Brigadoon [videorecording] / a Metro Goldwyn-Mayer picture ; screen play by Alan Jay Lerner ; produced by Arthur Freed ; directed by Vincente Minnelli.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 67239 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English Summary language: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Publication details: Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment Co. : Warner Home Video, c2005.Edition: Widescreen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1419803549
- 9781419803543
- Brigadoon (Motion picture).
- Choreography, Gene Kelly ; music, Frederick Loewe ; lyrics, Alan Jay Lerner ; director of photography, Joseph Ruttenberg ; editor, Albert Akst.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | MUSIC Brigadoo | Available | 33111006847509 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Reportedly, Vincente Minnelli turned down the opportunity to film Brigadoon on location in Scotland insisting that MGM's studio mockups looked more Scottish than the genuine article. This lavish adaptation of the Lerner and Loewe Broadway musical stars Gene Kelly as an American tourist who stumbles upon an enchanted Scottish village. Every 100 years, the people of Brigadoon awaken for a 24-hour period, then go back to sleep for another century while Brigadoon itself vanishes in the mists. Tommy Albright (Kelly) falls in love with village lass Fiona Campbell (Cyd Charisse) while his hard-drinking pal, Jeff Douglas (Van Johnson), dismisses the legend -- and indeed the existence of Brigadoon as a result of delirium. Fiona's betrothed Harry Beaton (Hugh Laing), upset by Kelly's intervention, threatens to leave Brigadoon -- an act that will spell doom for its residents. When this crisis has passed, Tommy is persuaded against his better judgment to escape Brigadoon himself and return to his own fiancée (Elaine Stewart) in New York. But the love between Tommy and Fiona results in a miraculous finale. Most of the Lerner-Loewe score remains intact, including the hit songs "Almost Like Being in Love," "Heather on the Hill," and "Come to Me Bend to Me." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Originally released as a motion picture in 1954.
Special features: New Digital 16X9 transfer (2.5:1) ; Soundtrack remastered in Dolby digitaly 5.1 ; 3 outtakes musical numbers: "Come to me", "Bend to me", "From this day on" and "Sword dance" ; Audio outtake "There but for you and I".
Choreography, Gene Kelly ; music, Frederick Loewe ; lyrics, Alan Jay Lerner ; director of photography, Joseph Ruttenberg ; editor, Albert Akst.
Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse, Elaine Stewart, Barry Jones, Albert Sharpe.
Two Americans stumble upon a Scottish village which comes to life for only one day a century. One of the men falls in love with a townswoman, and has to decide where his heart lies.
DVD.
English language soundtrack (stereo) with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish ; closed-captioned in English, French or Spanish for the hearing impaired.