The Scot Pack: The Further Adventures of the Trainspotters and Their Fellow Travellers

By Brian Pendreigh

Before the advent of Trainspotting, Scotland's international film stars could be summed up in two words - Sean Connery. Then one of the most successful British films of the 1990s turned Ewan McGregor... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1840183101
• ISBN13: 9781840183108
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Mainstream Pub Co Ltd
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Scottish Film Comes into Its Own

Scot Pack is a history of Scottish film, an analysis of the impact of two films--Braveheart and Transpotting--on the Scottish film industry, and biographies of notable Scottish actors from Sean Connery through the Trainspotters (Robert Carlyle, Ewan McGregor et al.) to some lesser known figures. Brian Pendreigh's biographies are interesting and incisive, his history of Scottish film brief but informative. What would make it a five star book is a conclusion. He discusses the interconnections between today's Scottish actors but comes to no conclusions about how this influences their work and Scottish film in general. Nonetheless, this is an interesting and absorbing book which any fan of British, and especially Scottish, film should enjoy.