Did you see the program where Mark Kermode arranged a screening in Pennan for Bill Forsyth?
Yeah, it was lovely. Amazing that it was decades before Bill Forsyth watched the film too.
During one of the Kermode interviews, Bill Forsyth explains that the bunny rabbit scene was filmed by a loch between Fort William and Mallaig. Not so, it was actually filmed at Loch Tarff near Fort Augustus.
Watched Restless Natives with Thump last night.
Brilliant film - thanks for the heads up on that.
Then we watched Gregory's Girl (again!).
It gets better every time I watch it.
The scene in the toilet where there's an entire criminal underworld operating had my son in stiches.
Not so, it was actually filmed at Loch Tarff near Fort Augustus.
Yeah, I'd mentioned upthread that I drive past it fairly often and only recently discovered that's where it was filmed.
Just watched Restless Natives. Alright, but not as good as GG or LH. It lacked the charm.
If Scotland ever gains independence its national anthem should be the theme to Restless Natives
@LAT Your friend must stay close to my Sister-in-law, as she works with JGS's wife!
Some really odd bits though, as well – the older teachers letching over Dee Hepburn is a bit unsettling (and very much of its time, too).
Unfortunately for the film our morals have moved on and there’s at least one scene where a girl is touched without her permission which would probably be a sexual assault today.
Very much of its time. I remember teachers in the mid 80s perving over 6th form girls fairly openly. Although I haven't seen it, and only found it when I googled Bill Forsyth, I'd be tempted to watch Gregory's Two Girls, the sequel, to see how out of step it was in 1999, never mind now..
Gregory's Two Girls is a 1999 British film, set in Cumbernauld. It is the sequel to Gregory's Girl (1981), which also starred John Gordon Sinclair and was written and directed by Bill Forsyth.[1] The film received mixed reviews.
Eighteen years after the events of Gregory's Girl, Gregory Underwood (Sinclair) – now a 35-year-old English teacher in his former secondary school – has fantasies about 16-year-old student Frances (McKinnon)