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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Quotes from
Narrator:
[describing the inhabitants of Todday as children run out of a cottage] A happy people, with few and simple pleasures.
Farquharson: My men are experts.
Captain Paul Waggett: So are the Todday people, at hiding whisky!
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.
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Farquharson: My men are experts.
Captain Paul Waggett: So are the Todday people, at hiding whisky!
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.
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Facts about
Shot on the island of Barra, which boasts Britain's most unique airport - the runway is the beach.
Monja Danischewsky had been working as a publicist for Ealing Studios and was bored with his job. To stop him from leaving, Michael Balcon gave him the task of producing this film.
Ironically, the making-of documentary featured on the DVD/Blu-ray editions, "Distilling Whisky", cost the same amount of money to make as the film itself - £121,000.
read more facts about Whisky Galore!...
Monja Danischewsky had been working as a publicist for Ealing Studios and was bored with his job. To stop him from leaving, Michael Balcon gave him the task of producing this film.
Ironically, the making-of documentary featured on the DVD/Blu-ray editions, "Distilling Whisky", cost the same amount of money to make as the film itself - £121,000.
read more facts about Whisky Galore!...
