Talking of wobbly accents*, last night I went to see a 16mm print of Highlander at a Hamster Hipster pop-up cinema in Hackney.
Great fun – I’m afraid I cracked up at the bit where young Rachael says “Everybody’s dead”, which ranks amongst the worst bits of child acting I’ve ever seen. It set everyone else off too.
Celia Imrie’s girlfriend from hell performance is still one of my favourite bits, especially how angry and disappointed she is when Angus stops the villagers from burning McLeod.
*I’ve always thought that Lambert actually did an ok accent job, all considered. Connery’s accent skillz have always been rubbish, although his approach of not trying (apart from his attempt at an Irish accent in The Longest Day) is infinitely preferable to Michael Caine’s vocal efforts. I really think that Michael Caine thinks he sounds American when he essays a US accent. All the other actors look at their shoes nervously and wonder why he’s doing a bad impression of a Cornish person.
