Robert Burns movie

**bmcdougal** · 23rd March 10, 02:55 PM

So I was looking at IMDB to look up how to spell Gerard Butler's name correctly and I came across something interesting. It appears he is going to star in a movie about Robert Burns. I don't know about anyone else here, but I have liked all of the Gerard Butler movies I have seen. Plus it is a movie about Robert Burns.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1531637/

**Seanmhair** · 23rd March 10, 06:40 PM

Supposed to be out this year and only covers his early years when he did most of his writing, so some feel he may be a little old for the part after all the years of trying to get it going. Also supposed to be real life enough to include a LOT of skin, so should be very interesting.

**McMurdo** · 23rd March 10, 07:22 PM

I have been waiting for this movie for years now, Gerard has put quite a bit of his own time and money in to ensure this movie gets made. I for one think he has earned the right to play Burns.

**Lachlan09** · 24th March 10, 01:29 AM

Which actors have all played Rabbie Burns to date ?

I remember John Cairney played him a lot on Scottish TV back in the '60's.

He was even mentioned by other actors in their shows.

In an episode of Scotch and Wry years ago, Rikki Fulton, in his morose Rev I.M. Jolly persona, was about to give one of his depressing fireside chats. Just before the good Rev took his position, a TV technician was swigging some vodka on the QT and in a panic and hurry, not to be caught out, dumped the remaining contents of his stash into Rev Jolly’s water carafe. As the religious programme started, the Reverend took a glass of water and immediately stared at the carafe ! With no time to ask questions, he started his presentation. He took another glass and started to relax and chuckle at his own words. He also looked off screen and asked “Where do you get your water ? It’s great water !” He drank more and started to get really happy as he talked. He was going to tell the story of some young chap, as reverends do, and he said “There wiz a man – if you pardon the John Cairney !”

Eventually, he’s totally drunk- but Rikki did it so well ! It was a really funny part of Scotch and Wry !

**macwilkin** · 24th March 10, 06:24 AM

Which actors have all played Rabbie Burns to date ?

Christopher Tait:

http://www.robertburnslive.co.uk

T.

**cavscout** · 24th March 10, 06:44 AM

I'd be interested in seeing this flick. Hope it makes it to the screen. I enjoy Burn's playful and mischievous writings.

In spite of what appears to be a very playful and life loving person, I often get the impression that he was really a very sad person. Constantly seeking something to bring fulfillment to his life. All too often seeking it in "one-night-stands" and the "bottom of a bottle". It will be interesting to see how his life is portrayed.

**Lallans** · 24th March 10, 07:04 AM

In one of his travel books, which I read at quite a young and impressionable age, Mark Twain relates how Burns's mother, upon being shown a large memorial statue to her late son, shook her head and said "Och, Robbie, ye asked them for bread and they hae ga'en ye a stone." From that, I always assumed that Burns died from hunger and want after a long life of penury and I'm pretty sure that in the 19th century that formed part of his mystique. The extreme poverty notion seems to have gone away now, I hope correctly.

**dameanniemac** · 26th July 10, 08:30 AM

Hi I am a member of the R.T. Burns Club, at this time, there is no plan for a movie with Gerald Butler playing Robert Burns, even though there is a script and he was keen to play the role. He has become a big star and is a little old to play the part. However we at the R.T. Burns Club are working hard to make this movie a reality. Burns did not die of hunger, he died of heart failure as he had suffered from heart problems since childhood. Burns is certainly one of the most famous, if not the most famous Scots as his immortal words are known the world over, even if people do not realize the the song they sing on New Year's Eve was written by Burns. Burns was a freedom fighter, just read between the lines of some of his works. He stood up for the rights of women and animals. He spoke to the common people and wrote of his beloved Scotland and her lack of freedom. He supported and wrote about both the French and American Revolutions. He was a great inspiration to Presidents Washington and Lincoln and was likened to Thomas Paine. A man's a man for au that, talks about the right of Freedom for Scotland. Check out the R.T. Burns Club www.rtburnsclub.com and you will be enlightened. Best Dame Anne Macpherson, DKJ, Knights Templar, Grand Priory of the Scots

**Jimmy** · 27th July 10, 01:28 AM

I am a great admirer of Burns and I just love the Burns Supper season, its great to recite poetry like Tam O' Shanter or Holy Willie's Prayer.
Was there ever a better poem than Tam O' Shanter?

The only thing that baffles me about Burns is that he was ready to emigrate to the West Indies but changed his mind when his latest volume of poems were released, giving him celebrity status in Edinburgh.
What was he going to do in the West Indies at that time?

**macwilkin** · 27th July 10, 06:00 AM

Originally Posted by Jimmy

I am a great admirer of Burns and I just love the Burns Supper season, its great to recite poetry like Tam O' Shanter or Holy Willie's Prayer.
Was there ever a better poem than Tam O' Shanter?

The only thing that baffles me about Burns is that he was ready to emigrate to the West Indies but changed his mind when his latest volume of poems were released, giving him celebrity status in Edinburgh.
What was he going to do in the West Indies at that time?

He was going to take a position on a sugar plantation in Jamaica, mostly due to the loss of "Highland Mary" and Jean Armour's father's legal proceedings against him.

T.