In the film, does it ever identify, in dialogue or maybe in a sign or anything, that the place is Lindisfarne (or Holy Island, same thing)? And if so when?? Or does the location remain anonymous? I'd be interested to know what people think -- thank you.
shareYes it is Lindisfarne in NE England just off the Northumberland coast between Berwick and Newcastle.
The flooding causeway is a part of the location...I know because on the one occasion we were there the water was rising and my wife panicked and wouldn't let us cross it!!
The 'house' was an ancient one but was recommissioned by Lutyens at the start of the 20th century for a wealthy industrialist. He designed and installed a number of changes and fittings into the structure.
You would need to find a web source to obtain more detail.
Sorry, yes, I know it's Lindisfarne, and thanks for the link. I didn't make my question clear. What I meant to ask was whether the dialogue of the film itself makes this clear, or whether from the point of view of the film viewer the island is left anonymous. Having got the DVD and watched it I now know that it is indeed identified within the film, albeit slightly wrongly, as "Lindisfarne Island" and the castle is called - and this IS fiction - "Rob Roy". Also, the film version of the island seems to have only the castle on it - no village, priory etc. More exciting that way! Thanks again.
shareWith all the talk about 'Walter', 'this is where he wrote', 'these are the quills he wrote with' and the 'Rob Roy' name it also seems to be (fictionally) implying that it is the location where Walter Scott wrote Rob Roy and that that was the attraction for Pleasance's character. I know that Scott wrote a poem about Lindisfarne and the castle (or, at least, refers to it in a poem) but I don't think that he actually lived and wrote there. Still, it's a nice fiction for the film.
shareHave a look at:
http://www.fact-index.com/l/li/lindisfarne.html
In the film the castle is called "Rob Roy", but then the location is correctly given as Lindisfarne, Northumberland.
Yes. When the American calls the telephone operator he gives the address. The telephone number is Lindesfarne-11. I visited Lindesfarne in the early 1970s but for some reason (old age) cannot remember the castle.
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