Stone of Destiny (film)

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Stone of Destiny
Directed by	Charles Martin Smith
Produced by	Andrew Boswell Rob Merilees
Written by	Charles Martin Smith
Starring	Charlie Cox Billy Boyd Robert Carlyle Kate Mara Brenda Fricker
Cinematography	Glen Winter
Editing by	Fredrik Thorsen
Distributed by	Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.
Release date(s)	2008
Country	UK
Language	English
Budget	£6 million
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Stone of Destiny is a 2008 adventure/comedy film directed by Charles Martin Smith. It stars Charlie Cox, Billy Boyd, Robert Carlyle, Kate Mara, Brenda Fricker and Christopher Lee ^[1].

The film tells the story of the theft of the Stone of Scone on Christmas Day, 1950. The stone, supposedly the pillow stone used by Jacob in the Bible and the stone over which Scottish Kings were traditionally crowned at Scone in Perthshire, was stolen by the English King Edward I and placed under the throne at Westminster Abbey.

It was removed from Westminster Abbey and returned to Scotland in a daring nationalist plot. The stone was then symbolically placed at Arbroath Abbey, the site of the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath and an important site in the Scottish nationalist cause.

Other cast members include Peter Mullan, Rab Affleck, Ciaron Kelly, and Stephen McCole. A 2008 release is scheduled for the film.