Stout
Hold onto the ball, Murray!
I'll give you the blurb on the box first, as it's succinct:
"Burgers, fries...and a side of mayhem. Welcome to McBeths, where fast food and ambition make up a daily special filled with murder and mystery, 70's style."
Okay, so it sounds like some corny, hokey B rated movie, with only silliness to save it, right? Oh, but wait...
Scotland PA is based upon Shakespeare's classic tragedy MacBeth (at this point I must pause, spin around three times, curse and spit). Instead of King Duncan, we have a Mr. Duncan, Mac's boss (who, of course, used to have donut shops), who seems to snag all of Mac's good ideas. When Mr. Duncan decides to open a burger joint with a drive-thru window, which was Mac's idea, and make his son manager instead of Mac, Mac's scheming, ambitious wife drives him to murder.
This movie has it all. It's twisted, crazy, has a funky guy nicknamed Banko, Christopher Walken as a vegetarian detective named Macduff, death by french fry cooker, Andy Dick as one of the Weird Sisters, and a real location (yes, folks, there IS a Scotland, PA...down I-81, just north of Maryland).
No, Scotland, PA doesn't follow Macbeth (pause, spin around three times, curse and spit) all the way, but no movie of a Shakespearean work ever does, and this one isn't meant to. It's meant to be a creepy, dark and wild spoof of the play, and it succeeds. I give it
"Burgers, fries...and a side of mayhem. Welcome to McBeths, where fast food and ambition make up a daily special filled with murder and mystery, 70's style."
Okay, so it sounds like some corny, hokey B rated movie, with only silliness to save it, right? Oh, but wait...
Scotland PA is based upon Shakespeare's classic tragedy MacBeth (at this point I must pause, spin around three times, curse and spit). Instead of King Duncan, we have a Mr. Duncan, Mac's boss (who, of course, used to have donut shops), who seems to snag all of Mac's good ideas. When Mr. Duncan decides to open a burger joint with a drive-thru window, which was Mac's idea, and make his son manager instead of Mac, Mac's scheming, ambitious wife drives him to murder.
This movie has it all. It's twisted, crazy, has a funky guy nicknamed Banko, Christopher Walken as a vegetarian detective named Macduff, death by french fry cooker, Andy Dick as one of the Weird Sisters, and a real location (yes, folks, there IS a Scotland, PA...down I-81, just north of Maryland).
No, Scotland, PA doesn't follow Macbeth (pause, spin around three times, curse and spit) all the way, but no movie of a Shakespearean work ever does, and this one isn't meant to. It's meant to be a creepy, dark and wild spoof of the play, and it succeeds. I give it
