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Albert Sharpe, Barry Jones, Cyd Charisse

Two New Yorkers, on a hunting trip to Scotland, stumble upon the legendary and magical village of Brigadoon, which appears once every hundred years. They are enchanted and charmed by this wonderful wo...( read more  read more... )rld and one of them falls for a beautiful woman who lives in it.

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G, 1 hr. 48 min.

Directed by: Vincente Minnelli

Release Date: January 1, 1954

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DVD Release Date: August 27, 1997

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  • limoradalloway
    October 4, 2006
    limoradalloway
    Cyd Charisse and Gene Kelly don't really have any chemistry (besides being perfect dance partners), but the fairy tale in this story is really refreshing.
  • binky013
    May 19, 2006
    binky013
    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.



    One of my all-time favorites. Absolutely non-reality based, this musical

    ...( read more) touches on that deep-seated human desire to escape time. And what better way to escape time than to spend eternity with your one true love.



    I tell you, if Kelly could sing like Robert Goulet, this would be a six-star movie. Don't misunderstand me: Kelly can sing well enough. But if you get a chance to listen to the TV version where Goulet sings "There but for You Go I," one of several beautiful songs that were left on the cutting room floor in this version, you'll get a sense of what I mean.



    Cyd Charisse! Of all Kelly's dance partners through the years, Charisse is the most stylishly elegant. She's a for real dancer, baby. If I ever make it to Scotland, I'm going looking for her in this secret little town :)



    Van Johson is superb as the jaded and cynical anti-romantic foil. I always feel sorry for him when he decides, at the end, not to cross the bridge. If it were me, I'd go with Kelly. Plenty of single women, Van. Just do it.



    The momentary New York City scene is well-done and so appropriately paced and placed. Even for a first-time viewer, it will be clear where Kelly is headed after listening to his city girlfriend rattle on.



    For die-hard romantic escapists, there are few better films boasting such great music and passion with which to leave the real world behind.
  • hawkledge
    March 12, 2009
    hawkledge
    Gene Kelly in typical fine form, his "Irish whiskey" voice hardly taxed by the Lerner and Loewe score, graceful, energetic, and self-assured as ever. Cyd Charisse looks and moves divinely. Fabulous sets.
  • chadroesti
    March 15, 2007
    chadroesti
    OK, I liked a musical - sue me
  • hanbaz
    October 29, 2009
    hanbaz
    This is the worst musical ever, it has no real plot and the leads have no chemistry, it drags along too far with pointless scenes, what makes it a little better is the one liners from Gene Kelly's friend.
  • devazmom
    September 16, 2009
    devazmom
    I just recently got to go see the play and was rather shocked! I was impressed.
  • WomanGabryella
    July 28, 2009
    WomanGabryella
    The best movie of all times!!!!!!!! Fantastic! Brilliant!!!
  • majikhandzz
    March 3, 2009
    majikhandzz
    one of my favorite musicals
  • roscobear
    January 20, 2009
    roscobear
    It's not just cos I'm Scottish, honest; isn't this just a really difficult movie to dislike? Of course it's hard to hate anything with Gene Kelly (and his mile-wide grin) in it, except maybe "Viva Knievel".

    Even so, this Minnelli treat falls a little short of Kelly's cast-iro...( read more)n classics, such as Minnelli's own masterpiece; "An American in Paris", or the eternally charming ode to early-Hollywood; "Singin' In The Rain". However, there is still much to enjoy. Two amazing-looking and preposterously talented leads (Kelly and Cyd Charisse- who's world-reknowned pins are sadly under wraps for the majority), classy numbers: "It's Almost Like Being in Love", "Bonnie Jean", possibly the best musical/chase scene ever filmed, and an alky sidekick who has some ace one-liners and looks like an hilariously uncanny but family-sized version of one of the guys I work with. I'd wager Brigadoon could even bring a smile to Monty Burns' cheeks. Though considered a flop at the time, posessing a supremely far-fetched story and supposedly hindered by budgetry constraints (Kelly was keen to film on location in Scotland- but the painted backdrops add an otherworldliness to the proceedings), "Brigadoon" is an enjoyable experience. Kelly and Charisse's "Heather on The Hill" scene is up there with the best of MGM.

    "Brigadoon" is so bloody uplifting, me and my girlfriend watched it to cheer ourselves up after going to see the absolute balderdash that was "The Killing of John Lennon". Our cinematic blues vanished in the mist! Alas, it's a shame that two of the stars; Van Johnson and Charisse, passed away recently.
  • CaptnShamrock
    January 5, 2009
    CaptnShamrock
    I saw this at MTW (Music Theater of Wichita) when my sister worked there...but I don't remember it.

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  • Two Americans on a hunting trip in Scotland become lost. They encounter a small village, not on the map,in which people harbor a mysterious secret, and behave as if they were still living two hundred years in the past. starring gene kelly, cyd charrise, and van johnson (1954)  Answer »
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