Whisky Galore

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Barr, Charles (1977). Ealing Studios. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7153-7420-7. This charming book first published in 1947 is a fictionalized version of an actual event that occurred off the Scottish island of Eriskay in 1941. During WW II and before the U S entered the war, Great Britain was in dire need of armaments which it could not produce for itself in sufficient quantities, nor could Britain pay for the armaments entirely in cash. The deal eventually brokered was that the U S would ship munitions in convoys of “Liberty Ships” to Britain. In return, Britain would pay for the munitions is cash AND whisky, this made whisky scarce in Scotland where it was – and is – a crucial component of Scottish island life from taking a few daily drams to high ceremonial occasions.

Martin-Jones, David (2010). Scotland: Global Cinema. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-0-7486-8654-4. Seventy-five years ago today, on the morning of 5 February, 1941, the SS Politician was heading north past the Outer Hebrides, having cast off from Liverpool two days earlier. Its final destinations? Kingston, Jamaica, and New Orleans. A battle of wits ensues between Waggett, who wants to confiscate the salvaged cargo, and the islanders. Waggett brings in Macroon's old Customs and Excise nemesis, Mr Farquharson, and his men to search for the whisky. Forewarned, islanders manage to hide the bottles in ingenious places, including the ammunition cases that Waggett ships off the island. When the whisky is discovered in the cases, Waggett is recalled by his superiors on the mainland to explain himself, leaving the locals triumphant. Whisky Galore! was produced at the same time as Passport to Pimlico and Kind Hearts and Coronets; all three comedies were released in UK cinemas over two months. [4] Brian McFarlane, writing in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, states that although it was not an aim of releasing the three films together, together they "established the brand name of 'Ealing comedy'"; [86] Duguid writes that the three films "forever linked 'Ealing' and 'comedy' in the public imagination". [9] The film historians Duguid, Lee Freeman, Keith Johnston and Melanie Williams consider 1949 was one of two "pinnacle" years for Ealing, the other being 1951, when The Man in the White Suit and The Lavender Hill Mob were both released. [87] Two previous films from Ealing, Saraband for Dead Lovers and Scott of the Antarctic (both 1948) had been expensive to produce and neither had a good return at the box office. [29]

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Hutchinson, Roger (2007). Polly: The True Story Behind Whisky Galore. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p.149-150. ISBN 978-1-8401-8071-8. By June 1941, four months after the SS Politician’s demise, branches of the Barclays and Midland Banks in Liverpool began reporting the presentation of water-damaged Jamaican 10-shilling notes. Unhappily the oil that moves the wheels on these islands has dried up. Put more literally the action takes place during World War 2 and whisky is rationed so that it can be sent abroad for trade. A limited supply of whisky is available, but now even that has run out. When the beer runs out too, an elderly resident leaves the bar in disgust, goes home, and dies immediately. That is how important whisky is.

Alcohol may make people more belligerent, but you can be sure that this extra boost will only make them better. They will not engage in fighting or violence. It will merely make them more likely to stand up to other people. Geraghty, Christine (2002). British Cinema in the Fifties: Gender, Genre and the 'New Look' . London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-69464-8. The reason I waffled so much is that I found the plot hilarious but had some trouble with the Scot dialects (I have trouble reading dialects of all kinds). The interspersed Gaelic didn't give me as much trouble as my edition had a glossary of Gaelic terms with how to pronounce them & their meaning. There followed a second, attempted, land-borne salvage operation, with the police raiding villages and crofts in an effort to recover the liquid cargo – and the locals secreting their ill-gotten gains wherever they could. Or else they just drank them. Chorge will neffer be having the courage to tell Mistress Campbell he's going to be married to her. Neffer!' he declared. 'Not unless he'd trunk a tram the size of Loch Sleeport itself, and then I believe it would turn to water inside his stamac when he saw his mother gazing at him.' "In 2009 Whisky Galore! was adapted for the stage as a musical; under the direction of Ken Alexander, it was performed at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre. [88] In June 2016 a remake of the film was premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival; Eddie Izzard played Waggett and Gregor Fisher took the role of Macroon. [89] The critic Guy Lodge, writing for Variety, thought it an "innocuous, unmemorable remake" and that there was "little reason for it to exist". [90] In contrast, Kate Muir, writing in The Times thought "the gentle, subversive wit of the 1949 version has been left intact". [91] See also [ edit ] Whether you’re trying to expand your knowledge, discover new drams or just want an easy bedtime read, there are a range of fantastic books ready to be explored. Whilst there are some wonderful characters in the book, such as the officious Home Guard Captain Waggett and the larger than life priest Father Macalister, there are a bewildering number of them. Many characters seem to just dip in and out of the story and it is sometimes difficult to keep up, whilst the novel itself is very dialogue heavy. However, that is no bad thing I guess as it does allow you to become immersed in the gentle intrigue, mischief and humour of the 1940s Hebrides.

You will not meet a single alcoholic in the book, even on a quiet island with little to occupy the locals. Nobody’s health is ruined by alcohol. Indeed the local doctor makes sure that an ailing patient receives a new pipe and a crate of whisky because smoking and drinking are good for him. Hutchinson, Roger (2007). Polly: The True Story Behind Whisky Galore. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-8401-8071-8. Then, the saints be praised, a miracle happens! A liberty ship breaks up off the coast filled with 5,000 or 50,000 cases of whisky (estimates varied!) bound for New York! The islanders are in a race against time to unload this bounty before various officials and the military arrive to rescue this glorious treasure from the ship and the islanders. That’s all the plot I’ll reveal – np spoilers!

The book takes its own sweet and long time to build up and gather steam (or is that Whisky fumes?) and at the beginning reads more like a collection of loosely tide storylines about quirky, Scottish Islanders than an organic whole, but then the parts starts to fit together nicely and in retrospect, I did not mind about the really slow and seemingly disjointed beginning. We’ve compiled a list of some of the most popular whisky books out there, covering everything from Japanese whisky to taste maps. The Way of Whisky – Dave Broom McFarlane, Brian (22 September 2005). "Ealing Studios (act. 1907–1959)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (onlineed.). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/93789. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) After passing the Isle of Man, the weather had worsened, the winds had risen to gale force and the ship’s Captain, Beaconsfield Worthington, changed course as a result. This was an unwanted distraction and difficulty for a crew anticipating a winter crossing of a U-Boat-infested Atlantic. Aldgate, Anthony; Richards, Jeffrey (1999). Best of British: Cinema and Society from 1930 to Present. London: I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1-86064-288-3.

Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2022-01-25 13:07:38 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA40336822 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier An annual release, the Malt Whisky Yearbook is a must-have for any whisky professional or hobbyist. First launched in 2006, by Ingvar Ronde, this is a one stop shop for everything that’s going on in the industry. As well as information on distilleries, and of course, tasting notes, it also includes articles from distinguished names. If you want to feel up to date with everything that’s happening in whisky, then this is your go-to. Raw Spirit – Iain Banks We are introduced to a great cast of quirky characters on both islands with their side stories, including 2 "romances". And David Rintoul did full justice to the different voices and accents as well as to the Gaelic phrases (not that I am any expert on that!). The whisky is enjoyed, the community comes together, the home guard escapes any reprimands, George Campbell braves his mother to inorm her of his marriage and life goes on idyllcally! Daubney, Kate (2006). "Music as a Satirical Device in the Ealing Comedies". In Mera, Miguel; Burnand, David (eds.). European Film Music. Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate Publishing. pp.60–72. ISBN 978-0-7546-3659-5.The music for Whisky Galore! was composed by Ernest Irving, who had been involved in several other productions for Ealing Studios. His score incorporated adaptations of themes from Scottish folk music to include in his compositions, [38] and used the Scotch snap musical form to reinforce the theme. [39] The musicologist Kate Daubney writes that Irving's score "Seems positively lush with its expansive seascapes and emotive expressions of anxiety in the community". [40] The opening music to the film begins with English brass notes, but this changes to Scottish melodies; Daubney describes how the "balance of material evokes the English-Scottish relationship which will emerge in the film's story". [41] Muir, Kate (5 May 2017). "Whisky Galore!". The Times . Retrieved 16 November 2019. (subscription required) You probably know that it has parallels with a real event in 1941 when the SS Politician suffered a similar fate off the island of Eriskay. However, the book (unlike the 1949 film) only has the latter part of its content dedicated to the islanders making off with their alcoholic spoils; the grounding of the ship doesn't happen until half way through the book and the actual search is contained in one chapter.