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{{quote| '''Macleane''': Still swinging both ways, Rochester?<br /> |
{{quote| '''Macleane''': Still swinging both ways, Rochester?<br /> |
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'''Rochester''': Jamie, I swing ''every way''. }} |
'''Rochester''': Jamie, I swing ''every way''. }} |
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* [[Asshole Victim]]: Rooting for the two rather unscrupulous highwaymen -- other than the fact that [[Jerk |
* [[Asshole Victim]]: Rooting for the two rather unscrupulous highwaymen -- other than the fact that [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|they both turn out to be not quite so unscrupulous after all]] -- is certainly made a lot easier by the fact that the people who they steal from are pretty much uniformly complete and utter dickwads. |
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* [[Badass]]: Will Plunkett. |
* [[Badass]]: Will Plunkett. |
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* [[Becoming the Mask]]: Macleane's love of excess and playing the rich boy start to get the better of him. |
* [[Becoming the Mask]]: Macleane's love of excess and playing the rich boy start to get the better of him. |
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* [[Black Comedy]]: Along side the light humoured stuff, there's some pretty grim humour too. |
* [[Black Comedy]]: Along side the light humoured stuff, there's some pretty grim humour too. |
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* [[Dances and Balls]]: A brief but no less elaborate ball is held midway through the movie. |
* [[Dances and Balls]]: A brief but no less elaborate ball is held midway through the movie. |
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* [[Defiant to |
* [[Defiant to the End]]: Despite {{spoiler|the fact Macleane is about to be wrongly sentenced to death for murder}}, he regrets only one thing. And lets the Lords, Ladies and Judge watching know it. |
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{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Macleane'''}}: I am guilty of one thing for which I am heartily sorry. Namely {{spoiler|cheating my friend and fellow highwayman}}. A man who has more nobility of soul, in his little finger, than any of you bloated bastards have in your entire bodies.}} |
{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Macleane'''}}: I am guilty of one thing for which I am heartily sorry. Namely {{spoiler|cheating my friend and fellow highwayman}}. A man who has more nobility of soul, in his little finger, than any of you bloated bastards have in your entire bodies.}} |
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* [[Duel to |
* [[Duel to the Death]]: In the form of 'Pistols at Dawn' {{spoiler|subverted in that neither Chance nor Plunkett die. Chance cheats to avoid death whilst Plunkett is only wounded}}. |
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* [[The Dung Ages]]: The peasantry are shown to live in some pretty flithy and harsh conditions, which is likely accurate for the very poor of the time. In deliberate [[Gorgeous Period Dress|contrast]] to the nobility and filthy rich. |
* [[The Dung Ages]]: The peasantry are shown to live in some pretty flithy and harsh conditions, which is likely accurate for the very poor of the time. In deliberate [[Gorgeous Period Dress|contrast]] to the nobility and filthy rich. |
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* [[Eye Scream]]: Plunkett's dying partner falls victim to this, courtesy of Chance. |
* [[Eye Scream]]: Plunkett's dying partner falls victim to this, courtesy of Chance. |