Peter McDougall
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Peter McDougall is a BAFTA and Prix Italia
award winning television playwright
whose major success was in the 1970s.
McDougall claims to have had very little schooling and to rarely read books, He began his working life at the age of fourteen in the shipyards of Greater Glasgow
and Greenock
with future comedian
and actor
Billy Connolly
. Depressed by the harsh conditions and unfulfilled by the menial work, he left Scotland and moved to London where he worked as a house-painter.
It was while painting Colin Welland
's house that McDougall impressed the actor
and writer
when relating tales of being the drum major in the Orange Walk
as a teenager. He was advised to try writing a television play
about this and the result was Just Another Saturday
, which McDougall wrote in secret and hid even from his first wife, a teacher nearly a decade his senior. Once completed, the script was sent to the BBC Play for Today
team, who were enormously impressed but rejected the play because of the sensitive subject matter. McDougall was however asked to try again, and wrote a more intimate piece Just your Luck
(1972) based on his sister's wedding, again exploring the sectarian divide in its story of a Protestant girl who finds herself pregnant by a Catholic
boy.
The play caused a furore in Scotland, many people appalled by its portrayal of the people's earthiness and prejudice. However, there was much positive praise too, one viewer even going so far as to say it was "the most exciting debut since Look Back in Anger
."
At this point the director John Mackenzie began enquiring after the script of Just Another Saturday
and managed to get the play into production, only to then find the piece banned after the head of the Glasgow
police said that the script would cause "bloodshed on the streets in the making and in the showing". After a year Mackenzie managed to persuade the Head of BBC Television Alasdair Milne
to press ahead with the play, although some scenes were eventually filmed in Edinburgh
to minimise controversy.
The finished film, the script of which was barely changed from the first draft, won massive acclaim on its first transmission in 1975, gained several repeats, and won its author the Prix Italia
. McDougall followed this success up with a short kitchen comedy for BBC2, A Wily Couple (1976), part of the Centre Play series and another Play for Today, The Elephants' Graveyard (1976). During this time McDougall got the opportunity to work with talented and influential producers such as Graeme Macdonald
, who later became overall Head Of Drama at the BBC in the 1980s.
Several other television projects ensued, including an aborted sitcom, until McDougall and Mackenzie collaborated again on their final Play for Today
, Just a Boys' Game
(1979). Starring blues singer Frankie Miller
this was the story of Greenock
razor gangs and specifically of one man's life of alcohol and violence over a twenty-four hour period. His most violent piece, Just A Boy's Game the film was also notable for supporting performances from a then unknown Gregor Fisher
, Ken Hutchison
, comedian
Hector Nicol
and Jean Taylor Smith. Martin Scorsese
has since stated that the bar room brawl scene and it's bleak moody atmosphere made the film the Scottish equivilant of Mean Streets
.
Mackenzie and McDougall's last collaboration was on the STV film A Sense of Freedom
(also 1979), based on the autobiography of Glaswegian gangster Jimmy Boyle, detailing his crimes and subsequent reform.
McDougall's subsequent plays Shoot For The Sun (1986), a bleak BBC drama starring Jimmy Nail
and Brian Cox
about Edinburgh's heroin problem, and Down Where The Buffalo Go
(1988) starring Harvey Keitel
, and Down Among The Big Boys (1993) did not meet with as significant critical acclaim. However he has remained good friends with Harvey Keitel
since, who played the lead in Down Where The Buffalo Go
. Keitel was caught wearing a “Get Me Peter” T-shirt during the filming of Down Where the Buffalo Go in a declaration of disillusionment with the director Ian Knox, and his bond with McDougall.
In 1994, McDougall was caught remarking upon the appointment of BBC's new Head of Drama, future Last King Of Scotland Producer Andrea Calderwood
, that the BBC should never had given the job to a "wee lassie". The two later made up and Andrea was later invited round McDougall's for dinner, with Billy Connolly
and Brian Cox
present.
McDougall was assaulted in Glasgow's West End in 1995, with an assailant brandishing a knife whilst walking home with his son. He was stabbed above the eye and taken to the Western Infirmary, where his wounds required more than 20 stitches.
In 2004 McDougall wrote three short dramas for the stage starring - amongst others - Robbie Coltrane
and Sean Scanlan, which were presented at the Oran Mor in Glasgow as part of the lunchtime theatre event A Play, A Pie and A Pint. He was at this point working on remakes of the Ealing films The Maggie
and Whisky Galore
but spoke out furiously when his proposed casting of Robbie Coltrane
and Robert Carlyle
was passed on in favour of English actors. A company, Whiskey Galore Films was established which included acclaimed Producer Stephen Evans to develop Whisky Galore
.
In October 2007, a DVD boxed set featuring most of McDougall's work, "The Peter McDougall Collection" was released by John Williams Productions. This collection featured three Play for Today
titles: Just Another Saturday
, The Elephant's Graveyard, Just A Boy's Game, and a Screen One drama; Down Among the Big Boys. It also featured a DVD an exclusive documentary Razor Sharp, written and presented by Scottish writer, Simon Farquhar
, exploring the work and life of Peter McDougall, featuring a rare interview with Peter, and Jon Morrison
- star of Just Another Saturday
and The Elephant's Graveyard.
McDougall was finally awarded with a BAFTA in 2008 when he received a lifetime achievement award- for "Outstanding contribution to Scottish broadcasting". A retrospective multiple screening of John Mackenzie and McDougall's collaborations was also shown at the Edinburgh International Festival
in 2009.
McDougall was also one of a number of prominent Scots who attended the 2010 funeral of Trade Union Leader Jimmy Reid
.
As of 2011, McDougall has written a screenplay adaptation of the classic James Hogg Novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
which has garnered interest from long time friends Billy Connolly
and Robbie Coltrane
as well as Kelly Macdonald
. The script is currently being viewed by Robert Pattinson
and would lead to a remarkable comeback if taken into development.
Scottish filmmaker Eleanor Yule
has also made a documentary for the BBC "Late Show" on the work of McDougall.
Peter currently lives in the West End of Glasgow with parter, acclaimed Director and Writer Morag Fullarton and often can be seen hanging around the famous Oran Mor theatre pub in the West of Glasgow.
Prix Italia
The Prix Italia is an international Italian television, radio-broadcasting and Website award. It was established in 1948 by RAI - Radiotelevisione Italiana in Capri...
award winning television playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
whose major success was in the 1970s.
McDougall claims to have had very little schooling and to rarely read books, He began his working life at the age of fourteen in the shipyards of Greater Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
and Greenock
Greenock
Greenock is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council area in United Kingdom, and a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland...
with future comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
Billy Connolly
Billy Connolly
William "Billy" Connolly, Jr., CBE is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor. He is sometimes known, especially in his native Scotland, by the nickname The Big Yin...
. Depressed by the harsh conditions and unfulfilled by the menial work, he left Scotland and moved to London where he worked as a house-painter.
It was while painting Colin Welland
Colin Welland
Colin Welland is a British actor and screenwriter. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his script for Chariots of Fire ,,,....
's house that McDougall impressed the actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
when relating tales of being the drum major in the Orange Walk
Orange walk
Orange walks are a series of parades held annually by members of the Orange Order during the summer in Northern Ireland, to a lesser extent in Scotland, and occasionally in England, the Republic of Ireland, and throughout the Commonwealth...
as a teenager. He was advised to try writing a television play
Television play
From the 1950s until the early 1980s, the television play was a popular television programming genre in the United Kingdom, with a shorter span in the United States. The genre was often associated with the social realist-influenced British drama style known as "kitchen sink realism", which depicted...
about this and the result was Just Another Saturday
Just Another Saturday
Just Another Saturday is a Play For Today about the Orange Walk culture transmitted 7 November 1975 on BBC1. It was directed by John Mackenzie and stars Jon Morrison and Billy Connolly.The film won the Prix Italia for Best Drama.- Synopsis :...
, which McDougall wrote in secret and hid even from his first wife, a teacher nearly a decade his senior. Once completed, the script was sent to the BBC Play for Today
Play for Today
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted...
team, who were enormously impressed but rejected the play because of the sensitive subject matter. McDougall was however asked to try again, and wrote a more intimate piece Just your Luck
Just Your Luck
Just Your Luck is a television drama written by Peter McDougall for the BBC's Play For Today. The programm aired on 4 December 1972.After a fight with her boyfriend Duncan , Alison Hawkins embarks on a one night stand with a seaman called Alec Johnson which results in an unexpected pregnancy...
(1972) based on his sister's wedding, again exploring the sectarian divide in its story of a Protestant girl who finds herself pregnant by a Catholic
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
boy.
The play caused a furore in Scotland, many people appalled by its portrayal of the people's earthiness and prejudice. However, there was much positive praise too, one viewer even going so far as to say it was "the most exciting debut since Look Back in Anger
Look Back in Anger
Look Back in Anger is a John Osborne play—made into films in 1959, 1980, and 1989 -- about a love triangle involving an intelligent but disaffected young man , his upper-middle-class, impassive wife , and her haughty best friend . Cliff, an amiable Welsh lodger, attempts to keep the peace...
."
At this point the director John Mackenzie began enquiring after the script of Just Another Saturday
Just Another Saturday
Just Another Saturday is a Play For Today about the Orange Walk culture transmitted 7 November 1975 on BBC1. It was directed by John Mackenzie and stars Jon Morrison and Billy Connolly.The film won the Prix Italia for Best Drama.- Synopsis :...
and managed to get the play into production, only to then find the piece banned after the head of the Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
police said that the script would cause "bloodshed on the streets in the making and in the showing". After a year Mackenzie managed to persuade the Head of BBC Television Alasdair Milne
Alasdair Milne
Alasdair David Gordon Milne is a former BBC producer who became Controller of BBC Scotland, the BBC's Director of Programmes and then Director-General of the BBC in July 1982. His resignation was forced by the BBC Governors in January 1987, following pressure from the Thatcher government...
to press ahead with the play, although some scenes were eventually filmed in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
to minimise controversy.
The finished film, the script of which was barely changed from the first draft, won massive acclaim on its first transmission in 1975, gained several repeats, and won its author the Prix Italia
Prix Italia
The Prix Italia is an international Italian television, radio-broadcasting and Website award. It was established in 1948 by RAI - Radiotelevisione Italiana in Capri...
. McDougall followed this success up with a short kitchen comedy for BBC2, A Wily Couple (1976), part of the Centre Play series and another Play for Today, The Elephants' Graveyard (1976). During this time McDougall got the opportunity to work with talented and influential producers such as Graeme Macdonald
Graeme MacDonald
Graeme MacDonald was a British television producer and executive....
, who later became overall Head Of Drama at the BBC in the 1980s.
Several other television projects ensued, including an aborted sitcom, until McDougall and Mackenzie collaborated again on their final Play for Today
Play for Today
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted...
, Just a Boys' Game
Just a Boys' Game
Just a Boys' Game is a 1979 Play for Today written by Peter McDougall and directed by John Mackenzie.It features Frankie Miller, Gregor Fisher, Ken Hutchison and Hector Nicol....
(1979). Starring blues singer Frankie Miller
Frankie Miller
Frankie Miller is a Scottish rock singer-songwriter, who had his biggest success in the 1970s. Miller was raised at Colvend Street, Glasgow with his parents, Cathy and Frank, and elder sisters Letty and Anne. Miller attended Sacred Heart Primary school. He was an altar boy in Sacred Heart Chapel...
this was the story of Greenock
Greenock
Greenock is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council area in United Kingdom, and a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland...
razor gangs and specifically of one man's life of alcohol and violence over a twenty-four hour period. His most violent piece, Just A Boy's Game the film was also notable for supporting performances from a then unknown Gregor Fisher
Gregor Fisher
Gregor Fisher is a Scottish comedian and actor.-Early life:Fisher was born in Glasgow and following the death of his parents was brought up in Edinburgh, Langholm and Neilston and attended Barrhead High School...
, Ken Hutchison
Ken Hutchison
Ken Hutchison is a Scottish actor. He may be best-known for his role in the controversial Sam Peckinpah film Straw Dogs. In 1980, he appeared as Brickett in National Pelmet, the Series 2 opener of critically acclaimed drama Minder . He appeared as the lead villain's henchmen in the eighties...
, comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
Hector Nicol
Hector Nicol
Hector Nicol was a Scottish comedian, singer and actor, who was born in Paisley, Scotland.-Acting career:Nicol starred in few shows during his career. His most notable role was that of a dying gangster in the BBC Television series, Just a Boys' Game and also in A Sense of Freedom...
and Jean Taylor Smith. Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
Martin Charles Scorsese is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. In 1990 he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation...
has since stated that the bar room brawl scene and it's bleak moody atmosphere made the film the Scottish equivilant of Mean Streets
Mean Streets
Mean Streets is a 1973 drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Scorsese and Mardik Martin. The film stars Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro. It was released by Warner Bros. on October 2, 1973...
.
Mackenzie and McDougall's last collaboration was on the STV film A Sense of Freedom
A Sense of Freedom
A Sense of Freedom is a 1979 Scottish crime film directed by John Mackenzie for Scottish Television. The film starred David Hayman and featured Hector Nicol & Fulton Mackay, is a based on the autobiography of Glasgow gangster Jimmy Boyle, who was reputed to be Scotland's most violent man...
(also 1979), based on the autobiography of Glaswegian gangster Jimmy Boyle, detailing his crimes and subsequent reform.
McDougall's subsequent plays Shoot For The Sun (1986), a bleak BBC drama starring Jimmy Nail
Jimmy Nail
James Bradford "Jimmy" Nail is an English singer-songwriter, actor, musician, film producer, film score composer and television writer....
and Brian Cox
Brian Cox
Brian Denis Cox, CBE is a Scottish actor. He is known for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he gained recognition for his portrayal of King Lear. He has also appeared in many Hollywood productions playing parts such as Dr. Guggenheim in Rushmore and William Stryker in X2: X-Men...
about Edinburgh's heroin problem, and Down Where The Buffalo Go
Down Where The Buffalo Go
Down Where The Buffalo Go is a 1988 film made for television by BBC Scotland. It stars Harvey Keitel. It was written by Peter McDougall and directed by Ian Knox.-Synopsis:...
(1988) starring Harvey Keitel
Harvey Keitel
Harvey Keitel is an American actor. Some of his most notable starring roles were in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets and Taxi Driver, Ridley Scott's The Duellists and Thelma and Louise, Ettore Scola's That Night in Varennes, Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, Jane Campion's The...
, and Down Among The Big Boys (1993) did not meet with as significant critical acclaim. However he has remained good friends with Harvey Keitel
Harvey Keitel
Harvey Keitel is an American actor. Some of his most notable starring roles were in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets and Taxi Driver, Ridley Scott's The Duellists and Thelma and Louise, Ettore Scola's That Night in Varennes, Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, Jane Campion's The...
since, who played the lead in Down Where The Buffalo Go
Down Where The Buffalo Go
Down Where The Buffalo Go is a 1988 film made for television by BBC Scotland. It stars Harvey Keitel. It was written by Peter McDougall and directed by Ian Knox.-Synopsis:...
. Keitel was caught wearing a “Get Me Peter” T-shirt during the filming of Down Where the Buffalo Go in a declaration of disillusionment with the director Ian Knox, and his bond with McDougall.
In 1994, McDougall was caught remarking upon the appointment of BBC's new Head of Drama, future Last King Of Scotland Producer Andrea Calderwood
Andrea Calderwood
Andrea Calderwood is a British film and television producer. She won a British Academy of Film and Television Award for Best British Film for her work on The Last King of Scotland. She produced the HBO television mini-series Generation Kill....
, that the BBC should never had given the job to a "wee lassie". The two later made up and Andrea was later invited round McDougall's for dinner, with Billy Connolly
Billy Connolly
William "Billy" Connolly, Jr., CBE is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor. He is sometimes known, especially in his native Scotland, by the nickname The Big Yin...
and Brian Cox
Brian Cox
Brian Denis Cox, CBE is a Scottish actor. He is known for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he gained recognition for his portrayal of King Lear. He has also appeared in many Hollywood productions playing parts such as Dr. Guggenheim in Rushmore and William Stryker in X2: X-Men...
present.
McDougall was assaulted in Glasgow's West End in 1995, with an assailant brandishing a knife whilst walking home with his son. He was stabbed above the eye and taken to the Western Infirmary, where his wounds required more than 20 stitches.
In 2004 McDougall wrote three short dramas for the stage starring - amongst others - Robbie Coltrane
Robbie Coltrane
Robbie Coltrane, OBE is a Scottish actor, comedian and author. He is known both for his role as Dr...
and Sean Scanlan, which were presented at the Oran Mor in Glasgow as part of the lunchtime theatre event A Play, A Pie and A Pint. He was at this point working on remakes of the Ealing films The Maggie
The Maggie
The Maggie is a 1954 British comedy film. Directed by Alexander Mackendrick and written by William Rose, it is a story of a clash of cultures between a hard-driving American businessman and a wily Scottish captain.It was produced by Ealing Studios, at a time when rural Scotland was seen as a...
and Whisky Galore
Whisky Galore! (film)
Whisky Galore! was a 1949 Ealing comedy film based on the novel of the same name by Compton MacKenzie. Both the movie and the novel are based on the real-life 1941 shipwreck of the S.S. Politician near the island of Eriskay and the unauthorized taking of its cargo of whisky...
but spoke out furiously when his proposed casting of Robbie Coltrane
Robbie Coltrane
Robbie Coltrane, OBE is a Scottish actor, comedian and author. He is known both for his role as Dr...
and Robert Carlyle
Robert Carlyle
Robert Carlyle, OBE is a Scottish film and television actor. He is known for a variety of roles including those in Trainspotting, Hamish Macbeth, The Full Monty, The World Is Not Enough, Angela's Ashes, The 51st State, and 28 Weeks Later...
was passed on in favour of English actors. A company, Whiskey Galore Films was established which included acclaimed Producer Stephen Evans to develop Whisky Galore
Whisky Galore! (film)
Whisky Galore! was a 1949 Ealing comedy film based on the novel of the same name by Compton MacKenzie. Both the movie and the novel are based on the real-life 1941 shipwreck of the S.S. Politician near the island of Eriskay and the unauthorized taking of its cargo of whisky...
.
In October 2007, a DVD boxed set featuring most of McDougall's work, "The Peter McDougall Collection" was released by John Williams Productions. This collection featured three Play for Today
Play for Today
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted...
titles: Just Another Saturday
Just Another Saturday
Just Another Saturday is a Play For Today about the Orange Walk culture transmitted 7 November 1975 on BBC1. It was directed by John Mackenzie and stars Jon Morrison and Billy Connolly.The film won the Prix Italia for Best Drama.- Synopsis :...
, The Elephant's Graveyard, Just A Boy's Game, and a Screen One drama; Down Among the Big Boys. It also featured a DVD an exclusive documentary Razor Sharp, written and presented by Scottish writer, Simon Farquhar
Simon Farquhar
Simon Farquhar is a Scottish playwright.During his time at the University of Aberdeen he was an active writer and performer in the university's drama group, Centre Stage. His early one-act plays were staged at the Aberdeen Arts Centre, until a radio script set in Cullen, Candy Floss Kisses, was...
, exploring the work and life of Peter McDougall, featuring a rare interview with Peter, and Jon Morrison
Jon Morrison
For the 19th-century baseball player, see Jon Morrison .Jon Morrison is a Scottish actor who has appeared in many plays, films and series since the early 1970s including The Bill, Bergerac and Taggart...
- star of Just Another Saturday
Just Another Saturday
Just Another Saturday is a Play For Today about the Orange Walk culture transmitted 7 November 1975 on BBC1. It was directed by John Mackenzie and stars Jon Morrison and Billy Connolly.The film won the Prix Italia for Best Drama.- Synopsis :...
and The Elephant's Graveyard.
McDougall was finally awarded with a BAFTA in 2008 when he received a lifetime achievement award- for "Outstanding contribution to Scottish broadcasting". A retrospective multiple screening of John Mackenzie and McDougall's collaborations was also shown at the Edinburgh International Festival
Edinburgh International Festival
The Edinburgh International Festival is a festival of performing arts that takes place in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, over three weeks from around the middle of August. By invitation from the Festival Director, the International Festival brings top class performers of music , theatre, opera...
in 2009.
McDougall was also one of a number of prominent Scots who attended the 2010 funeral of Trade Union Leader Jimmy Reid
Jimmy Reid
James "Jimmy" Reid was a Scottish trade union activist, orator, politician, and journalist born in Govan, Glasgow. His role as spokesman and one of the leaders in the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Work-in between June 1971 and October 1972 attracted international recognition...
.
As of 2011, McDougall has written a screenplay adaptation of the classic James Hogg Novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, is a novel that was written by the Scottish author James Hogg and published anonymously in...
which has garnered interest from long time friends Billy Connolly
Billy Connolly
William "Billy" Connolly, Jr., CBE is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor. He is sometimes known, especially in his native Scotland, by the nickname The Big Yin...
and Robbie Coltrane
Robbie Coltrane
Robbie Coltrane, OBE is a Scottish actor, comedian and author. He is known both for his role as Dr...
as well as Kelly Macdonald
Kelly Macdonald
Kelly Macdonald is a Scottish actress, known for her role in the independent film Trainspotting and mainstream releases such as Nanny McPhee, Gosford Park, Intermission, No Country for Old Men and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2...
. The script is currently being viewed by Robert Pattinson
Robert Pattinson
Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson is an English actor, model, musician, and producer. Born and raised in London, Pattinson started out his career by playing the role of Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire...
and would lead to a remarkable comeback if taken into development.
Scottish filmmaker Eleanor Yule
Eleanor Yule
Eleanor Yule is an award-winning Scottish film director, best known for her feature film Blinded and her television documentaries with Michael Palin. She also directed Ghost Stories for Christmas a TV mini-series with Christopher Lee for BBC2....
has also made a documentary for the BBC "Late Show" on the work of McDougall.
Peter currently lives in the West End of Glasgow with parter, acclaimed Director and Writer Morag Fullarton and often can be seen hanging around the famous Oran Mor theatre pub in the West of Glasgow.