Scotland, PA

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Scotland, PA is a dark comedy film that reimagines Shakespeare’s "Macbeth" in a 1970s Pennsylvania fast-food restaurant setting.

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instanceOf dark comedy film
film
adaptationType modern retelling of Macbeth
antagonistRole police detective
basedOn Macbeth
cinematographyBy W. Mott Hupfel III
countryOfOrigin United States
director Billy Morrissette
distributor Lot 47 Films
editedBy Christopher Tellefsen
filmFormat feature film
filmRuntime approximately 104 minutes
genre black comedy film
crime comedy film
hasCastMember Amy Smart
Andy Dick
Christopher Walken
James LeGros
James Rebhorn
Kevin Corrigan
Maura Tierney
Max Perlich
Megan Cavanagh
Timothy Omundson
Tom Guiry
hasDetectiveCharacter Lieutenant McDuff
hasTheme ambition
guilt
satire of corporate culture
inspiredBy William Shakespeare
musicBy Anton Sanko
narrativeDevice uses Shakespearean plot elements in a contemporary setting
notableElement transposes Macbeth to a 1970s fast-food restaurant setting
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A fast-food restaurant worker and his ambitious wife plot to take over the business, echoing the story of Macbeth.
protagonistName Joe McBeth
protagonistSpouseName Pat McBeth
releaseYear 2001
screenwriter Billy Morrissette
settingLocation Pennsylvania
settingTimePeriod 1970s
titleAlludesTo Scotland

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Maura Tierney notableWork Scotland, PA
Maura Tierney hasActedIn Scotland, PA