Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles
Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles
| 27 October 1993 (USA)
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In the autumn of 1773, the English writer Samuel Johnson visits the Hebrides, or Western Isles, off the North-West coast of Scotland. With him are his friend, the Scotsman James Boswell, and his black servant Francis Barber. Staying with a series of hosts, including elderly Jacobite heroine Flora McDonald, Johnson and Boswell encounter traditional Scottish hospitality at first-hand, all the time arguing about politics (and in Boswell's case losing his head over every pretty woman he meets). Meanwhile, Francis and another black servant they encounter provide evidence of the new consciousness emerging in Britain's soon-to-be-independent American colonies.

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Peereddi

I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

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WillSushyMedia

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

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Humbersi

The first must-see film of the year.

Joanna Mccarty

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

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