Brigadoon (1954)

Regista:

Vincente Minnelli

Sceneggiatore:

Alan Jay Lerner (musical play)

Data di uscita:

8 settembre 1954 (USA)

Genere:

Fantasy | Musical | Romance

Slogan:

The Big Broadway Musical Hit!

Plot:

Two Americans on a hunting trip in Scotland become lost. They encounter a small village, not on the map, called Brigadoon, in which people harbor a mysterious secret, and behave as if they were still living two hundred years in the past. |

Plot Keywords:

Cinemascope | Beautiful Woman | Scotland | Bagpipe | 1700s

Premi:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 win

Recensioni degli utenti:

Charming Musical

Cast

Gene Kelly	...	Tommy Albright
Van Johnson	...	Jeff Douglas
Cyd Charisse	...	Fiona Campbell
Elaine Stewart	...	Jane Ashton
Barry Jones	...	Mr. Lundie
Hugh Laing	...	Harry Beaton
Albert Sharpe	...	Andrew Campbell
Virginia Bosler	...	Jean Campbell
Jimmy Thompson	...	Charlie Chisholm Dalrymple
Tudor Owen	...	Archie Beaton
Owen McGiveney	...	Angus
Dee Turnell	...	Ann
Dodie Heath	...	Meg Brockie (as Dody Heath)
Eddie Quillan	...	Sandy

Durata:

108 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore (Anscocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonoro:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System) | 4-Track Stereo

Divieti:

Australia:G | Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #16971, General Audience) | UK:U

Luoghi delle riprese:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Curiosità:

The Breen office wouldn't allow the use of the two songs the Meg Brockie character sang in the stage version, "The Love of My Life" and "My Mother's Wedding Day" as the lyrics were too risqué.

Errori:

Continuity: At the end of "Heather on the Hill", Fiona Campbell drops some heather on the ground when she runs off. When Tommy Albright follows a few seconds later, the bunch of heather has disappeared.

Citazioni:

Andrew Campbell: You'll never find peace by hating, lad. It only shuts ye off more from the world. And this town is only a cursed place, if ye make it so. To the rest of us, 'tis a blessed place!

Movie Connections:

Citato in "Lexx: Brigadoom (#2.18)" (1999)

Colonna sonora:

The Heather on the Hill

Charming Musical

It is said that both Gene Kelly and Vincent Minnelli were disappointed that MGM finances prevented then from filming "Brigadoon" abroad in more "natural settings." However, the beautiful studio sets to my mind work just fine for the whimsical fantasy being told. It is true that the basic idea of the story is a bit far-fetched, but then that's what fairy tales are all about. If one goes with the plot's broad premise, one can sit back and enjoy a charming Lerner-Loewe score, lovely studio settings and backdrops, pleasant choreography, and fine dancing, highlighted by Kelly's and Cyd Charisse's memorable "Heather on the Hill."