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My Old School

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In 1993, 16-year-old Brandon Lee enrolled at Bearsden Academy, a secondary school in a well-to-do suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. What followed over the next two years would become the stuff of legend.

Release Date : 2022-03-10

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Hopscotch Films

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : My Old School

Cast

Alan Cumming

Character Name : Brandon Lee

Original Name : Alan Cumming

Gender : Male

Clare Grogan

Character Name : Mrs. Ogg (voice)

Original Name : Clare Grogan

Gender : Female

Lulu

Character Name : Mrs. Holmes (voice)

Original Name : Lulu

Gender : Female

Dawn Steele

Character Name : Mrs. Nolan (voice)

Original Name : Dawn Steele

Gender : Female

Joseph McFadden

Character Name : Mr. MacLeod (voice)

Original Name : Joseph McFadden

Gender : Male

Gary Lamont

Character Name : Mr. MacKinnon (voice)

Original Name : Gary Lamont

Gender : Male

Juliet Cadzow

Character Name : Brandon's Gran (voice)

Original Name : Juliet Cadzow

Gender : Female

Michele Gallagher

Character Name : Mrs. Thomson (voice)

Original Name : Michele Gallagher

Gender : Female

Wam Siluka Jr.

Character Name : Stefen (voice)

Original Name : Wam Siluka Jr.

Gender : Male

Natalie McConnon

Character Name : Nicola (voice)

Original Name : Natalie McConnon

Gender : Male

Camilla Kerslake

Character Name : Brandon's Mum (voice)

Original Name : Camilla Kerslake

Gender : Female

Brian O’Sullivan

Character Name : Mr. Gunn (voice)

Original Name : Brian O’Sullivan

Gender : Male

Carly McKinnon

Character Name : Miss MacKichan (voice)

Original Name : Carly McKinnon

Gender : Female

David Tattoo Dave McKinlay

Character Name : Self

Original Name : David Tattoo Dave McKinlay

Gender : Male

Jono McLeod

Character Name : Self

Original Name : Jono McLeod

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-08-29

I will admit to having been brought up a stone's throw from Bearsden (a well-off suburb of Glasgow in Scotland) though some years before this actually took place. The story is all about "Brandon Lee" - portrayed here by Alan Cumming. He rather famously enrolled at a school and passed for a 16 year old pupil, fairly effortlessly, until a series of unfortunate mishaps lead to a rather startling discovery and a tissue of lies and deceit. Aside from a little illuminating actuality at the end, it is largely delivered to us by way of commentaries from the man's contemporaries - now in their forties - describing the fascinating chronology of just what happened. Some of these contributions are superbly pithy. Beware there is plenty of ripe Glasgow vernacular, but it's never gratuitous - indeed, for much of this film it is more emanating from the increasingly incredulous narrative as many of his school mates find out the truth for the first time since 1993. It tries to explain just how incompetent the vetting system at the school was (though the truth being stranger than fiction element of the behaviour of "Lee" probably mitigates that a little) and it works really well. I think my favourite observation has to come from the tattooed "Dave McKinley" who in one short sentence summed up the whole scenario... It certainly helps if you are local, but nonetheless, this is a well constructed, paced and frankly quite fascinating drama documentary that features the actors (and their voices) but sparingly. It's left to his colleagues to provide the narrative, and alongside some engaging animation I found it really quite entertaining.