Brigadoon starring Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse


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This Cinemascope production brought Lerner and Loewe's hit Broadway musical to the big screen with Gene Kelly and Van Johnson as the American hunters who stumble upon Brigadoon, the magical Scottish village that went to sleep in 1754 and awakens for just one day each century. MGM had originally planned to shoot this film on location in Scotland, but budget considerations turned it into a studio production, costarring Cyd Charisse as the bonny lass who wins Kelly's heart. Although it has never been ranked among the great musicals of MGM's golden age, Brigadoon has still got plenty of charm and continues to gain a loyal following.
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Brigadoon is Lost Horizon in the Highlands, as two hunters stumble into a Scottish village that appears out of the mist once every 100 years. This musical is one of the least affecting in the Lerner and Loewe oeuvre, save the title tune and "It's Almost Like Being in Love." Still, there is a very gentle, persuasive tug to this film. Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse do interpretive dance all over the heather, and the kilts get a workout (perhaps too much--it does go on some times). Van Johnson provides solid, if somewhat predictable, comic relief as Kelly's cynical friend. But the real proof is in the pudding when director Vincente Minnelli manages to make that internal ache appear when our two heroes are forced to decide whether to stay in Utopia or leave.

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The highland village of Brigadoon normally remains invisible, sleeping in the Scottish mists. But one day in every one hundred years, the town magically materializes. And when that day of joyful celebration ends, Brigadoon vanishes from the countryside and returns to its slumber. There's only one catch: no native can leave the village or it will disappear forever. A pair of American hunters stumble upon Brigadoon on the single day it's come to life, and when one of them falls for a lovely lass, he is tempted to take refuge there. But then a jealous villager attempts to escape, endangering the entire town... and destroying the wonder that was Brigadoon.

 

 

 

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