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94% Rotten Tomatoes Productioncompany Whisky Galore Film Cinematography Nigel Willoughby | 5.6/10 IMDb 2/5 The Guardian Music director Patrick Doyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Iain MacleanAlan J Wands Starring Gregor FisherEddie IzzardSean BiggerstaffNaomi Battrick Producers Alan J. Wands, Iain Maclean Cast Similar Tommy's Honour, Moon Dogs, Small Faces, Regeneration, Castles in the Sky Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Whisky Galore! is a 2016 British film, a remake of the 1949 Ealing Comedy of the same name. It was directed by Gillies MacKinnon and stars Gregor Fisher, Eddie Izzard, Sean Biggerstaff and Naomi Battrick. The film premiered at the 2016 Edinburgh Film Festival and will get general release in the UK in May 2017.
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Premise
Scottish islanders try to plunder cases of whisky from a stranded ship.
Cast
Production
The production spent ten years in development hell. Producer Iain Maclean had initiated the project in 2004 with writer Bill Bryden attached and producers Stephen Evans, Maggie Montieth and Ed Crozier. He raised £400,000 through private investment to finance the development of the film through the company, Whisky Galore Development Ltd. After firing Bill Bryden, Peter McDougall was brought on board and wrote a script for a planned filming in the summer of 2006. The film never commenced production. Between 2006 and 2010, Stephen Evans and Ed Crozier left the project. In 2012, Iain Maclean, disheartened by the lack of production finance, had to let Whisky Galore Development slip into administration. In 2014 he decided to rekindle the project when he met Irish farmer and businessman Peter Drayne, who agreed to finance the film completely and resurrected the project, as long as the project was started from scratch. It was finally green-lit in 2015 and principal photography commenced later in 2015 in Scotland. In the interim Peter McDougall wrote a second screenplay. According to director Gillies MacKinnon, the film is a modern interpretation, not a proper remake: "The style is contemporary, embracing drama, romance and comedy, with an array of colourful characters providing a platform for a wonderful cast."
Release
Whisky Galore! has gained theatrical distribution in UK and US by Arrow and will be released in cinemas in the UK on 5 May 2017.
