Brigadoon

Brigadoon (1966)

Americans Jeff and Tommy, hunting in Scotland, stumble upon a village - Brigadoon. They soon learn that the town appears once every 100 years in order to preserve its peace and special beauty. The citizens go to bed at night and when they wake up, it's 100 years later. Tommy falls in love with a beautiful young woman, Fiona, and is torn between staying or going back to his hectic life in New York.

Date of release
1966-10-15
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 19m
Genres
TV Movie, Fantasy
Director
Fielder Cook

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Brigadoon

Brigadoon is a 1966 American television film based on the 1947 musical Brigadoon.

Production

Producer Norman Rosemont had worked for the company of composers Lerner and Loewe. It took him six years to bring the musical to television.

Writer Ernest Kinoy called adapting the musical 'a tough assignment. Nothing dates faster than musical comedy.' Kinoy said he and director Fielder Cook agreed 'to break down the proscenium, to treat Brigadoon as if it had never been done before, but was created solely for this broadcast'. This meant the action went through the whole town, including inside buildings and taverns. One scene was shot in Malibu Canyon.

The film accommodated much more of the score than the 1954 film version had, though the entire production ran only 90 minutes with commercials. "My Mother's Wedding Day" was restored to this version, though "Once in the Highlands", "Jeannie's Packin' Up", and "The Love of My Life" were still absent.

'The temptation is always to get so involved in plot that you have to cut out six or eight songs,' said Kinoy. 'In the case of Brigadoon, which has one of the loveliest scores ever composed for Broadway, that would be criminal negligence.'

Sally Ann Howes was best known at the time for replacing Julie Andrews (on stage) in My Fair Lady.

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