Kidnapped (2005 mini series)
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Kidnapped is a two-part BBC television adaptation of the 1893 novel of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson
. The show is directed by Brendan Maher and stars James Anthony Pearson as Davie Balfour and Iain Glen
as Alan Breck.
Among the plot deviations from novel to movie:
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde....
. The show is directed by Brendan Maher and stars James Anthony Pearson as Davie Balfour and Iain Glen
Iain Glen
Iain Glen is a Scottish film and stage actor.Iain Glen was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and trained at RADA where he won the Bancroft Gold Medal. He was married to Susannah Harker from 1993 to 2004; they have one son, Finlay...
as Alan Breck.
Among the plot deviations from novel to movie:
- The movie added a love interest for Davie in Catriona, the daughter of James of the GlenJames of the GlenJames Stewart, known as James of the Glens, Seamus a’ Ghlinne and James Stewart of Acharn was a Scotsman famous for being wrongfully accused and hanged for being accessory to the killing of Colin Roy Campbell...
. This plot element is from the sequel novel, CatrionaCatriona (novel)Catriona is a novel written in 1893 by Robert Louis Stevenson as a sequel to his earlier novel Kidnapped...
. - In the novel, Breck and James of the Glen were never arrested by the British; but the movie showed James of the Glen being falsely arrested with the threat of being hanged to force Breck to give himself up.
- The movie added the "Long Mile Gang", expert trackers, to track Davie and Breck across Scotland, but the novel only had British troops.
External links
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/kidnapped/ Masterpiece Theater production notes