8.0The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil (1974) is a Drama / Music / Comedy film directed by John Mackenzie, starring John Bett, Dolina MacLennan, David Maclennan.
In their songs, comedy and exuberant music, a travelling theatre company give a fiercely polemic account of Scottish history, from the aftermath of Culloden to the oil boom. Their production before a live audience is intercut with filmed reconstructions of the Highland Clearances and the Victorian obsession with hunting stags.
John Bett, Dolina MacLennan, David Maclennan, Elizabeth MacLennan, Alex Norton, Bill Paterson, Allan Ross, John McGrath
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Find a movie by describing itIn their songs, comedy and exuberant music, a travelling theatre company give a fiercely polemic account of Scottish history, from the aftermath of Culloden to the oil boom. Their production before a live audience is intercut with filmed reconstructions of the Highland Clearances and the Victorian obsession with hunting stags.
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil was released in 1974.
The cast includes John Bett, Dolina MacLennan, David Maclennan, Elizabeth MacLennan.
