Sep 30, 2016 the remake of the beloved film whiskey galore and everything related with it. Based on the 1947 novel by compton mackenzie, whisky galore. Jenni steele, film and creative industries manager at visitscotland, said. 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. It was directed by gillies mackinnon and stars gregor fisher. But the true story of the sinking of the ss politician is even more remarkable than the fictional tale, reports richard woodard.
And eddie izzard certainly seemed to be stepping up to the challenge of recreating 1949s whisky galore. 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. While alexander mackendricks original 1949 movie was shot almost entirely on. Whisky galore official trailer 2017 version youtube. Released by airedel records in 2017 containing music from whisky galore 2017. Its a remake of the classic whisky galore and well done. If youre going to remake a classic scottish comedy, then youd better have something fresh hidden up your kilt to make the effort worthwhile.
New aberdour beach covers 36 acres of sand, sandstone caves, pebbles and wildlife on the aberdee. Scottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship. Much of the filming for this took place in north aberdeenshire at port soy in august 2015. 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. Whisky galore 2016 letterboxd social film discovery. Since the novel by compton mackenzie was published back in 1947. It was the directorial debut of alexander mackendrick. The inhabitants of a scottish island try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a ship stranded nearby. The producers confirmed to the national yesterday that preproduction on the movie is already under way and a major announcement about the cast and crew will take place in the next few weeks. With basil radford, joan greenwood, catherine lacey, bruce seton. May 12, 2017 gillies mackinnons new whisky galore, remaking alexander mackendricks 1949 original, nearly met the latter film s fate. Whisky galore trailer comedy, romance 2017 youtube. Its a relevant question given that director gilles mackinnons remake of a, rightly, beloved ealing classic from 1949, based on a novel by compton mackenzie and directed by alexander mackendrick, has a hard road to hoe in terms of audience appeal. Gillies mackinnons remake of the classic postwar ealing comedy is light on laughs and feels out of place.
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. Apr 05, 2017 the inhabitants of a scottish island try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a nearby stranded ship. I cant really imagine a remake, they would have to set it in the same time period for it to have a chance of having the same charm i think. With naomi battrick, sean biggerstaff, james cosmo, matt costello. Whisky galores scottish filming hotspots revealed in new map. Agreeably precious but largely pointless, gillies mackinnons remake of the classic ealing studios farce could. We watched it in banff surrounded by people who reveled in the story and the scenes of the area. A remake of the classic movie whisky galore will be released in 2016. Writing credits in alphabetical order compton mackenzie. Whisky galores scottish filming hotspots revealed in new. A raucous caper with a dash of rebellious subtext, whisky galore. May 05, 2017 jenni steele, film and creative industries manager at visitscotland, said. Since the novel by compton mackenzie was published back in 1947, whisky galore has been raising laughs for 70 years.
Scottish islanders try to plunder cases of whisky from a stranded ship. May 05, 2017 the scottish filming locations which feature in new comedy film whisky galore. The curse of mobile phones today would spoil this film if it was set in 2006 or 1986 for that matter. 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. The longawaited remake of the ealing studios classic whisky galore.
Based on the true story of the sinking of the ss politician off the coast of eriskay in 1941 and the subsequent seizing of thousands of bottles of whisky by locals, whisky galore. New aberdour beach covers 36 acres of sand, sandstone caves, pebbles and wildlife on the. It was directed by gillies mackinnon and stars gregor fisher, eddie izzard, sean biggerstaff and naomi battrick. The inhabitants of a scottish island try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a nearby stranded ship. The original was atmospheric and funny and gave you a sense of the remote outer hebridean island, its remake gave me none of that and felt more like a tv movie. Eddie izzard is captured for the first time in whisky galore. Jul 25, 2017 a stunning beach that was used to film the remake of whisky galore. Politician was shipwrecked in the outer hebrides, leading to an. Having watched the 1949 black and white whisky galore a few years ago i was keen at some stage to watch this remake. The original film was shot entirely in the outer hebrides. 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.
According to director gillies mackinnon, the film is a modern interpretation, rather than a proper remake of the 1949 alexander mackendrick movie of the same. St monans parish church, fife a featured location in the film. It was followed by a sequel, rockets galore whisky galore. Whisky galore trailer 2016 gregor fisher, eddie izzard. Eddie izzard, gregor fisher on a brand new film adaptation of the book and filming in scotland. We have a house in portsoy where some of this film was made. Whisky galore was based upon a true incident, the foundering of the ss politician off the isle of eriskay in 1941 with 50,000 cases of scotch whisky aboard. Aug 22, 2015 its one of the most hotly anticipated film remakes of this year. Gillies mackinnons feature stars eddie izzard, james cosmo, gregor fisher, kevin guthrie, ellie. A remake of the beloved black and white original film directed by alexander mackendrick for.
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