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Brigadoon

1954 · 108 min

A lush, dreamlike escape into a magical village where love and loss dance together in Technicolor.

Tagline
The great Broadway stage musical hit is on the screen!
Overview
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.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • fate
  • isolation
  • identity
  • redemption
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
  • big city
Era
timeless
Audience
family
Form
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism2
Romance8
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
music, fantasy, romance
Directed by
Vincente Minnelli
Written by
Alan Jay Lerner
Starring
Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse, Elaine Stewart, Barry Jones, Hugh Laing, Albert Sharpe, Virginia Bosler
Cinematography
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Runtime
108 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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