Whisky Galore! (1949) | |
| Director(s) | Alexander Mackendrick |
| Producer(s) | Michael Balcon, Monja Danischewsky (associate) |
| Top Genres | Comedy |
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Whisky Galore! (1949) was a Comedy - Black-and-white Film directed by Alexander Mackendrick and produced by Michael Balcon and Monja Danischewsky.
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Ealing Comedy #4: Whisky Galore! (Alexander Mackendrick, 1949)
By Virginie Pronovost on Dec 23, 2022 From The Wonderful World of CinemaThe journey across the Ealing comedies continues today with Whisky Galore!, a 1949 film that introduced two critical figures to these films: director Alexander Mackendrick and actress Joan Greenwood. By the way, I just discovered that Alexander Mackendrick also directed Sweet Smell of Success (1957)... Read full article
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Captain Paul Waggett:
[Speaking about the islanders] They're so unsporting. They don't do things for the sake of doing them like the English. We play the game for the sake of the game. Other nations play the game for the sake of winning it.
Farquharson: My men are experts.
Captain Paul Waggett: So are the Todday people, at hiding whisky!
Narrator: To the west, there is nothing. Except America.
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Farquharson: My men are experts.
Captain Paul Waggett: So are the Todday people, at hiding whisky!
Narrator: To the west, there is nothing. Except America.
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Facts about
The author of the original novel, Compton MacKenzie, plays the captain of the ship that runs aground on the island. In reality, Mackenzie took great exception to the number of takes that director Alexander Mackendrick made him do.
Part of the film's appeal to British audiences in the late '40s was that wartime rationing was still in place and times were very austere. The film's flaunting attitude towards authority obviously struck a chord.
American censors insisted on a coda being inserted at the end of the film, stating that the stolen whisky brought nothing but unhappiness to the islanders, even though quite the opposite was true in real life.
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Part of the film's appeal to British audiences in the late '40s was that wartime rationing was still in place and times were very austere. The film's flaunting attitude towards authority obviously struck a chord.
American censors insisted on a coda being inserted at the end of the film, stating that the stolen whisky brought nothing but unhappiness to the islanders, even though quite the opposite was true in real life.
read more facts about Whisky Galore!...
