Restless Natives Page #4

Synopsis: Two lads in Edinburgh embark on a non-violent spree of robberies. They dress up in clown masks and act as modern highwaymen, robbing coach loads of tourists in the highlands. In the process they become folk heroes to the locals. Their adventures make for a whimsical and gentle comedy, in the Bill Forsyth vein.
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Michael Hoffman
Production: Orion Classics
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.2
PG
Year:
1985
90 min
571 Views


RIGHT?

THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY

LANGUAGE BARRIER THERE.

NOW THIS INVESTIGATION

IS TO BE CONDUCTED

ON AN INTERNATIONAL

FRAMEWORK.

AND WE ARE TO HAVE

THE ASSISTANCE OF

A GENTLEMAN:

FROM CENTRAL AMERICA--

FROM THE AMERICAN CENTRAL

INTELLIGENCE BUREAU.

MR. FRITZ BENDER.

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

HI.

EXCUSE ME.

CHRIST, IT'S THE MAN

FROM UNCLE.

[CHUCKLES]

AHEM.

THERE'S NOT REALLY MUCH

TO TELL THIS WEEK.

MR. HARDWICK SAYS

I CAN STAY ON TILL

THE END OF THE MONTH,

BUT AFTER THAT I DON'T KNOW.

BRUCE HAS BEEN GETTING

REALLY FAT.

GOD, YOU SHOULD SEE HIM.

HE JUST WOBBLES AROUND EATING

AND SHITTING THE WHOLE TIME.

HARDLY EVER GOES

IN HIS GRILL.

HEY, MAYBE I'M GIVING HIM

TOO MUCH NUTS.

THE WEATHER'S BEEN GOOD

APART FROM TODAY.

DID YOU KNOW THAT?

AHEM.

I'VE BEEN HOLDING UP BUSES.

YOU KNOW, LIKE,

LIKE ROBBING THEM,

TAKING ALL THE TOURISTS' MONEY.

BEEN IN THE PAPERS

AND EVERYTHING.

I'M REALLY QUITE ENJOYING IT.

ANYWAY, I'LL TRY NO TO GET IN ANY TROUBLE.

I'VE GOT TO GET BACK NOW.

Will:
SHE HAD

A BONNIE NOSE.

80.

NOT TOO LONG.

AND NOT TOO WIDE.

AND NOT TAMPED DOWN

AT THE BOTTOM.

80...

HE HAD IN HIS WALLET.

A PERFECT NOSE.

HE JUST PULLED IT OU AND DROPPED IT IN THE BAG.

80, YOU KNOW?

I KNOW. IT WAS ME

HE GAVE IT TO.

HOW MUCH WAS IT?

80.

80.

[BELL RINGS]

[CLEARS THROAT]

UH, DO YOU HAVE

ANY FALSE TITS?

OH. AYE.

HOW MUCH ARE THEY?

MEDIUM 4.75.

LARGE 6.50.

MEDIUM.

COULD YOU, UH,

WRAP THEM UP?

THAT'S 4.75, PLEASE.

HERE'S YOUR CHANGE.

THERE'S YOUR RECEIPT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

[BELL RINGS]

OHH...

I'VE GOT TO FIND

HER AGAIN.

WHO?

YOU KNOW. HER!

NO!

[BELL RINGS]

Angus:
LISTEN,

I'M IN A HURRY.

NO! NO! GET OUT!

GET! AND DON'T COME BACK!

LOOK, HOW DO YOU THINK

YOU COULD FIND HER?

THERE MUST BE MILLIONS

OF GIRLS OUT THERE

IN BUSES JUST LIKE THAT--

MILLIONS!

ANYWAY, YOU CAN'T.

YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T.

THE WHOLE OPERATION IS

COMPLETELY CONFIDENTIAL.

IT'S GOT TO BE,

OR WE'RE BUGGERED.

I DON'T HAVE TO TELL

HER ABOUT IT.

WELL, WHAT ARE YOU

GOING TO SAY:

TO HER, THEN?

COME ON, BRUCE,

CAN YOU STRETCH:

YOUR LEGS? COME ON.

I'M GONNA GE A PHONE IN HERE.

A TELEPHONE?

AYE, FOR PHONE CALLS

AND THINGS.

COME HERE AND HAVE

A LOOK AT THIS.

I'M NOT GOING TO

TOUCH THIS LOT, THOUGH.

I'M NOT GOING

TO BREAK THE RULES.

LOOK AT ME, BRUCE.

LOOK AT ME.

I'M GOING UP

TO THE BUS STATION.

HAVE YOU ANY IDEA

WHAT THE PENALTY

FOR ARMED ROBBERY IS?

IT'S 12 YEARS!

12 YEARS!

AND, AND ASSAULT...

THREATENING BEHAVIOR.

I'M NOT WEARING

A COSTUME.

WILL, PLEASE...

[SIGHS]

OK.

BUT LOOK, NO GOING

INTO THE BUS STATION,

NO TALKING TO:

ANYBODY EXCEPT HER,

NO TELLING HER:

WHO YOU ARE,

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