Whisky Galore! (2016)

Original title

Whisky Galore

Directed by

Gillies MacKinnon

Genre

comedy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 53 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During World War Two, a ship carrying a large supply of whisky runs aground near a Scottish island. The locals scheme to salvage the cargo before the strict home guard captain catches them.

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What happens

Whisky Galore! is a 2016 British film, a remake of the 1949 Ealing Comedy of the same name, itself based on the novel of the same name by Compton Mackenzie. 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. It went on general release in Scotland from 5 May 2017 and then in the rest of the UK, Ireland and the US from 19 May 2017. The principal film location was Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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