Brigadoon (1954) |
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Gene Kelly
with Cyd Charisse
(as Fiona Campbell)
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Other InformationAwardsBest Cinematography - Color Golden Globes [1955] (Won/Nominated: Won) Best Sound, Recording Academy Awards [1955] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Costume Design, Color Academy Awards [1955] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color Academy Awards [1955] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Plot SummaryAmericans Jeff and Tommy, hunting in Scotland, stumble upon a village - Brigadoon. They soon learn that the town appears once every 100 years in order to preserve its peace and special beauty. The citizens go to bed at night and when they wake up, it... TaglineIn The Joy Of Color The Big Broadway Musical Hit! DiscographySinglesThe Chase The Wedding Dance Almost Like Being in Love The Heather on the Hill I`ll Go Home with Bonnie Jean Waiting for My Dearie Down on MacConnachy Square Brigadoon Once in the Highlands |
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Trivia and QuotesQuotes Jeff Douglas: Well, most of my friends who have inferiority complexes are absolutely right. They`re not as good as everybody else!
Jeff Douglas: If they want to disregard two hundred years of human bing-bang, that`s their privilege.
Mr. Lundie: It`s the hardest thing in the world to give everything. Though it`s usually the only way to get everything. Jeff Douglas: ...There`s nothing a woman hates more than her fiancee`s best friend. He knows all the secrets she`s going to spend the rest of her life trying to find out. Mr. Lundie: They were indeed horrible destructive women. I dinna suppose you have such women in your country?
Tommy Albright: Witches?
Jeff Douglas: Oh we have `em. We pronounce it differently. 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! Jeff Douglas: Can you think of one good reason why I, a strange man, should be interested in proposing to you, a mighty strange woman and at this hour of the day?
Meg Brockie: Because you`re a lad and I`m a lass!
Jeff Douglas: Well, with that philosophy you must have had a provocative career! Meg Brockie: I`m highly attracted to you. Why, when I look at you I feel wee tadpoles jumping in my spine.
Jeff Douglas: That`s about as repulsive an idea as I`ve heard in years! Tommy Albright: It`s hot in here.
Jeff Douglas: It`s not the heat, it`s the humanity. Jeff Douglas: Frank, put it on the bill.
Bartender: The bill, sir, is very high.
Jeff Douglas: So am I!Trivia The highland backdrops were over 600 feet long, and 60 feet high, and cost $382,280.
The background set was so realistic that some birds from outside flew into it. To get the effect of Brigadoon emerging from the mist, Vincente Minnelli filmed the sets with the fog being pumped in, then reversed the shot to show the mist moving away.
Most of the heather used in the film was really sumac spray-painted purple. Brigadoon opened at the Ziegfeld Theater on March 13, 1947 and ran for 581 performances.
Star Gene Kelly and director Vincente Minnelli both wanted to film scenes on location in Scotland but the studio bosses at MGM insisted the film be shot entirely at the studio. When the movie was released critics noted the staged studio feel of the movie.
Howard Keel and Jane Powell were originally slated to play the leads. When commitments on other films left them unavailable, Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse were cast instead, and dancing subsequently emphasized over singing. Cyd Charisse said that, of the several films she made with Gene Kelly, this was her favorite. James Mitchell, who originated the role of Harry Beaton on Broadway, was initially scheduled to repeat the part on film; he ultimately chose instead to tour with the Agnes de Mille Dance Theatre. Michael Maule, a featured dancer with the New York City Ballet, was originally cast as Charlie Dalrymple, with his songs to be dubbed by John Gustafson. Before filming began he was replaced by Jimmy Thompson but the pre-recordings by Gustafson were kept for the film. 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. Four of the show`s musical numbers - "Come to Me, Bend to Me", "There But For You Go I", "From This Day On", and "The Sword Dance" - were filmed and/or recorded, but eliminated before the film`s release. The sound and picture for three of them are included as extras on the Warner DVD release, but only the audio for "There But For You Go I" has been included. | ||
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