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The Scottish people (Scots: Scots Fowk, Scottish Gaelic: Albannaich), or Scots, are a nation and socially defined ethnic group resident in Scotland. Historically, they emerged from an amalgamation of two groups—the Picts and Gaels—who founded the Kingdom of Scotland (or Alba) in the 9th century, and thought to have been ethnolinguistically Celts. Later, the neighbouring Cumbrian Britons, who also spoke a Celtic language, as well as Germanic-speaking Anglo-Saxons and Norse, were incorporated into the Scottish nation.
In modern use, "Scottish people" or "Scots" is used to refer to anyone whose linguistic, cultural, family ancestral or genetic origins are from within Scotland. The Latin word Scotti originally referred to the Gaels but came to describe all inhabitants of Scotland. Though sometimes considered archaic or pejorative, the term Scotch has also been used for the Scottish people, though this usage is current primarily outside Scotland.
There are people of Scottish descent in many countries other than Scotland. Emigration, influenced by factors such as the Highland and Lowland Clearances, Scottish participation in the British Empire, and latterly industrial decline and unemployment, resulted in Scottish people being found throughout the world. Large populations of Scottish people settled the new-world lands of North and South America, Australia and New Zealand. There is a Scottish presence at a particularly high level in Canada, which has the highest level per-capita of Scots descendants in the world and second largest population of descended Scots ancestry after the United States. They took with them their Scottish languages and culture.
Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian. Starting as a stand-up comedian in San Francisco and Los Angeles in the mid-1970s, he is credited with leading San Francisco's comedy renaissance. After rising to fame as Mork in the sitcom Mork & Mindy (1978–82), he went on to establish a career in both stand-up comedy and feature film acting. He was known for his improvisational skills.
After his film debut in the musical comedy Popeye (1980), he starred or co-starred in widely acclaimed films, including the comedy-drama The World According to Garp (1982), war comedy Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), dramas Dead Poets Society (1989) and Awakenings (1990), comedy-drama The Fisher King (1991), the animated musical-fantasy Aladdin (1992), drama Good Will Hunting (1997), and psychological thriller One Hour Photo (2002), as well as financial successes such as the fantasy adventure film Hook (1991), comedy Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), fantasy adventure Jumanji (1995), comedy The Birdcage (1996), and the Night at the Museum trilogy.
Actors: Patrick Godfrey (actor), Mark Heap (actor), Russell Tovey (actor), Daniel-Konrad Cooper (actor), Daniel-Konrad Cooper (producer), Kate Coggins (editor), Siobhan Hewlett (actress), Nick Ashdon (producer), Nick Ashdon (actor), Oliver Chris (actor), Olivia Hallinan (actress), Cecile Van Dijk (costume designer), Jarred Christmas (actor), Dylan Charles (actor), Tim Steed (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Adam Hocherman (actor), Adam Hocherman (actor), Lauren Auricchio (editor), Lauren Auricchio (producer), Lauren Auricchio (writer), Lauren Auricchio (director), Lucy York (actress), Lucy York (actress), Jenni Halina (composer), Cecil Baldwin (actor), Cecil Baldwin (actor), Kevin Tallent (actor), Kevin Tallent (actor), Mandiraa Nevatia (miscellaneous crew), Helen Auricchio (costume designer),
Plot: Through a streaming of inner consciousness, Grace paints the world of stories that have echoed through human history for centuries, revealing to her brother Gabriel who she feels she truly is and what that will mean to the fate of the world. We follow her on her quest through the expressions of a Greenwich Village artist to reveal the identity of the Blue Woman in her visions--a coming Goddess said to be the savior of mankind. Inspired by Lord Alfred Tennyson's poem of the Arthurian Legend 'The Lady of Shalot.'
Genres: Drama, History, Mystery, Short,Actors: Mary Shellogg (miscellaneous crew), Henry Polic II (actor), Henry Polic II (actor), Evan Arnold (actor), Tom Sheppard (actor), Tom Sheppard (director), Tom Sheppard (producer), Cato (composer), Russell Harnden III (editor), Tom Beyer (actor), Enci (actress), Jed Spingarn (writer), Jed Spingarn (actor), William Martin Brennan (actor), Rick Batalla (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: B. Scott O'Malley (producer), B. Scott O'Malley (producer), B. Scott O'Malley (director), B. Scott O'Malley (writer), B. Scott O'Malley (composer), B. Scott O'Malley (editor), Frank Kowal III (actor), Steven Darancette (producer), Steven A. Kowal (actor), Steven Darancette (writer), Brad Rockhold (actor), Rob Cunningham (actor), John Rausch (actor), Steve Franklin (actor), Wendie Newcomb (actress),
Plot: The end is here. Civilization has collapsed. Technology has been forgotten, and History is Hearsay. Slangman is the smartest man in the known world. Together with the mute, spear-wielding Scotsman known as Atlatl and the beautiful yet dim actress, Femme, he must find The Source, a legendary oracle of ancient technology. But the evil archaeologist Dr. Obvious conspires with the sinister mutant bounty hunter Malathion Man to reach The Source first.
Keywords: future, independent-film, post-apocalypse, post-nuclearActors: Alexei Sayle (actor), Alun Armstrong (actor), Alexei Sayle (writer), Jon Plowman (producer), Simon Brint (composer), Peter Baikie (actor), Richard Ridings (actor), Nabil Shaban (actor), Joe Melia (actor), Annie Kocur (editor), Siobhan Redmond (actress), Victor McGuire (actor), Charlie Caine (actor), Steve Wright (actor), David Nellist (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Christopher Fairbank (actor), Paul Maxwell (actor), Stephen Greif (actor), James Bree (actor), Monica Howe (costume designer), Rosalind Ayres (actress), Gabrielle Daye (actress), Joseph Brady (actor), Stan Hey (writer), Leszek Burzynski (director), Margaret Dickinson (editor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Lee Kohlmar (actor), Russell Hicks (actor), King Baggot (actor), Milton Kibbee (actor), Lew Harvey (actor), Harry C. Bradley (actor), Eddy Chandler (actor), William Bailey (actor), John Berkes (actor), Al Hill (actor), Edgar Dearing (actor), Henry Armetta (actor), Harry Depp (actor), Douglass Dumbrille (actor), Ethan Laidlaw (actor),
Plot: The Phelps Department Store is about to be sold by its new part owner, Tommy Rogers with the permission of Martha Phelps, the dowager co-owner. The current manager doesn't want this as the irregularities in the books will show up. When an attempt is made on Tommy's life, Martha enlists the worst private eye in the world to protect him, Wolf J. Flywheel.
Keywords: attempted-murder, auto-repossession, bicycle, cello, conservatory, crazy-humor, dance-number, department-store, elevator, elevator-shaftActors: Wilson Benge (actor), Billy Bletcher (actor), Barlowe Borland (actor), James C. Morton (actor), William H. O'Brien (actor), Al Thompson (actor), Symona Boniface (actress), Grace Goodall (actress), Jules White (producer), Del Lord (director), James Sweeney (editor), Nat Carr (actor), Alec Craig (actor), Larry Fine (actor), Billy Gilbert (actor),
Plot: The stooges are running the local drugstore and mix up a potion that a desperate businessman decides to sell as scotch. The stooges impersonate Scotsmen at party to fool the prospective buyer. Their usual antics disrupt the party, ending when a barrel of their "scotch" explodes and floods the whole house.
Keywords: bagpipes, banana, circular-saw, eating-a-flower, erlenmeyer-flask, falling-through-the-floor, foam, graduated-cylinder, grape, laboratoryActors: Belle Mitchell (actress), Thomas J. Crizer (editor), Wallace Howe (actor), Bud Jamison (actor), Hal Roach (director), Stan Laurel (actor), Gus Leonard (actor), James Parrott (actor), Hal Roach (producer), Noah Young (actor), Dorothea Wolbert (actress), Marie Mosquini (actress), Dan Albert (actor), William Petterson (actor), Harry Clifton (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,