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'Stone of Destiny' to close Toronto film festival (Big News Network.com)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:00:30 GMT

... of their heritage right under the noses of the English police.The film features Robert Carlyle, Billy Boyd, Brenda Fricker, Charlie Cox and Kate Mara.``We're thrilled to have `Stone of Destiny' close this year's festival,'' said film festival co-director Cameron Bailey. ``This is a movie that wills you over with its charm, its sense of mischief and its pure Scottishness,'' he said.The...

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Scottish heist flick to bring curtain down on Toronto film fest (CBC.ca)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:10:07 GMT

... co-director Cameron Bailey said in announcing the choice.The film, starring Robert Carlyle, Billy Boyd and Brenda Fricker, is based on the true story of a group of Glasgow University students who, on Christmas Eve 1950, attempted to retrieve the ancient coronation stone and cultural artifact from London and return it to Scotland.The festival's official closing night gala, set for...

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What Holiday-makers from the UK like to do in Scotland (Scotbytes Weblog)

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:49:55 GMT

I found an interesting survey today which was held by VisitScotland and Hollywood star Billy Boyd. People from the UK were asked to give their top 10 things to see and do in Scotland to find out what people chose as their perfect day in Scotland. Those surveyed were given a list of 108,000 possible activities in Scotland, which is a huge list to choose from. The results are interesting...

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Lord of the rings star Billy Boyd happy to be promoting glens of his homeland (News Scotsman)

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:19:04 GMT

... activities in Scotland, published last week by the tourist board, VisitScotland, who enlisted Boyd to help showcase the results.Boyd is nothing if not game for anything: when we last spoke, in April, he had been all but thrown into touch by some hefty rugby players as part of his charity role as an ambassador for the Princess Royal Trust for Carers , he has practiced martial arts...

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Survey reveals that dolphin watching is top Scottish holiday (The Herald )

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:05:11 GMT

... list, paddling with a porpoise is listed among the activities that people from Yorkshire prefer.Billy Boyd, who starred in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, launched the results of the survey today.A keen surfer who travels to beaches around the country, he was happy to promote the diversity of activities on offer around the country.He said: "The results of the survey demonstrate that...

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Celebrity Interviews: Exclusive: I'm happier making music than being a Hollywood star, says Billy Boyd (The Daily Record)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT

THE Lord of the Rings trilogy made Billy Boyd a worldwide star and he could have had his pick of Hollywood roles - but the Glaswegian is concentrating on his band's debut album instead.

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Edinburgh Film Festival Monday 23 June 2008 (1) - Stone Of Destiny (Eine Kleine Nichtmusik)

noreply@blogger.com (Rob) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:47:00 GMT

My first visit to the film festival this year was with wife and son, to see the new dramatised documentary Stone of Destiny about the theft of the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey by Scottish Nationalists in 1950. Starring Charlie Cox, Billy Boyd and Robert Carlyle, the film gives a somewhat rose-tinted (or tartan-tinted) view of a daring adventure which has been the subject of TV...

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Actors enjoy date with destiny (Edinburgh Evening News)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Robert Carlyle, Kate Mara and Billy Boyd attended the premiere at Cineworld in Fountainpark on Saturday, as part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. They were joined by Sir Sean Connery, the festival's patron.The film tells the story of the four young nationalists who decided to return the stone to its rightful home. It is based on the memoirs of Mr Hamilton, who led the plot.The...

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Stars tread red carpet for premiere (Daily Express)

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:47:00 GMT

The film, directed by Charles Martin Smith, tells the story of the theft of the Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey in 1950.Its stars Robert Carlyle, Billy Boyd and Kate Mara were in Edinburgh for the premiere.Sir Sean Connery was also there along with fellow Scottish Hollywood star Tilda Swinton at the city's Cineworld.The origins of the stone have been lost to history, but it is...

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Bid to show Stone of Destiny film in Holyrood thrown out (News Scotsman)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

But Scottish Parliament bosses vetoed the proposal by Culture Minister Linda Fabiani on the grounds the movie had "political overtones".The film – which stars Robert Carlyle, Billy Boyd and Peter Mullan – tells the story of the daring theft of thADVERTISEMENTe stone from Westminster Abbey in 1950 by four young nationalists. It is due to have its world premiere at the Edinburgh International...

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A reluctant star whose destiny lies close to home... for now (The Herald )

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:53:32 GMT

Billy Boyd tells James Mottram why he’s delighted to be starring in Stone of Destiny – and no, it’s not just because he can walk to work.

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Life and Arts: The Glitz Fest (News Scotsman)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:20:18 GMT

... of Stone of Destiny. She joins Connery and Brian Cox, with the film's stars, Robert Carlyle, Billy Boyd, and Charlie Cox, for the screening and celebratory dinner. For several years the festival's managing director, Ginnie Atkinson, has been trying to tell reporters that film festivals aren't about the celebrity count. "This is a world premiere and there was a confluence of events...

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Life and Arts: The Glitz Fest (Scotsman.com)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:08:55 GMT

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Salmond: 'Stone of Destiny is fake' (News Scotsman)

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:37:23 GMT

... still remains undiscovered.Salmond's intervention comes as a £6m film starring Robert Carlyle and Billy Boyd, which chronicles the retrieval of the stone from Westminster Abbey in 1950, is about to hit cinema screens around the world.There have been suggestions that a copy of the stone was made during the daring episode, which was led by a group of students, including Ian Hamilton,...

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Festival to screen Stone of Scone movie (News Scotsman)

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The film, Stone of Destiny, starring Robert Carlyle, Billy Boyd and Peter Mullan, will also get a UK-wide release later this year.Ahead of its screening, it was announced that Odeon Sky Filmworks had picked up the UK rights for the film. It is planned to release the film, by director Charles Martin Smith, in the autumn. Stone of Destiny is a comedy drama based on the true tale of how...

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Music review: Misterstourworm and the Kelpie's Gift (Scotsman.com)

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

... Orchestra of Scottish Opera with conductor Derek Clark; lively narration by Lord of the Rings star Billy Boyd – who was cheered to the rafters by the children – and stunning projected illustrations by Martin McKenna. Stevenson's musical language is simple but beautifully crafted, as she spins a magical sound world of grisly deep-voiced monsters and tinkling fairies in a dramatic,...

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No myth. . Billy Boyd's in the barn (Edinburgh Evening News)

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The barn at the Skateraw Foundation, near Dunbar, played host to the Orchestra of the Scottish Opera Production of Misterstourworm and the Kelpie's Gift, which featured Hollywood sensation Billy Boyd as narrator.The project, played out last night in front of 400 school children, featured the story of the monster as long as Scotland, whose humps created the west coast islands when he died.Boyd,...

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Folk, jazz, etc: A kelpie's gift takes children on new musical adventures (Scotsman.com)

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:29:07 GMT

... the CD, the tale of a young hero vanquishing a sea monster will be narrated by the Glasgow actor Billy Boyd – no stranger to epic yarns, given his Lord of the Rings movie credentials.The CD also features a non-narrated suite of the music, as well as three orchestral settings of songs by Les Barker, commissioned from Stevenson by the National Youth Choir of Scotland. "Having it recorded...

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Film on Stone of Destiny heist 'will end UK' (The Guardian)

Sat, 24 May 2008 23:03:06 GMT

The film - starring Charlie Cox, Billy Boyd and Robert Carlyle - will be shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival next month, with Sir Sean Connery expected to attend, and is due to be distributed across the UK later in the year. 'The producer told me that anyone who sees this film will leave the cinema a Scottish nationalist,' Hamilton said with relish. 'I am just so delighted...

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Cooledonia Revisited (Martin Kelly)

Thu, 22 May 2008 18:15:00 GMT

... Among those who had put their names to a letter to the first minister were Bill Patterson, Billy Boyd and Alan Cumming." Now, perhaps I'm a little different from many other conservatives in thinking that arts training should be publicly funded, if only because the arts are the public expression of our common culture; the drama we produce is a mirror of ourselves. Those who work in...

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