A Shot at Glory
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 Film poster for A Shot at Glory |
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| Directed by | Michael Corrente |
| Written by | Denis O'Neill |
| Starring | Robert Duvall Ally McCoist Brian Cox Kirsty Mitchell Cole Hauser Michael Keaton Scott G. Anderson Morag Hood Libby Langdon |
| Release date(s) | 2000 |
| Running time | 114 min |
| Country | United States, United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
A Shot at Glory is a film by Michael Corrente produced in 1999 and released in 2001, starring Robert Duvall and the Scottish football player Ally McCoist. It had limited commercial and critical success. The film features the fictional Scottish football club Kilnockie, as they attempt to reach their first Scottish Cup Final. The final game is against Rangers.
The film is loosely based on underdog Raith Rovers' 1994 season and Scottish League Cup win against Celtic.
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[edit] Plot
Robert Duvall plays the club coach, Gordon McLeod. Jackie McQuillan (Ally McCoist) is the team's striker who has recently been signed from Arsenal. McQuillan is a legendary ex-Celtic (ironic given McCoist's iconic stature at Rangers) player as well as the coach's son-in-law, and has a reputation for being a troublesome player. The two men put their personal problems aside as they try to prevent the small fishing town of Kilnockie from losing its club, which is owned by an American (played by Michael Keaton) who wants to move the team to Dublin in Ireland.
[edit] Cast
- Robert Duvall as Gordon McCloud
- Ally McCoist as Jackie McQuillan
- Cole Hauser as Kelsey O'Brian
- Michael Keaton as Peter Cameron
- Brian Cox as Martin Smith
- Kirsty Mitchell as Kate McQuillan
- Bill Murdoch as Desmond
[edit] Location
From its name, the fictional north eastern coastal village of Kilnockie (literally church·small-hill) would be a village around, or near a church on a small hill.
Actual k/nockies in Scotland include:
- Loch Knockie – a small loch alongside Loch Ness
- Gilnockie Tower, Bridge and Castle – in an inland hamlet north of Canonbie
- Portknockie, Banffshire – a small village on the Moray Firth coast in the north east
[edit] Production
Filming took place at several locations across Scotland, including Boghead Park (the former ground of Dumbarton), Dumfries club Queen of the South's Palmerston Park ground, Kilmarnock's Rugby Park ground and Hampden Park. Several extras in the film were then players of Raith Rovers, a club Duvall went to see regularly to learn from John McVeigh, the manager, whom his character was based on.
[edit] Soundtrack
A soundtrack for the film was written by Mark Knopfler.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- A Shot at Glory at the Internet Movie Database
- "A Shot at Glory (review)". HARO. http://www.haro-online.com/movies/shot_at_glory.html. Retrieved 24 November 2006.
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