Wendy hiller stars as a headstrong young woman who travels to these remote isles to marry a rich lord. The storm scenes, where the boat flounders and drifts into a whirlpool, are impressively executed. It stars wendy hiller and roger livesey, and features pamela brown and finlay currie. Universal declaration of human rights, by the italian illustrator and painter alessandro gatto. Youll also get access to new movies, complete tv series, shorts, and documentaries. Released november 23rd, 2001, i know where im going. John rutter i know where im going lyrics musixmatch. Behindthe scenes stills, narrated by thelma schoonmaker powell. I know where im going 1 hr 31 min michael powells 1945 film resists easy classification. Watch the video for i know where im going from the juddss number one hits for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. O feather beds are soft, and painted rooms are bonnie.
While awaiting access to englands technicolor cameras for their upcoming superproduction stairway to heaven, the producerdirector team of michael powell. Stranded by stormy weather, she meets a handsome naval officer roger livesey who threatens to thwart her carefully laidout life plans. Im in the eastern himalayas, somewhere in the 118,400 square miles of my map. When the weather keeps them separated on different islands, she begins to have second thoughts.
Trapped by inclement weather on the isle of mull and unable to continue to her destination, joan finds herself charmed by the straightforward, nononsense islanders around her, and becomes increasingly attracted to naval officer torquil macneil. In 1944, powell and pressburger were planning to make a bigbudget technicolor film to cement angloamerican relations, but couldnt get access to technicolor cameras. I know where im going, and i know whos going with me. He may know that such positions exist, but for him they exist in a higher world which is not open to him. It takes place on the night of june 12, 1994, and it. The movie straddles various genres gangster film, musical, period piece, while focusing on two couples richard gere and diane lane as dixie and vera, gregory hines and lonette mckee as sandman and lila. This film was shown to screenwriters at paramount studios in the late 40s as an example of a perfect screenplay. A lot of the documents have been sent to me or have come from other web sites. From the first time i became aware of wendy hiller as an actress, in 1979s the elephant man, and then having seen some of her in earlier films, ive loved her ability to portray solid, stalwart and stubbern women. Roger livesey couldnt have escaped the world of acting even if hed wanted to. A double was used for long shots and all closeups are shot in the studio. Msn outlook, office, skype, bing, breaking news, and.
Alongside a canterbury tale, powells most eloquent tribute to the mysteries of the british landscape. The war is a distant backdrop to i know where im going. I have stockings of silk and shoes of bright green leather combs to buckle my hair and a ring for every finger. Alternate universe crossover fic bringing the story of the film i know where im going. She sets off to marry one of the richest men in england, but a strong windstorm strands her midtravel. I know where im going 1945 film version of scottish folk song duration. The woman, joan webster wendy hiller, sets off from manchester where her father is a bank manager, singlemindedly determined to marry her rich businessman fiance who, she believes, owns an island called kiloran where he waits to marry her. Mason has always contended that it was michael powells reluctance to pay the expenses of masons wife on the. It is a truism that lesser works by interesting artists are preferable than interesting works by lesser artists, and this definitely applies to francis ford coppola and the cotton club 1984.
Original music allan gray written, produced and directed by michael powell and emeric pressburger. Not rated 1h 31min drama, romance 9 august 1947 usa. Baor definition and meaning collins english dictionary. Livesey was the son of stage actor sam livesey, the brother of performers jack and barry livesey, and the husband of. This book traces the films production history, exploring its place in powell and pressburgers canon. With wendy hiller, roger livesey, george carney, walter hudd. Beautiful at parts, but mostly because black narcissus is basically a remake of i know where im going. Focusing on the use of special effects, the book reveals a technologically ambitious masterpiece. I know where im going is a 1947 movie directed by the prestigious british tandem michal powell and emeric pressburger. Your customizable and curated collection of the best in trusted news plus coverage of sports, entertainment, money, weather, travel, health and lifestyle, combined with outlookhotmail, facebook. Including both 32bit and 64bit versions, but not rt tablet editions. After the relative failure of a canterbury tale 1944, michael powell and emeric pressburger allowed themselves, for the first time since 1940, a break from propaganda filmmaking. Joan webster wendy hiller is a young middleclass englishwoman with.
I know where im going centers on joan webster wendy hiller, who always knows exactly what she wants and insists on getting it. I have stockings of silk, and shoes of bright green leather, combs to buckle my hair, and a ring for every finger. I know who i love, and my dear knows who ill marry. Joan webster is an ambitious and stubborn middleclass english woman determined to move forward since her childhood. The title is taken from a book published by unesco in 1947, which assessed the losses and the. Di know awhere im going and bmi know whos going witha me i dknow who ibm lov. I know where im going i know whos going with me i know who i love and the devil knows who ill marry i have stockings of silk shoes of bright green. Some say hes black but i say hes bonnie the fairest of them all my handsome winsome johnny. James mason was originally cast as torquil, but declined when told he would have to live rough in the islands. Ironically, roger livesey never went to the islands because he was in a west end show at the time. Wendy hiller, in her way to marry one of the wealthiest men of england, is forced to stay at pamela browns house by never stopping winds and the scottish fog. Protagonistica, ciji lik tumaci wendy hiller, je slobodoumna i ambiciozna zena iz srednje klase koja svoje egzistencijalne probleme nastoji rijesiti udajom za bogatog industrijalca koga bi trebala sresti na skotskim hebridima. Pamela brown, petula clark, finlay currie, wendy hiller, roger livesey, michael.
She meets some locals, including torquil macneil roger livesey, a naval officer home on leave. From the lion king, to allnew originals like the mandalorian, theres something exciting for everyone. Watch the video for i know where im going from judy collinss a maid of constant sorrow for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. I know where im going and i know whos going with me i know who i love and the dear knows who ill marry. If it is, there are many recordings of this, including one by barbara dane which i listened to just this weekend. Pl definition and meaning collins english dictionary. I only saw her brilliant performance in i know where im going though about 10 years ago, and it has stayed with me ever since.
Plucky englishwoman joan webster wendy hiller travels to the remote islands of the scottish hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Excerpts from michael powells 1937 feature the edge of the world and 1978 documentary, return to the edge of the world. Provided to youtube by syntax creative i know im going there kingdom heirs forever changed. Duncan and jimmy are reunited at the end of the war and return to shetland, via a visit to glasgow and duncans mother. In addresses and on maps and signs, pl is often used as a written abbreviation for. In the end im better off and more knowledgeable for having read the book. In michael powell and emeric pressburgers stunningly photographed comedy, romance flourishes in an unlikely placethe bleak and moody scottish hebrides.
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