A frieghter runs aground near todday, and its cargo consists of 50,000 cases of whisky. As macroon, the film s narrator and the islands widowed postmaster, gregor fisher leads a cast thats illserved by. I first watched this picture in 1949 as a twelve year old, and never forgot it. The film premiered at the 2016 edinburgh film festival and went on general release in scotland from 5 may 2017 and the rest of the uk, ireland and the us from 19 may 2017. Released by airedel records in 2017 containing music from whisky galore 2017. Whisky galore 2016 123movies 123 movies watch full movie. Take a look to the official track list of the soundtrack of whisky galore, the upcoming comedy movie remake directed by gillies mackinnon based on a script by peter mcdougall and starring gregor fisher, eddie izzard, sean biggerstaff, naomi battrick, kevin guthrie, and ellie kendrick.
The laughter doesnt stop, and the whisky keeps on flowing i love it. Its a film of boundless mischief, and it marked mackendrick from the start as the most complex and subtle of ealings directors. Jul 30, 2011 whisky galore, for instance, based on a novel by the early scottish nationalist compton mackenzie, is a colourful contribution to the current debate on the future of scotland. This is a classic film with lots of good humor, chock full of characters from a bygone era, and provides a look back on simpler times.
The tale of how a group of local scottish islanders raided a shipwreck for its consignment of 24,000 cases of whisky quickly became legend. Whisky galore 2016 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Gillies mackinnon hideous kinky directs whisky galore, starring ellie kendrick game of thrones, james cosmo trainspotting and kevin guthrie dunkirk. The storybased on a true eventconcerns a shipwreck off a fictional scottish island. May 11, 2017 the chief recommendation for the updated whisky galore. The name of the real ship, that sunk feb 5 1941 during wwii was ss politician. It was the directorial debut of alexander mackendrick. Whisky galore 2016 sean biggerstaff in whisky galore 2016 gregor. Because no duty had been paid on the whisky, members of hm customs and excise pursued and. Scottish islanders try to plunder cases of whisky from a stranded ship. A remake of the beloved black and white original film directed by alexander mackendrick for ealing studios, which was based on the novel by sir compton mackenzie, which itself was based on the real events of 1941 when the s.
Its precisely 75 years since the historical event which inspired the book and film of whisky galore. Whisky galore 2016 full movie english version hd nab bung. It doesnt even seem to have bothered to look for one. Teaser trailer pdf whisky galore popular collection. Ss politician was a cargo ship that ran aground off the coast of the hebridean island of eriskay in 1941. Originally released in great britain as whisky galore.
Starring as the pompous captain wagget, eddie izzard loved being in scotland. Indeed, the movie is an undisguised invitation to visit for these rugged isles in the north atlantic. Romance, cheeky hijinks and good old fashioned scottish stubbornness come together in a film thats set to be a british classic. Aug 27, 2017 whisky galore is the charming and heartwarming tale of a community of islanders on a remote scottish island during ww2 coming together to relieve a sinking ship of its amber cargo. The film movement bluray has no new extras and includes the same commentary on whisky galore. Whisky galore 2016 full movie english version hd youtube. The story of the inhabitants of the isolated scottish island of todday, in the outer hebrides, where gloom sets in as their wartime rationing of whisky runs out. The film is about the ss politician, an 8000ton cargo ship sailing for kingston, jamaica and new orleans with a cargo including 28,000 cases of malt whisky.
Islanders off the coast of scotland compete with a stuffy english commander to recover 50,000 cases of whisky from a wrecked cargo vessel. This is a copresentation with the celtic arts foundation and features a complimentary whisky tasting of laphroaig single malt scotch whisky in our art bar prior to the film. In this case the town is an island todday, a tiny speck of land just off the northern coast of scotland. Dont get me wrong, its perfectly inoffensive and cute. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
May 04, 2017 when a film spends over a decade meandering in development hell, with producers abandoning it and its purposebuilt production company going into administration, theres a certain degree of trepidation that inevitably comes with said film s eventual release. Gillies mackinnons remake of the classic postwar ealing comedy is light on laughs and feels out of place. During world war ii, a ship full of whisky is wrecked on a small hebridean island where the local customs and excise man has his hands full. Compton mackenzies popular 1947 novel inspired an unforgettable ealing comedy in 1949 and now a brilliant new movie which shows off scotland at its dazzling best. Having left liverpool two days earlier, heading for jamaica, it sank outside eriskay, the outer hebrides, scotland, in bad weather, containing 250,000 bottles of whisky. I hope you get half as much out of whisky galore as i have youll be well pleased. Whats less well reported, however, was the fact that the ship was also carrying a considerable amount of hard cash. Under artistic director mark adams, the 70th edinburgh international film festival has been a pretty bland affair, full of thatlldo. But the true story of the sinking of the ss politician is even more remarkable than the fictional tale, reports richard woodard. Granted, theres not much reason to watch this whisky galore. The island of todday has no more whisky and as its wartime there is no more allowance for the islanders, todday has become a dry island, but then one dark night a ship runs aground off the island and glory be its full of cases of whisky.
Released in what was a vintage year for the famous ealing comedies passport to pimlico and kind hearts and coronets also came out in 1949, this nearperfect film is irreverent, antiauthoritarian and utterly hilarious all the qualities that made ealing a byword for the best in british comedy. Luck of luck, a ship full of the precious liquid is wrecked on a reef. The film hangs on a superb sense of community both in the story and in its making. In 1943, the people of the isolated scottish island of todday are largely unaffected by wartime rationing, until their supply of whisky runs out. Looking to watch whisky galore find out where whisky galore. Film movement offer no subtitles on their region a blurays. The tiny scots island of todday suffers from a wartime whisky shortage. It was directed by gillies mackinnon and stars gregor fisher, eddie izzard, sean biggerstaff and naomi battrick. Colour remake of the 1949 ealing comedy classic whisky galore the inhabitants of a scottish island try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a nearby stranded ship. The film is about the ss politician, an 8000ton cargo ship sailing for kingston, jamaica and new orleans with a cargo including 28000 cases of malt whisky. Agreeably precious but largely pointless, gillies mackinnons remake of the classic ealing studios farce could use a boozy kick. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title whisky galore. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival.
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