Brigadoon

Director: Vincente Minnelli

Overview

This adaptation of the Broadway musical stars Gene Kelly as an American tourist who stumbles upon an enchanted Scottish village. Kelly falls in love with village lass Cyd Charisse. Charisse's betrothed Hugh Laing, upset by Kelly's intervention, threatens to leave Brigadoon, an act that will spell doom for its residents.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/15/2005
UPC:	0012569672390
Original Release:	1954
Rating:	G
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Letterbox]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:48:00
Sales rank:	14,086

Special Features

Closed Caption;New Digital 16x9 transfer (2.55:1); Soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1; 3 outtake musical numbers: Come to Me, Bend to Me, From This Day On and Sword Dance; Audio outtake There But for You Go I; Theatrical trailer; Languages: English & Fran?ais; Subtitles: English, Fran?ais & Espa?ol

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Gene Kelly	Tommy Albright
Cyd Charisse	Fiona Campbell
Van Johnson	Jeff Douglas
Barry Jones	Mr. Lundie
Elaine Stewart	Jane Ashton
Hugh Laing	Harry Beaton
Albert Sharpe	Andrew Campbell
Virginia Bosier	Jean Campbell
Jimmie Thompson	Charlie Crisholm Dalrymple,Charlie Crisholm Dalrymple
Tudor Owen	Archie Beaton
Owen McGivney	Angus
Dee Turnell	Ann
Dody Heath	Meg Brockie
Eddie Quillan	Sandy
Owen McGiveney	Angus
Madge Blake	Mrs. McIntosh
George Chakiris	Dancer
Warren MacGregor	Tinker
Stuart Whitman	New York Club Patron
Conrad Salinger	Composer
Johnny Green	Composer
Frederick Loewe	Composer

Technical Credits

Alan Jay Lerner

Arthur Freed	Producer
Alan Jay Lerner	Screenwriter
Wesley C. Miller	Sound Effects
Ralph George	Sound Effects
Warren Newcombe	Special Effects

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Credits [1:27]
2. Once in the Highlands; Brigadoon [2:53]
3. Down on MacConnachy Square [3:21]
4. Two Lost Hunters [3:28]
5. Waitin' for My Dearie [6:48]
6. Boundaries [1:58]
7. Meeting the Townfolk [4:45]
8. I'll Go Home With Bonnie Jean [6:13]
9. Winning Lads [5:36]
10. The Heather on the Hill (Song). [3:15]
11. The Heather on the Hill (Dance). [3:34]
12. Imperfect Matches [5:56]
13. What's Going On? [1:31]
14. Almost Like Being in Love [4:40]
15. Finding the Bible [4:02]
16. Story of Brigadoon [8:57]
17. The Entrance of the Clans [2:58]
18. Wedding Vows [2:26]
19. Wedding Dance [3:38]
20. The Chase [6:31]
21. The Heather on the Hill (II). [4:43]
22. Horrible Fairy Tale [2:47]
23. End of Our Day [2:37]
24. Manhattan Madness [2:29]
25. Fascinating Company [2:28]
26. Calling it Off [3:50]
27. Brigadoon Reprise [4:22]
28. Cast List [:34]

Menu

Side #1 --
Play Movie
Scene Selections
Special Features
Outtakes
Play All
Come to Me, Bend to Me
From This Day On
Sword Dance
There But for You Go I! Audio Outtake
Theatrical Trailer
Languages
Spoken Languages: English 5.1
Spoken Languages: Français
Subtitles: English
Subtitles: Français
Subtitles: Español
Subtitles: Off

Editorial Reviews

By 1954, Hollywood's standard operating procedure toward Broadway musicals -- purchase the property and then discard most of the score -- had changed significantly. The studios had learned to be more respectful of stage musicals in the post-Oklahoma! era. Yet sometimes this respect seemed to stifle a director's creative juices somewhat, as witnessed by Vincente Minnelli and Brigadoon. Not that the film is in any way bad; it just isn't the emotional experience that it was on-stage and should have been on the silver screen. However, beyond the stiffness, there's a great deal to enjoy here. Gene Kelly is in typical fine form; if his self-described "Irish whiskey" voice is occasionally taxed by the fine Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe score, his dancing is as graceful, energetic, and self-assured as ever. Kelly also brings his familiar romantic sensuality to the proceedings, which his role definitely calls for. Cyd Charisse, arguably Kelly's best dancing partner, looks beautiful and moves divinely. When Kelly and Charisse are together for "The Heather on the Hill" and "Almost Like Being in Love," their body language convinces an audience that a man really might give up his entire world for a woman with whom he has spent less than 24 hours. Kelly's choreography, while not groundbreaking as Agnes DeMille's was for the play, is quite effective on its own terms. If Brigadoon is less than perfect, Minnelli, Lerner, and Loewe made up for it with their next joint project -- the classic Gigi.