Chasing the Deer
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Chasing the Deer (later re-titled Culloden 1746) is a 1994 British war film directed by Graham Holloway and starring Brian Blessed, Lewis Rae, Iain Cuthbertson, Fish and Mathew Zajac. It depicts the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion, in which Bonnie Prince Charlie landed in Scotland, trying to claim the British throne.
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Directed by | Graham Holloway |
Written by | Bob Carruthers Steve Gillham |
Produced by | Bob Carruthers |
Starring | Brian Blessed Lewis Rae Iain Cuthbertson Matthew Zajac Fish |
Cinematography | Alan M. Trow |
Edited by | Patrick Moore |
Music by | Runrig, Fish, John Wetton. |
Production company | Cromwell Productions & Lamancha Productions |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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The title metaphorically alludes to the Jacobites as the quarry in a deer hunt.[1] The phrase "a-chasing the deer" appears in the refrain of the romantic Scottish poem by Robert Burns, My Heart's in the Highlands (1789).