Rob Roy - Legend of the Mist/ROBROY.iso/mac/Rob Roy Manual (Text)

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Rob Roy Manual


INTRODUCTION TO A LEGEND
“Rob Roy:  Legend of the Mist” is an interactive tour through the “real” and
“reel” worlds of Robert Roy MacGregor.  Soar over the Scottish Highlands to
see the lochs and lands where MacGregor and his clans once roamed.  Then,
with a click of the mouse, you’ll drop down to one of eight landing sites for
an in-depth look at “Rob Roy”, the United Artists film starring Liam Neeson
and Jessica Lange.

The program begins with an opening screen displaying the “Rob Roy” and
Aces Entertainment logos.  Click on the mouse to immediately begin your
flight (or just wait, and it will start automatically).  During your flight over
the Highlands, you will pass through several clouds of mist.  In the mist a
montage of film clips or still images will pass by you.  Clicking the mouse
during one of these image montages will take you to one of eight landing
sites.  The sites and their corresponding images are, in order of
appearance:  History, Prehistory, Movies, Clans, Interviews, People, Photos,
and The Script and Intro to Rob Roy.

History - Lithographs
Read about Scotland’s rich history and find out why Rob Roy plays such an
important part in it.

Prehistory - Rock Symbols and Deer
Learn about the early cultures that may have been ancestors to Clan
MacGregor.

Movies - Movie Clips
Watch film clips taken from the blockbuster film as well as sequences that
show what went on behind-the-scenes.

Clans - Plaids and Patterns
Search through over 100 family crests, plaids and mottos, from Agnew to
Weir.

Interviews - People Talking On Camera
Talk with the stars and crew of the film.

People (biographies) - Headshots
Read biographies of the actors and technicians who worked together on
location in Scotland.

Photos - Cast Photographs
Access hundreds of photographs taken from the film and on the set in
Scotland.

The Script and Intro to Rob Roy - Two Spinning Books
Read still more about Scotland’s greatest hero from both the work of Sir
Walter Scott and the complete “Rob Roy” script by screenwriter Alan
Sharp.

PROGRAM NAVIGATION
This guide gives easy-to-follow descriptions of the navigational tools you’ll
use to fly over the Highlands in "Rob Roy:  Legend of the Mist".  It also
describes the program's many different features.

NAVIGATION TOOLS

START / STOP / BYPASS THE FLIGHT SEQUENCE
Click the mouse once to freeze moving scenery for a still look at the
landscape.

Click again to resume your flight, or click on the Map icon (see Traveling
On Foot, below) to go directly to any landing site.

Once you pass through all eight collages, the flight will repeat.

TRAVELING ON FOOT
You can also go immediately to any of the landing sites without flying.
Click on the map icon, located in the lower right hand corner of the flying
screen.  This brings up a lithograph displaying each of the eight landing
sites.  From here you can access any individual site by clicking on it.  Click
in the center of the Map screen to resume flying.

GETTING THE MAP INSTANTLY
The map is always available, yet it is hidden from view.   You may also
click once in the upper right hand corner of any screen to activate it.

LEAVING THE LAND OF THE MIST (EXITING THE PROGRAM)
Rob Roy went over a rocky waterfall and up against an army led by the
hired sword Cunningham before he finally reached his beloved Mary
MacGregor.  You’ll have it much easier.  To return home at any time, use
the standard quit methods for your computer:
For the Macintosh type:  command Q, command ., or esc.
For the PC* type:  control q, control ., or esc.

*PC USERS:  BE SURE TO CLICK ONCE TO STOP ANY QUICKTIME MOVIES (THE
AERIALS, MOVIES OR INTERVIEW) BEFORE EXITING THE PROGRAM.

GETTING BACK UP IN THE AIR
You can return to the Highland aerial tour at anytime.  All landing sites
(except for the flight sequence itself) display the flight icon in the lower
right hand corner of the screen.  Click on it to resume flying where you left
off.  (Note:  If a QuickTime movie is playing, you must click once to stop the
movie and then make your selection.)

CHAPTER NAVIGATION

CURSOR CONTROL
After you descend and the mist clears, you’ll use directional arrows to
move around and select the features of each landing site.

The RIGHT and LEFT arrows move you laterally through all the material at
a site. (Note:  these arrows do not move you between levels.)

Right Arrow.  Click on the Right Arrow to move forward through a
selection of photos or historical information.  At the Photos site, you can
“bookmark” (see Bookmark and Play, below) and view photos that you
pre-select individually.

Left Arrow.  Click on the left arrow to move backward through material.

If you click enough times in either the left or right direction, you’ll move
through all the materials and end up back where you started.

Back Arrow.  Click on the Back Arrow to move back a level.  When at the
first screen of a particular landing site, clicking on this arrow will move
you back to the Map, where you can select another site to explore.

Stopping a film clip or slide show:  While a film clip or slide show is
playing, the cursor changes to a STOP sign.  Click once to stop the film or
slide show.  This must be done before you can click on another button or
icon.


BOOKMARK and SLIDE SHOW (PHOTOS site only)
Bookmark and play icons allow you to mark stills and play them back as a
Slide Show before you quit the session.

When you view a photograph, click on the BOOKMARK icon.  A red
bookmark will appear in the icon, tagging this photo for a Slide Show you
can run later. The program remembers marked screens will be
remembered until you quit the program.

Click on the SLIDE SHOW icon to play back the photographs in the order
that you marked them.

In the SLIDE SHOW mode, the cursor becomes a stop cursor.  Click once to
stop the slide show.   Click on the SLIDE SHOW icon to restart the Slide
Show.

SHIELD “LINK” INDICATOR
The shield linking icon indicates that related material on the same subject
is also available.  For example, after reading about the Cunningham’s
Craigrostan raid in the script, click on the shield to see how the scene
looked in the film.

After viewing linked material, you’ll be taken back to where you started.
The shield will appear in red, indicating that you have already followed
that particular link.

Shield links are available, where applicable, throughout “Rob Roy:  Legend
of the Mist”.

PREFERENCES
The Preferences icon appears on the first and second screens at each site.
Click on the Preferences icon to adjust volume, change the Slide Show
speed, toggle the music, set the program for low/high performance
computer and change the size of the movie video window.

VOLUME - The Volume slide bar controls the volume of the
background music and audio during a film or video.

(Volume shortcut:  You can also change the volume by pressing
numeric keys 0 through 7 on your keyboard from any screen, at any
time, except during a film segment.  Pressing 0 turns the sound off.
Any number turns the sound back on.  The loudest volume setting is
7.)

SLIDE SHOW SPEED
The Slide Show bar controls the duration of time a single still is
displayed during a slide show when you play back bookmarked stills.
The increments on the slide bar represent seconds between 1 and 15,
depending upon the capability of your computer.

MUSIC ON/OFF -- The Music ON/OFF box  toggles the music on and
off.  A box with an “x” indicated that the music is on.  An empty box
indicated that no music will play.

HI/LOW PERFORMANCE
Select Hi or Low Performance to allow the program to run optimally
on your computer.  If you have a low-end Mac or a PC with an 8-bit
sound card, select Low Performance.

1X / 2X VIDEO WINDOW SIZE INDICATOR
The Video Window Size Indicator appears at the main screen where
any movies play.  It is also available here on the preferences screen..

The icon reflects what you see.  To expand the size of the video
window, click on the icon to change it from 1X to 2X.

To reduce the size of the video window (especially if you have a
slower computer) click it again to change the icon from 2X to 1X.

Click on the DONE icon to exit the Preferences screen.

TO EXIT ANY AREA (except  PREFERENCES)
Click on the back arrow, the flight icon (lower screen right) or the hidden
map area (upper screen right).

VOLUME CONTROL DURING MOVIES AND INTERVIEWS
In addition to the control on the Preferences screen, you can adjust the
volume while a film is playing.  Simply click on the + or - icons until the
audio is where you want it.

THE CLANS AWAIT...

HISTORY
In the words of star Liam Neeson, “Rob Roy” is no “Hollywood invention.”
Visit the History site to learn about him and his homeland.    You’ll quickly
find out what an important figure Rob Roy is in Scotland’s rich history.
Robert Roy MacGregor (circa 1671-1734)  really went up against an
English aristocrat named Montrose, much like his alter ego Neeson does in
the film.

Along with the life of Rob Roy, the History site contains information on
everything from the brutal Highland Clearances of 1762 to the Loch Ness
Monster.

The History section is divided into Places, Events, Monarchs, Famous Scots,
Scottish Mysteries and of course Rob Roy.

Further information is available under Monarchs.  Many of the names
listed for each royal family are printed in brown lettering.  Click on the
names of each person for a detailed biography.

PREHISTORY
Millions of years before Rob Roy or the United Artists film crew set foot in
Scotland, the Highlands were a frozen, barren mass of ice.  Visit the
Prehistory site to learn the theories about the ancient societies that may
have been MacGregor's early ancestors.

There is information on the land itself and where it was situated during
the last ice age.

Speculation about early religions and maternalistic societies is also
available to read.

The neighboring countries of Ireland and Scotland share a common history.
Rob Roy's future home seems to have been the site of much migration,
particularly to the Picts and the Scottis.  Find out how the Pict and Scotti
cultures joined forces to evict the invasive Romans on the island that
would eventually become Scotland.

MOVIES
Many exciting scenes are available that show footage from both “Rob Roy”
the movie and of the movie making process itself.  Visit the Movie site to
view any of these.

To view a scene from the finished film, click on From The Film.  A series of
titles will appear on the right.  Click a title to view a scene.

To view footage taken behind-the scenes, click on Behind The Scenes.  A
series of titles will appear on the right.  Click a title to view a scene.

During any movie sequence, the cursor changes to a Stop icon.  Click during
a film to stop it.  You can also adjust the volume while a film is playing.
Simply click on the + or - icons until the audio is where you want it.

CLANS
Does your family "plaid" date back trace back to Clan MacGregor?  Visit the
Clans site to find out.

Information on over 100 Scottish families is listed here.  Click on a name,
and the program will display the plaid, motto (some in Gaelic and Latin)
and crest for that family.

The possibility for many interesting side trips exists here.  Make not of the
names that are mentioned in the history section.  You can also keep in
mind the based-on-a-true story characters from the Script, Movies or
Photos sites.

Later, come back here to Clans and find their plaids, mottos and crests.

INTERVIEWS
Many of the actors and crew members of “Rob Roy” were interviewed
while the film was shot on location in Scotland.  Visit the interview site to
play reporter yourself.  Liam Neeson, a born and bred Irishman, felt “Rob
Roy” was special because he and much of the crew are from that corner of
the world.  Here you can ask him why.

To interview anyone, click on a name and a series of questions will appear
on the right.  Click on any of these questions, in any order, and watch your
subject answer them.

PEOPLE AND CREDITS
The high-caliber acting talents of stars like Liam Neeson and two-time
Oscar winner Jessica Lange collaborated with some equally powerful talent
working behind the camera.  Visit the People and Credits sections to see
photos of these people and read about the other work they’ve done.

Read about the other screen work of Liam Neeson and Jessica Lange, as
well as that of many "Rob Roy" costars like Tim Roth (Cunningham) and
Brian McCardie (Alasdair.)

The complete movie credits are also available, listed as they appeared in
the film.

PHOTOS
Hundreds of photos are available at the click of the mouse.  Visit the
Photos site to see images taken directly from the film as well as photos
that document the film as it was being created.

There are five categories:  Places, Characters, Behind the Scenes, Objects
and Specials.

Search for photos by subject.  After you “bookmark” a few of them, view
the set as a Slide Show in the order your marked them.

For a running Slide Show of an entire category, select "All" and click on the
Bookmark icon.

INTRO TO ROB ROY AND SCRIPT
The myth of Rob Roy is the stuff of fascinating reading.  Visit the Intro to
Rob Roy and Script site and explore the myth-building process.

The Intro to Rob Roy is an abridged version of the original text written by
Sir Walter Scott in 1829.  Even then, the historical basis for Scotland's
greatest hero was hard to separate from the growing myth around him.  As
in any story that is passed from one storyteller to another, the details
change.  Some information completely reverses.

Compare the story by Scott with the contemporary script by Alan Sharp.
In Scott's allegedly authentic version, MacDonald, MacGregor's trusted
assistant, stole the money loaned by Montrose.  In Sharp's script,
MacDonald is killed by Archibald Cunningham.  A gentleman by the name
of Henry Cunningham, in Scott's account, was humiliated at a duel by Rob
Roy's decidedly unsportsmanlike conduct.

All of this contradiction simply adds to the myth and powerful tale
surrounding Rob Roy.

The Script itself is also "linked" to the scenes as they appeared in the
movie (look for the shield icons throughout).  To control pacing and length
of a movie's scenes, many lines of dialogue end up on the cutting room
floor.  The script and its movie links allow you to compare what was
written to what ended up in the finished film.

"ABOUT" EACH SITE
Further information "about" each site is available within the program itself.
At the main screen for each landing site, click on the name of the site (for
example, click directly on the People heading on the People site.)  Some
interesting trivia is buried within the program at these "about" sub-sites.
The History about file includes an 18th Century Highlander glossary; the
Movie about file lists some filmmaking terms, and the Script about file
gives a short discussion on the "Mc" vs "Mac" spelling of our hero's last
name.


Enjoy your visit to Scotland and Rob Roy.  One old Scottish proverb
describes how the Highlanders never said “Goodbye”, but instead wished
their visitors a quick return visit. “Haste ye back!”  Is it a fitting way to
urge you to return to the romance of the heroic time of Rob Roy, and the
detailed look at the man and his country through “Rob Roy:  Legend of the
Mist.”  With that in mind, their old saying comes to mind:

“Haste Ye Back!”

AN INTERESTING SIDE TRIP:  THE HIGHLANDER MENU
What follows next are some examples of the cuisine that Rob Roy and Clan
MacGregor subsisted on, some 200 or so years ago.  This recollection comes
from George Schembri, the cook who headed up Location Caterers, when he
fed the cast and crew of “Rob Roy” in the Scottish Highlands in the summer
of 1994:

Movies on location,  like armies in the field, move on their stomachs.
United Artists' "Rob Roy", starring Liam Neeson and Jessica Lange, filmed
entirely on location in Scotland over 13 weeks.  From late July until mid-
October, the 200-member unit feasted on a wide variety of Highland
specialties, from Haggis to Hotch Potch.

London-based Location Caterers provided a varied menu in the most
inaccessible locations, always offering a choice between a meat, fish or
vegetarian main course.  Maltese-born chef George Schembri took pride in
mastering the local cuisine and the folklore surrounding it. His own
experience dictated stews when filming on the tops of mountains because
liquids stay hotter than solids.  He would not vouch, however, the wisdom
that “the higher you go the sweeter the venison.”

Schembri has an eclectic background over 25 years, including stints at
Hilton and Sheridan hotels, El Al inflight catering and the last eight
catering for demanding film crews.  He even brought high altitude skills to
"Rob Roy" in the Highlands.  For "Cliffhanger", he fed a unit of 340 with
barbecues and woks.

Typical fare in Scotland would run from pepper steaks and poached
salmon with vegetarian pasta pesto.  Vegetables would include French fries
and boiled new potatoes, broccoli, peas and mushrooms.  For dessert, there
would be a choice of apple crumble and custard.  Another day would
feature roast lamb, scampi provencale and spinach cannelloni as the main
courses.

Atypical fare would be the local exotica.  Schembri offers the following
recipes, reduced from his normal requirement of feeding hundreds to a
dinner for eight.






HAGGIS

Homemade haggis is as indulgent as bottling your own water, but if you
want a true taste of Scotland, nothing is as typical-and exotic, especially to
Americans who generally regard “offal” as “awful”.  Not true, but you might
want to describe this meal to guests as a Highland hotdog.

There's no getting around the ingredients:

•    Stomach bag, heart, liver and offal of a sheep
•    2 large, peeled onions
•    2 cups oatmeal
•    11/2 cups suet
•    salt and pepper to taste

Wash the stomach thoroughly, turn it inside out and scald it.  You then
should scar the surface with a sharp knife.  Next, soak the bag in cold salt
water overnight.  Also wash well the heart, liver and offal.  Boil these in
salt water and simmer for an hour and a half.  Drain and mince.  Mix with
other ingredients.  Now stuff the results into the inside-out stomach bag.
Fill it only half-way since the oatmeal will expand during cooking.  Sew
ends together.  Place the haggis in covered pan of water and cook for three
hours.  It is important to add water so that the bag is always covered.

January 25th is Burns' Nicht and celebrated by Scots and their descendants
around the world.  Like our turkey at Thanksgiving, Haggis  is the center
piece of these culinary celebrations and is expressed by air from the home
country to outposts in the U.S., Canada, New  Zealand and Australia.  It
travels well, but homemade is still best!

HOTCH POTCH

This is the kind of broth that winter was invented for.  It is light, but
spreads a warmth right to the toes.  It is amazingly straight forward; the
only requirement for excellence is have the freshest possible vegetables.
It is really worth the effort to shop on the day.

•    2 lbs chopped neck of lamb
•    1 1/2 cups of shelled peas
•    2 peeled/chopped carrots
•    1 average lettuce
•    2/3 cup broad beans
•    4 large chopped spring onions
•    1 lb. peeled/chopped turnip
•    1 medium cauliflower
•    10 cups of water
•    1 tblspn chopped parsley

Bring water to a boil and place trimmed meat in it, skimming frequently.
Add beans, onions, carrots, turnips and simmer for an hour.  At same time,
shred lettuce and break cauliflower into buds.  After the hour is up, place
the cauliflower and lettuce into the brew and simmer for another half
hour.  Stir in parsley and a dash of salt.

Don't be surprised if guests express a desire to remove their shoe and
socks.



STOVIES

This is a reputation builder, simple but effective.

•    1 cup of cold, diced lamb
•    3 lbs peeled and finely sliced potatoes
•    1 tblspn dripping
•    2 large sliced onions
•    water, salt and pepper to taste.

Melt the dripping in a large frying pan and then add a layer of the sliced
potatoes, followed by a layer of meat and then of onions.  Add enough
water to cover and then repeat the layerings until exhausted.  Cover and
cook over a medium flame for 30 minutes or when potatoes are tender and
all the water has been absorbed.




SCOTCH COLLOPS

•    2 lbs chopped lean beef
•    2 tblspn tomato catsup
•    2 medium sliced onions
•    1 pint beef stock
•    2 tblspn oatmeal
•    1 oz dripping or butter

Brown onions in melted butter.  Add beef and fry.  Stir in catsup, stock and
oatmeal.  Simmer for 45 minutes.  Serve with mashed potatoes.  Scottish
cooking takes into account Scottish weather.  They say each helping is like
another layer of clothing. wear it well.  The "Rob Roy" crew did and they
survived terrible weather to make a fine "broth" of a
movie.