Boab Meets God

The Acid House
Short story based on a novel by Irvine Welsh

[@hoobool]

Rest in peace Maurice Roeves. Great actor

[@scudger99]

"Ah'm away tae mah kip. Some fuckin day this" Slays me every time. I don't think anyone else could have played God like Maurice. Absolutely nailed what Welsh was portraying. My favourite Irvine Welsh scene ever, with a God you'll never see the likes of again.

[@trefwoordpunk2225]

God is dead!!

[@SerjianTuuuski5]

​@@trefwoordpunk2225nah he just didn't give a fuck

[@wildheart1973]

Rip maurice, played this scene superbly 👏

[@peterwood8729]

This is exactly how I imagine God would be.

[@narutofan4545]

He is like this

[@Tiabliaj1989]

That's cus you've nae imagination! :P

[@M4RT1N82]

this is the best part in the Acid House!

[@alexanderherter1485]

No

[@mrnice7570]

Absolutely, it's Irvine Welsh's apex dialogue in ALL his books

[@alexanderherter1485]

@@mrnice7570 nr2 is the best !

[@trefwoordpunk2225]

It’s one of the best parts of Scottish film history!!!

[@Justdisco2]

Stephen McCole as Boab and Maurice Roeves as God, truly great scene, and part of Irvine welsh's acid house,

[@darrenwood3984]

The books are amazing,glue and porno must read in my opinion lol

[@trefwoordpunk2225]

@@darrenwood3984porno was brilliant…but I wasn’t keen on the Nikki character. Glad she got ripped out for the film. But the film was so far away it might aswell have been a different story altogether. This director (Paul McGuigan) would have been better suited to it…

[@gerrymillar46]

god would be drinking guinness

[@MrGustySpence]

Too right he would... protestant porter and all 😉

[@auldscouse]

@@MrGustySpenceGod doesn't trust the proddies after dark la 😉

[@sgtcaco]

Always watch this every few years, such great acting.

[@gazlike2580]

You had the power Boab

[@Naturalmedicineprescription]

forever known as the Boab Coyle moment

[@danielmarshall4587]

Again thanks for the post, I re-visit this to put me back into the right frame of mind.

[@cleofaspingarron]

Some fucking day this!

[@spacecobra3101]

most underrated films

[@lepreconvict3606]

Great film. This is my favourite scene. I sometimes recite all the lines to this scene in the shower or when I'm drunk with me mates (not in the shower).

[@grantmchugh9367]

Hahaha same

[@Andrew-mi7bt]

Lol

[@button71]

RIP God and Maurice.

[@BigFrogg]

They should remake this film with a higher budget! It could have been as big as trainspotting, had amazing ideas and dialogue

[@spacecobra3101]

TheChowie it's great the way it is! don't need anyone else n noone else coule pull it off

[@frostyrobot7689]

@@spacecobra3101 I agree. It's basically a stage play that's been filmed.

[@ralphcifaretto1]

Yeah but the last story is absolutely diabolical. So bad

[@trefwoordpunk2225]

I wish they hadn’t made the final movie (acid house) such a comedy but the bad baby and spud (who can only play spud) doing the voice….) cheapens the whole thing…grantin star and especially a soft touch are just fucking dynamite and could not be bettered, this is exactly how something like this should be filmed.

[@g.s.1722]

@@trefwoordpunk2225na disagree, all 3 stories are equally as good as each other. The chavvy baby is hilarious as is seeing a young Martin clunes shagging his wife while being goaded on by it. Also like the fact that coco references the rezerection at the start which was Scotland’s only big organised rave. Never heard that in any film or show before

[@Chkhitoooo]

Just rewatched it on Blu-Ray. Great movie.

[@techtinkerin]

Absolutely legendary 😂

[@krejer14]

wow I remember to buy this on vhs on my way to rehab as a teen in sweden......before I even heard of trainspotting. This oused 90s

[@Zootallure]

"Eh you're fuckin claimed radge"

[@johnknox4737]

Amazing scene man. Best bit is 4:21 - 4:57 haha RIP God

[@Systemoze]

help me, I cant understand what God says after "you see and you hear me as you imagine me" i'm from Perú

[@drexlspivey5828]

@@Systemoze "Now you're fucking claimed radge" In this case it translates as "You are mine now you idiotic person" God is telling Boab he's going to ruin him

[@simonsweeney9932]

@@Systemoze "now you're claimed radge!" Simply means you are mine to do with what I see necessary. Godly words indeed! 👍

[@Systemoze]

@@simonsweeney9932 thank u sir

[@danielmarshall4587]

LOVE this scene, thank you for posting it.

[@ilianatansov4080]

best movie ever

[@Naturalmedicineprescription]

what a class scene & god acted by a genius

[@BluDevil93]

Maurice Roeves = me when I’m a geriatric (although he needs glasses).😂

[@batphink2655]

That's some brilliant acting right there and yes I'm a Christian for some reason and I ask heavy questions as a human being.

[@uuilson]

That's cause you have nae imagination!

[@Kelly14UK]

Hacks. Making a pig of Himself. Ah'm away hame tae mah KIP! Total class for Roeves.

[@johnwilliamknox7156]

I can't wait to meet God!

[@ToniSkit]

this is the prelude to metamorphosis

[@donning]

Thanks mate. You remember a thing called 'Looking After Jojo' at all? It was about an Edinburgh smack dealer - never been repeated as far as I know.

[@jammiiee]

I have Looking After Jojo on VHS lol it's on KZbin as well. I remember watching the 4 parts when they aired on a Sunday night on BBC 1, I was only about 8 or 9 at the time.

[@jameshope8599]

You get on dvd if you look hsrd enough for it

[@Bighandsdown]

1:46 is absolutely class

[@dolapoviceroy]

fav film scene of all time

[@AsohoVidaho]

how truly. after I saw this I am really afraid to facing god and listen him " you just did´t bothered use your power".

[@PaulieD1984]

This one scene made me believe in god

[@Justdisco2]

the bar they are sitting in, was called the TAP, which was in Granton (North Edinburgh) i say was, because it was knocked down 11 years ago.

[@andym28]

Was it related to the tap o Lauriston?

[@Justdisco2]

@@andym28 Nope! It was owned by a couple Jim and Eileen Docherty and it was their one and only place.

[@jakelarkin2990]

I always thought it was The Gunner in Muirhouse

[@jai-771]

Argosy bar cardonald is the bar in this movie

[@Justdisco2]

@@jai-771 I was there when they were filming pal.

[@willgillies5670]

RIP Maurice Roeves.

[@joannaedssay5988]

EXCELLENT!!!! I LOVE THE ACID HOUSE

[@daidando8903]

A few year later boab coyle plays billy the kid father in rise of the footsoldier

[@cuggyboysmith81]

20 fuckin Regal on the table

[@alexmichael7792]

God: "ah jis dinnae gie a fuck"

[@neonlight4778]

just incase anyone wondered, there's plenty of hints in the movie that this is infact the devil pretending to be God

[@Systemoze]

Bs God is trying to help him

[@VB-3]

Oh it’s God alright. He’s just in no mood which is vastly scarier than the devil.

[@stnicholas54]

I remember watching a programme many years ago about a Scots guy who rings his G/F from a call box. She dumps him over the phone and he starts calling her a c**t. Is this the programme ?

[@PaulieD1984]

Aye. This is the scene after.

[@stnicholas54]

@@PaulieD1984 And then he turns into a fly? Or was that someone else ? The call box scene cracked me up laughing. Hahahahahaha

[@PaulieD1984]

@@stnicholas54 spot on mate he gets transformed into a fly after meeting god and uses his power god gave him

[@scottsound4711]

u got it :)

[@scudger99]

@@stnicholas54 That's the one. It's called the Granton Star Cause, part of the Acid House. When God meets Boab is magnificent. I'll guarantee God has never been portrayed like this in any film before. Or been told "you're a fuckin toss" over a pint.

[@cheesyfeet1976]

i remember jojo. robert carlyle played him. was set in they flats in sighthill that are being brought down just now. its not been repeated, and its not on dvd either. searched everywhere.

[@MrDJWido]

love this bit of tha movie its word4word tha exact same as it is in tha book =)

[@Justdisco2]

@onolex76 Thats because youre not from Scotland, Every Scot knew every word that was being said, I thought it was brilliant, a bit of movie trivia for you, the pub they were sitting in was called the TAP, it's no longer there, It got pulled down about ten years ago and used to be in the district of Granton near the harbour.

[@Systemoze]

Boab should have been more humble after God told him "you see and you hear me as you imagine me"

[@russelledwards001]

Brrr... She was tidy!

[@freddyjenkins5061]

Not the shite.

[@randalflagg9086]

Freddy Jenkins Ya ken what this means Boab Coyle" "No the Shite Dor I canny eat ya shite" "it's what we both want Boany" "Shit in my mouth Dor Shit in my moooth" Brilliant short movie along with the soft touch :-D

[@spirrows7500]

*good question Boab good question*

[@jasonmackintosh6075]

God bless ❤

[@donning]

That's the one fella. Cheers - knew I hadn't dreamed it. Don't know Sighthill but I'll take your word for it. Have been to Leith and West Granton though.

[@user-bk9fk2tq2z]

I love God.

[@donning]

Yeah mate, that's what we were saying - Kevin McKidd. Top film.

[@bearelease]

wise.

[@Justdisco2]

Fucking great, Used that term imore so in the eighties, If it's said right, it really works, Fucking love the term. Edinburgh rules.

[@ThePENNY1999]

How did i get here, I watched the whole thing anyway!! HAHA!

[@markpurdie7608]

Brilliant

[@user-nd8vl7uy5x]

This is basically me

[@tightropetomg]

One of the best movies ever made :)

[@Wubslin]

Ah'm away hame... Some fuckin day, this

[@donning]

Well alright 'know whit a mean pal?' That better?

[@PLANETCAMDEN]

watched this yesterday...

[@user-kt1sy5td3x]

懐かしい👍

[@donning]

Edinburgh / Fife thing...eh? In Glasgow it seems to be more 'ye ken whit a mean pal?' Good film but I prefer there book like. Good channel there by the way Malky.

[@jai9306]

Argosy pub bar, hillington, glasgow.

[@Justdisco2]

Actually it filmed at the Granton tap public house in the north side of Edinburgh in late 1997.

[@jai-771]

Would you like to bet me on this?

[@AlexHerter-zm7ey]

Best👍

[@theadventuresofoldmort1746]

Damage! 😂😂👍

[@Hetalziendoog]

great movie!!!!

[@rippyrip1625]

gods from glasgow thought so lol

[@trip2themoon]

Ye coodnay huv God as a chooker now cood ye?

[@ShadSimm]

Moe Roeves was a mackem brought up in Scotland. But Young Young McGurn wiz fae Govaaaaaaaan.......

[@DouglasCarrick]

this clip is great!

[@donning]

That's it, then he gets back with her after all of that shite. Seem to remember Kevin McKidd plays the soft arse guy in the film but I could be wrong there.

[@michelbrp]

This is Lucifer.

[@TweekHavingaBadDay]

Some fucking do this!

[@stevemcniel5513]

im in the team. yee haa.

[@jamesshaw2626]

No chance he has a wee brother called James shaw

[@simonsweeney9932]

I'm sure in the book he's a sevco fan tae 🤣

[@cousinleigh1470]

Does god sniff lines??

[@mattcoily6281]

He isn't god .. he's just the Scottish conscience. It's the psychology behind how to change one into a better person. It takes turning into fly.

[@mcsilentsun]

excelent!!!

[@mattcoily6281]

The collective human conscience that was our good our bad at our best at our worst.. not a god just the collective of our joy and suffering. The way we would feel in our life's. That energy had to go some where ...

[@scudger99]

That wisnae the collective of our joy and suffering that was knockin back yon pint or smoking them fags. That wis God !

[@johnbarry1965]

I would become a devout Satanist if when meeting God i find he was Scottish and looked like Maurice Roeves!!!!

[@papist77]

@40ChampagneSupernova just kiddin

[@Raydensheraj]

Just how i imagine the Christian God to be aka the Un-intelligent designer...

[@papist77]

@40ChampagneSupernova really

[@donning]

That's from 'A Soft Touch' if I recall correctly?

[@xtpm234]

song at the start?

[@user-lb9bg4cu5j]

Wild Kingdom. " a stupid thing" by paul quin, i think

[@xtpm234]

@@user-lb9bg4cu5j cheers mate

[@mattcoily6281]

The Scottish conscience.. how we try to right our wrongs change our lives punish ourselves for when we lose ourselves. To sit lament and regret but never able to change. Untill were made to.. Like being turned into a fly... made to change made to accept guilt as sin. Christianity was wasted on us. .

[@gonzalorivera3313]

song name?

[@pettyyeti]

paul quinn and the independent group-stupid thing.

[@baregrills5621]

cheers manwas looking for years !!!

[@pettyyeti]

Great tune likes.

[@baregrills5621]

Forgot the name and still can't find it after typing in every single lyric

[@baregrills5621]

7 years ago big man found it and lost it again

[@genaroesparragoza]

mala idea carnalito en querer aprender ingles con este video, hablan un ingles ojete.

[@VoidedBeing]

Q: Is not God the all-doer? M: Why do you bring in an outer doer? The world recreates itself out of itself. It is an endless process, the transitory begetting the transitory. It is your ego that makes you think that there must be a doer. You create a God to your own image, however dismal the image. Through the film of your mind you project a world and also a God to give it cause and purpose. It is all imagination - step out of it. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

[@scudger99]

Whit the fuck's aw this pish ? You a fucking buftie or summat ?

[@ToniSkit]

@M4RT1N82 coco BRYCE!!!!

[@papist77]

English subtitles please

[@hanson666999]

Brilliant