The tiny scots island of todday suffers from a wartime whisky shortage. The laughter doesnt stop, and the whisky keeps on flowing i love it. The film was shot on the outer hebrides island of barra. Mar 11, 2020 still from film movement trailer for whiskey galore. Looking to watch whisky galore find out where whisky galore. During world war ii, the tiny scottish island of todday runs out of whiskey. Watch death in love 2008 full movies online gogomovies. Its precisely 75 years since the historical event which inspired the book and film of whisky galore. The storybased on a true eventconcerns a shipwreck off a fictional scottish island. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, realistic and witty films with plots about couples, romance, love and romance, love, marriage, infidelity and couple relations mostly in comedy, romance and drama genres. A raucous caper with a dash of rebellious subtext, whisky galore. The book is fiction and made up and there are a couple of movies about whiskey gelore. In 1943, the people of the isolated scottish island of todday are largely unaffected by wartime rationing, until their supply of whisky runs out.
Slane is a new blended irish whiskey, put together by the team behind the new distillery situated at slane castle in county meath, ireland. A frieghter runs aground near todday, and its cargo consists of 50,000 cases of whisky. Whisky galore 2016 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Three different cask types including virgin oak and seasoned barrels from kentucky and sherry casks from spain, have been used to mature this whiskey, introducing perfumed notes of vanilla, fresh oak and but. Full movie in hd visit movie 16665 based on a true story. Whisky galore 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.
With basil radford, joan greenwood, catherine lacey, bruce seton. The quality of the video i made from uk bbc2 on 28th dec 1988 was excellent, but there are budget editions out there so if. Originally released in great britain as whisky galore. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival. 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.
Scottish islanders try to plunder cases of whisky from a stranded ship. With naomi battrick, sean biggerstaff, james cosmo, matt costello. The locals gathered as many bottles as they could arrived, and even to day, bottles have been observed at the sand or even in the sea every year. This film is full of the finest british character actors of the era, and a few acting nonentities as well, who all give marvellous performances. Topics bbc radio drama, scotland world war two, whisky galore.
Gillies mackinnons remake of the classic postwar ealing comedy is light on laughs and feels out of place. Most similar movies to whisky galore the list contains related movies ordered by similarity. It was directed by gillies mackinnon and stars gregor fisher, eddie izzard, sean biggerstaff and naomi battrick. The community work to hide the discovery from the british authorities, all while planning two weddings for the daughters of the local shopkeeper gregor fisher. 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. The setting is todday, a fictional island in the scottish outer hebrides, during the war. Cabinet minister runs aground nearby during a heavy fog, the islanders are delighted to learn. It is the most diverse and popular category of all whiskies, covering the broad range of styles and expressions from scotlands 108 operating single malt distilleries. Then a boat runs aground with cases of whiskey on it and the villagers have to hide the whiskey without being court. Whisky galore 2016 full movie english version hd youtube. Film movement, a selfdescribed film service that traffics in esoteric theatrical and home video product has released two notable examples of postwar british comedy with whisky galore.
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. Outside eriskay comprising 250,000 bottles of whisky, having abandoned liverpool two days earlier, heading for jamaica, it sank. Whisky galore talkies imperial old malt cask 17 years. Apparently, the amount of whiskey he consumes to get drunk is less than what it takes most. During world war ii, a jewish woman saves her life thanks to a love affair with a doctor in charge of human experiments in a nazi concentration camp. Whisky galore trailer 2016 gregor fisher, eddie izzard. 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. Maybe so, but alexander mackendricks debut feature is much more than that. The film hangs on a superb sense of community both in the story and in its making. But instead, a large chunk of the film is devoted to simply getting the whisky and. 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.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. The film movement bluray has no new extras and includes the same commentary on whisky galore. Discover more about scottish film and tv locations and plan a spot of setjetting around scotland for yourself. Based on the true story of the cargo ship ss politician running aground off the coast of eriskay in 1941 and the ensuing battle between the excise men and the. Under artistic director mark adams, the 70th edinburgh international film festival has been a pretty bland affair, full of thatlldo. Reviewed in the united states on november 18, 2014. Along with classical music compton mackenzie certainly knew his stuff when he wrote whisky galore, basing it on true events that happened in 1941. The best line in the film is when the doctor describes george as being born two drinks below par. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title whisky galore. Released by airedel records in 2017 containing music from whisky galore 2017. 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. Watch the trailer now and see it in cinemas from 5 may. Apr 29, 2016 remake of the ealing classic whisky galore. This comic account of a reallife event pitches a priggish english army captain against the remorseless guile of an.
Scotch single malt az scotch single malt is the ultimate whisky experience. Directed by gillies mackinnon, starring gregor fisher, eddie izzard, ellie kendrick, kevin guthrie, fenella woolgar and james cosmo. The longest unsponsored advertisement ever to reach cinema screens, reckoned producer monja danischewski. The film whisky galore is based on a real life true story. Stills must not be reproduced, copied or downloaded in any way. Luck of luck, a ship full of the precious liquid is wrecked on a reef. Whisky galore full movie 2016 hd basil radford, joan. Sean biggerstaff in whisky galore 2016 whisky galore 2016 gregor fisher, ellie kendrick, and naomi battrick in. The name of the true boat, that spanned feb 5 1941 throughout wwii was ss politician. A really interesting good book to read about the islands and the shortage of whiskey during the war. When a ship carrying 50,000 cases of whisky runs aground, the inhabitants of a scottish island cannot resist the temptation to replenish their depleted supplies. But the true story of the sinking of the ss politician is even more remarkable than the fictional tale, reports richard woodard. It was originally called whiskey galore from the book by compton mackenzie, but the title was changed to tight little island when it was exported to the us. Newly restored from the original film elements, classic ealing studio comedies whiskey galore.
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