in his granny's Nissan Micra. Meanwhile, an American billionaire wins over the suspicious locals by turning links golf courses into Formula One racing tracks.
PITCH
It's Gone In 60 Seconds meets Local Hero.
IDEAL CAST
Martin Compston as Jimmy Ewen Bremner as his big cousin Wullie Peter Mullan as PC Murdoch William Shatner as the US tycoon.
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Jimmy: "With these go-faster stripes and this fat exhaust, no- one will know this is only a 1.1 litre engine."
US Tycoon: "Gee whizz, Scotchland just tugs my heartstrings. Can I buy Glasgow now?"
PC Murdoch: "Jings, crivvens, help ma boab!"
CRITICS
"A perfect blend of Bill Forsyth couthiness, Take The High Road nostalgia, Fran-andAnna tartan tweeness and mind-numbing graphic violence."
POSTER TAGLINE
They've got Liberty City . . . We've got the Declaration of Independence.
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