Probably not. But let's give it a shot:
#1- Who does Roddy McDowell play? His name is credited, but who was he in the movie?
#2- What year is this supposed to take place? 1927? It looks too old to be the 1930s, and I actually thought it was like 1919 until I saw the guy whose biography this was based on was born in 1917.
#3- Did anyone have trouble understanding some of the dialogue because of the brogue?
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1) There was no Roddy McDowell listed, although there was a Roddy MacDonald who played Rollo.
2) According to the plot synopsis: "Memoir of the lives of a family growing up on a post World War I British estate..." I assumed it was the 1920s.
2) Nope, I love the Scottish accent & had no problems understanding it.
Malcolm McDowell? British actor who played Uncle Morris.
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Malcolm McDowell played Colin Ferrell's brother. The man who married the French woman. Rodney McDowell was in movies like Lassie.
It was set in 1927. Remember the "hairy Man" that only the boy saw. He was found drowned at the end of the movie and was said to be someone's brother shell shocked from WWI shell shock=combat fatigue=PTSD. Apparently he lived in the woods hiding from people.
I don't know everything. Neither does anyone else
Not Colin "Ferrell's brother" but Colin "Firth's brother-in-law" ;)
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#1- Malcolm McDowell plays Uncle Morris while Roddy McDonald plays Rollo (I don't even remember Rollo, so it's a pretty insignificant role).
#2- The opening where Fraser appears as an infant saved from falling off the roof takes place in 1920. The story then jumps ahead ten years later to 1930 wherein the bulk of the film occurs. This is supported by Fraser listening to "On the Sunny Side of the Street" by Louis Armstrong on record at the climax (a gift from Heloise), which was first released in 1930.
#3- Absolutely. I advise using the subtitles for anyone not up on that particular British dialect.