Whisky Galore! (2016 film)

Whisky Galore!
Directed byGillies MacKinnon
Screenplay byPeter McDougall
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Whisky Galore Film
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Running time
98 minutes[2]
CountryUnited Kingdom

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[3] and then in the rest of the UK, Ireland and the US from 19 May 2017. The principal film location was Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

  1. ^ Young, Katy (21 April 2016). "'Whisky Galore!' world premiere to close Edinburgh". screendaily.com.
  2. ^ Muir, Kate (5 May 2017). "Another? Don't mind if I do". The Times. No. 72215. p. 7. ISSN 0140-0460.
  3. ^ "Release date for Whisky Galore remake". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.