Brigadoon

"NOW BIGGER THAN EVER IN THE BEAUTY OF COLOR!"

Sep 8 1954 Approved 1h 48m
Fantasy, Musical, Romance

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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Plot

Americans Tommy Albright and Jeff Douglas, on a hunting vacation in Scotland, discover a quaint and beautiful village, Brigadoon. Strangely, the village is not on any map, and soon Tommy and Jeff find out why: Brigadoon is an enchanted place. It appears once every hundred years for one day, then disappears back into the mists of time, to wake up to its next day a century hence. When Tommy falls in love with Fiona, a girl of the village, he realizes that she can never be part of his life back in America. Can he be part of hers in Brigadoon?

Written by

Alan Jay Lerner

Directed by

Vincente Minnelli

Cast

Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 3 Oscars. 1 win & 3 nominations total

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Brigadoon
Brigadoon (1954) Original Trailer [FHD]
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