Scotland, PA (2001)
Genres: Comedy
Cast: Maura Tierney, James LeGros, Christopher Walken
Scotland, PA is a 2001 film directed and written by Billy Morrissette. It is a modernized version of William Shakespeare's Macbeth. The film stars James LeGros, Maura Tierney, and Christopher Walken. Shakespeare's tragedy, originally set in Dunsinane Castle in 11th century Scotland, is reworked into a dark comedy set in 1975, centered on "Duncan's Cafe", a fast-food restaurant in the small town of Scotland, Pennsylvania. The setting of Pennsylvania coincides with two real towns, Scotland, southwest of Harrisburg on the outskirts of Chambersburg, Edinboro, just south of Erie, after Scotland's Edinburgh. The film was shot in Halifax, Nova Scotia.