
Stone of Destiny(2008)
Tells of the daring heist of The Stone of Destiny in the 1950s by a charming group of idealistic Scottish undergraduates, whose action rekindled Scottish nationalistic pride.


“There's got to be more to life than committing suicide.”
Ronnie, Wal, Andy and Vic are four bored, unemployed teens in dreary, rainy Glasgow. Ronnie comes up with a great idea. He has noticed that stainless steel sinks are worth a lot of money and comes up with a complicated scheme: to steal sinks from a warehouse dressed as girls and using a stop-motion-potion.

Robert Buchanan
Ronnie

Billy Greenlees
Wal
John Hughes
Vic
John Gordon Sinclair
Andy
Drew Burns
Pete
Eddie Burt
Eddie the Driver
Derek Millar
Bobby
Eric Joseph
The Wee Man

Douglas Sannachan
Simmy

Alan Love
Alec
That Sinking Feeling is a comedy, drama, crime film released in 1980 exploring themes of scotland, glasgow, scotland, heist, disguise, unemployment, caper comedy. Directed by Bill Forsyth, it stars Robert Buchanan, Billy Greenlees, John Hughes. Ronnie, Wal, Andy and Vic are four bored, unemployed teens in dreary, rainy Glasgow. Ronnie comes up with a great idea. He has noticed that stainless steel sinks are worth a lot of money and comes up with a complicated scheme: to steal sinks from a warehouse dressed as girls and using a stop-motion-potion.
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