The executioners cut off his clothes, take hot irons from a fire box. MAGISTRATE Wonderful, isn’t it, that a man remains conscious through such pain. Hamish and Stephen feel it in their own bodies. ![]() They crowd grows quiet enough to hear the groaning of Wallace’s limbs. ![]() Goaded by the crowd, they pull the ropes taut. The executioners slam Wallace onto his back on the table, spread his arms and legs, and tie each to a crank. Wallace struggles all the way to his feet. The Magistrate assumes a formal posture and offers the cloak. With great effort, Wallace rises to his knees. MAGISTRATE Pleasant, yes? Rise to your knees, kiss the royal emblem on my cloak, and you will feel no more. ![]() Wallace slams to the platform the Magistrate leans to him. The Magistrate watches coldly even when the executioner gives him a look that says they’re about to go too far, he prolongs the moment then the Magistrate nods and the executioner cuts the rope. In the SCORE, AMAZING GRACE, wailed on bagpipes, carries through all that happens now… Ties hand and foot, Wallace is strangling. Here is an excerpt of Wallace’s very last moments of life, as scripted by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Randall Wallace: For an actor, there is nothing better than a great death scene - and in the annals of notable dying scenes in the last few decades, the execution of William Wallace (Mel Gibson) in Braveheart (1995) is one of the most memorable ones.
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