‘Make Do and Mend’: Crafting a Scottish Underdog in 'The Flying Scotsman' (2006)
'The Flying Scotsman' (2006) charts the exploits of Graeme Obree, who won the World Cycling Championship in 1993 on his homemade ‘Old Faithful’ bicycle. It was the first biopic to focus exclusively on Scottish sporting achievement and this article asks how does that Scottishness interact w...
Main Author: | Matthew Robinson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2018-11-01
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Series: | Open Screens |
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Online Access: | https://openscreensjournal.com/articles/7 |
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