In the spirit of Bill Forsyth is director Michael Hoffman's 1985
Scottish comedy Restless Natives. Vincent Friell and Joe Mullaney play a pair of young
unemployed Edinburgh men who take to holding up coachloads of tourists in
the Highlands, only to find a vacationing CIA agent (Ned Beatty) on
their tail.
A new restoration of Restless Natives comes to UK blu-ray,
DVD and Digital on March 1st from Studiocanal.
Bonus features include a commentary track with Hoffman, writer Ninian Dunnett and producer Andy Patterson; a 'making of' feature;
a feature on the score by Big Country; trailer; and behind the scenes
stills gallery.
Check out a newly restored clip and the new artwork below.
The official synopsis reads:
Ronnie and Will are two under-employed Scots living on a housing estate in Edinburgh. Bored and tempted by the untapped wealth of the international tourists that swarm through the city, they hatch a wildly irresponsible plan to achieve wealth and notoriety. Donning a wolf and a clown mask and armed with a puffer gun loaded with homemade mace they politely hold up coachloads of tourists travelling through the Highlands for a bit of cash. The duo soon become a hit with the tourists and the public alike, following in the great tradition of fellow folk heroes Robin Hood and Rob Roy. Their exploits make them a bigger tourist attraction than the Loch Ness Monster, much to the annoyance of the inept local police.
