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Will Plunkett (Robert Carlyle) and Captain James Macleane (Jonny Lee Miller), two men from different ends of the social spectrum in eighteenth century England, enter a gentlemen's agreement: They decide to rid the aristocrats of their belongings.
Written by CinemaSerf on June 1, 2022. 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.
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Oct 1, 1999 · Plunkett & Macleane: Directed by Jake Scott. With Jonny Lee Miller, Iain Robertson, Robert Carlyle, Ken Stott. Two robbers are persecuted by the law, whose servants are not much better and even worse.
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The film opens with Macleane (Jonny Lee Miller) languishing in a debtor's jail in Knightsbridge. He is accidentally freed by Plunkett (Robert Carlyle) in the course of a far-fetched robbery. Both men end up in prison at Newgate, and must buy their way out with a ruby Plunkett has thoughtfully swallowed. The real James Maclaine was an Irishman of re...
The film distracts itself from the real story by trying to be a historical Trainspotting, which was released three years before starring the same actors. Regrettably, the show-off camera angles, glitzy costumes and pop soundtrack can't hide the screenplay's weakness. Its attempt at provocative anachronistic dialogue – basically, swearing – will do ...
In the film, Plunkett and Macleane's first robbery is of the fictional Lord Gibson (Michael Gambon), the lord chief justice, and his niece Lady Rebecca (Liv Tyler). A 20-guinea price is put on their heads. In real life, Maclaine's best-known celebrity victim was gothic novelist and Whig MP Horace Walpole, whom he and Plunket relieved of a watch and...
Walpole is not in the film. Instead, Lord Rochester appears, played by Alan Cumming in a big purple hat. It's not clear which Lord Rochester he is meant to be. His character's interest in misbehaviour would suggest libertine poet John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester – but he died in 1680, and this is supposed to be 1748. In 1748, the title of Rochest...
In a botched but noble attempt to save Lady Rebecca, Macleane is captured. In real life, Maclaine was caught when he sold some stolen clothes, unwisely giving his real name and address to the shopkeeper. During his trial at the Old Bailey, Maclaine confessed his crimes with exaggerated penitence. So much did he milk it that ladies wept and sighed i...
The real story of Maclaine and Plunket could make a great movie. Unfortunately, this flimsy attempt neither stands nor delivers.
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.
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- Jake Scott
Oct 4, 1999 · The film, set in 18th century London, tells the story of a gentleman named Macleane ( Jonny Lee Miller) and an unwashed rogue named Plunkett ( Robert Carlyle ). Macleane is not entirely a gentleman (the movie opens with him being sentenced for public drunkenness), but at least he knows how to play one, and the accent is right.
Synopsis. Plunkett and Macleane, come together as an unlikely, but potent, team. Although from different ends of England's social spectrum, they enter into a "gentelman's agreement." Plunkett has the brains and the know-how; Plunkett aspires to journey to America, while Macleane seeks to enter high society.
