I Love Gene Kelly. I've seen all his movies over and over. He was an amazing dancer. and I especially love Brigadoon. There's no one alive who can dance like him in that carefree style. He made it look so easy.
Movies like Brigadoon were few and far between. People like Gene Kelly, Van Johnson and Cyd Charrisse don't exist anymore. I have watched this movie at least 6 times.it is one of all time favorites.
OMG!! I 've always wanted a man like Gene Kelly: handsome, romantic, talented, great dresser, & not afraid to love a woman or even to make a fool of himself for her!! Love him all of my days!! Continue RIHP King!! 💘
It's amazing how Kelly and Astaire could come up with such musical diamonds as seen here, e.g., Kelly's walking backwards up a hill, legs crisscrossing, choreography at its most sublime.
Feels like seeing a childhood friend after so many years. I thought I could never find this movie as I didn't remember anything about it beside it's about a village appears only every 100 years. After about 30 years I found it. Feel as lucky as Gene Kelly's character in the movie ( -70 years luckier) . :) Love you Google!
@Natalie...Agreed. But I think he'll have to share it with Fred Astaire who showed off his in his first dance solo. Take a look: ua-cam.com/video/vtJD9No6GVM/v-deo.html
If this is what Tommy is like ALMOST in love, I wonder what being IN love is like. I still watch my VHS version of this even though I grabbed the DVD version. Brigadoon is my most watched movie of my 21 years closely followed by Guys and Dolls, and 1776. Musicals are amazing; that's all there is to it.
Guys and dolls, show boat, kiss me Kate, carousel, Oklahoma, 7 brides for 7 brothers, it's always fair weather, singing in the rain, meet me in Las Vegas are all classic MGM films I can't live without and I haven't even listed 1/4 of them
I am half Scottish,i have been there many times, its magical!!!! Especially in the hills when the mist comes down, its like you are the only people in the world!!! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@@mariaevans7811 wonderful!!! It's not that I envy you, but I want to go there too! This one of my favorite solos and every time I sing it - I'm there>>>>
According to what I see this was 3 years ago I hope you did it right Brigadoon is my favorite movie of all times wish I could have been there to see it I hope you had fun
Pure joy - what else should a movie show? This is brave and daring - pure love is always a huge statement of strength and power. Anger and destruction is just a weak way to grab people's attention.
Maybe the sun gave me the pow'r, For I could swim Loch Lomond and be home in half an hour. Maybe the air gave me the drive, For I'm all aglow and alive. What a day this has been! What a rare mood I'm in! Why, it's almost like being in love! There's a smile on my face for the whole human race! Why, it's almost like being in love! All the music of life seems to be like a bell that is ringing for me! And from the way that I feel when that bell starts to peal, I could swear I was falling, I would swear I was falling, It's almost like being in love. When we walked up the brae, FIONA: Not a word did we say, It was...almost like bein' in love. But your arm link'd in mine made the world kind o' fine. TOMMY: It was...almost like being in love! FIONA: All the music of life seems to be TOMMY: Like a bell that is ringing for me! BOTH: And from the way that I feel when that bell starts to peal, FIONA: I could swear I was fallin', TOMMY: I would swear I was falling, BOTH: It's almost like being in love! source: www.lyricsondemand.com/soundtracks/b/brigadoonlyrics/almostlikebeinginlovelyrics.html
Welcome to the wonderful world of the great song and dance of the years of true entertainment. Now don't stop here, for the road to song and dance, has just begun.
That's cute interplay between Kelly and Johnson here. And there's only one other singer/actor/dancer who could pull this number as well I can think of at the moment, and that's Fred Astaire. Anyone in agreement with me? Astaire can match Kelly's mischievous little boy caught with his hands in the cookie jar improvisation. Then, too, both have the tenor voice that goes well with this song.
I personally think "Heather On The Hill" & his ballet with Cyd Charisse was the showstopper for the movie. Cyd Charisse was always beautiful. But, she was simply stunning as Fiona Campbell. Sure, Astaire danced on a ceiling. But, I honestly believe this was the most beautiful dance ever filmed. And, I'm including the "Carousel" Dream Beach Ballet, which makes me cry every single time!
2:50 Does anyone else see them putting a bush into the scene, or is it just me? i seem to be the only person to have caught that in my class all 3 times we've watched it!
I never noticed it, until tonight on another video, because commenters mentioned it. Maybe I thought it was a breeze. But I just never saw it move, as I was focusing on Gene.
Donald Marhefka if u go to the top right hand corner of the google page there should be a thing that looks like a group of squares. U click on that and there should be a Google Play button.
Vincente Minnelli, the film's director, wanted to shoot the film in Scotland, but the MGM regime rejected the idea. Ultimately, both he and Kelly were disappointed with the finished product. The two roles that Kelly did want to undertake, Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls and Pal Joey, eluded him.
This was an all time favourite--BUT it should have been made in Scotland using people with authentic accents and using the beauty of the Scottish countryside. A shame...
When he drags his shoes across the floor,,does that count as the first scratch? Its ALMOST like listening to a modern DJ scratching a vinyl record.. 555555555 well before its time,
Don't find up-tempo renditions of this song (Nat Cole's, et als) disrespectful. Still, such interpretations can alter the sweet romance that was intended.
Now lets get it straight this is NOT Lerner & Loewe's Brigadoon.I takes a great talent to hack a wonderful musical to death.Gene Kelly is that wonderful talent,but sadly being mainly a dancer,he removed many of the songs,and used the music from them for the extended dance sequences.Add to this the fact that the great director Vincente Minnelli wanted to film in Scotland (great idea) but the studio considered the expense too much,which basically scuppered the whole idea. The best movie version is the 1966 one with Robert Goulet, Directed by Fielder Cook.Which as far as I know has the complete score. You may wonder why I am posting this on a trailer clip.Well, as comments are disabled for the complete (1954) movie post,it would seem that it has too many bad comments?
According to a interview that he did with film historian"Prof.Richard Brown on AMC's "Reflections Of The Silver Screen"..Gene Kelly said that he was the one..who wanted to do the film in Scotland..but? The new head of MGM..Mr.Schary said"NO!"..Gene tried to afford an alternative..filming in upstate California..which resembles the Scot's highlands..but? Mr.Schary again said no. So the damn stupid execs tampered with a movie adaption.
I liked Gene Kelly's dancing and direction but I never thought he could act well or sing. This always puzzled me when other performers who could sing were dubbed.
I just throughly enjoy watching this or listening to it such lovely music & clean & classy movie! Uh, yes!
I love how he makes this seem so spontaneous, driven by his emotions, when you know he practiced for hours!
Perfectly said.
I Love Gene Kelly. I've seen all his movies over and over. He was an amazing dancer. and I especially love Brigadoon. There's no one alive who can dance like him in that carefree style. He made it look so easy.
One of The Best Entertainers We ever had.
Gene could sing and dance your heart into being more than who you are. A rare Man's Man, and a Ladies' Man. I wonder if we'll ever see his like again?
It's too bad we don't have films like these today. And I'd wish they'd release a blu-ray for this movie.
They have
Amazon has it in Bluray
@@leonardbarron8684 is it in quality??
Movies like Brigadoon were few and far between. People like Gene Kelly, Van Johnson and Cyd Charrisse don't exist anymore. I have watched this movie at least 6 times.it is one of all time favorites.
Gene Kelly oh my. 🕺🏼🎵. Gene Kelly was one of a kind. There will never be another Gene Kelly.
OMG!! I 've always wanted a man like Gene Kelly: handsome, romantic, talented, great dresser, & not afraid to love a woman or even to make a fool of himself for her!! Love him all of my days!! Continue RIHP King!! 💘
It's amazing how Kelly and Astaire could come up with such musical diamonds as seen here, e.g., Kelly's walking backwards up a hill, legs crisscrossing, choreography at its most sublime.
Definitely! 🤩
Astaire? Ist Not Fred Astaire🙋
Fascinating how close the spirit of this parallels the energy in Kelly’s other iconic turn, “Singin’ in the Rain”…light-hearted, nearly slap-happy.
Van Johnson was always the perfect co-star. The man was an all round entertainer in his own right.
Feels like seeing a childhood friend after so many years. I thought I could never find this movie as I didn't remember anything about it beside it's about a village appears only every 100 years. After about 30 years I found it. Feel as lucky as Gene Kelly's character in the movie ( -70 years luckier) . :) Love you Google!
Hello Kate
You will look a very long time to find an artist like gene Kelly
Absolutely gorgeous. Wonderful music and dancing. Wish there were musicals still being made.
Hello Joan
We will never see this talent again,Gene Kelly so tough ,so good.
And the Oscar goes to... Gene Kelly's perfect tush
Oh yeah!!!
You are right never noticed before
@@babydolly5255 It's almost as if the costume was designed to show off Gene's "tush," as Lady Edith called it.
@Natalie...Agreed. But I think he'll have to share it with Fred Astaire who showed off his in his first dance solo. Take a look:
ua-cam.com/video/vtJD9No6GVM/v-deo.html
@@jayyoung4534 definitely
Never tire of watching Gene Kelly brilliant
So handsome and a beautiful dancer ❤️
Greatest dancer around. Also had the sweetest voice you’ve ever heard.
When movies were magical...
Like Gene's whisper of a voice but Robert Goulet, with his magnificent baritone, made this song properly soar.
Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy made a fine recording of this song.
Love his friends face, Gene fantastic as always love this.
Beautiful Gene Kelly. ♥️
One perfectly beautiful and benevolent piece of work. I will never tire of watching it.
Just watched this movie for the first time.
Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I absolutely loved it!
Hello Gabriella
Will love Gene Kelly all my living days!! Mr. Song & Dance Himself!!
If this is what Tommy is like ALMOST in love, I wonder what being IN love is like.
I still watch my VHS version of this even though I grabbed the DVD version.
Brigadoon is my most watched movie of my 21 years closely followed by Guys and Dolls, and 1776.
Musicals are amazing; that's all there is to it.
Guys and dolls, show boat, kiss me Kate, carousel, Oklahoma, 7 brides for 7 brothers, it's always fair weather, singing in the rain, meet me in Las Vegas are all classic MGM films I can't live without and I haven't even listed 1/4 of them
Still…I’ll take Gene!❤❤❤️
Magical movie and great acting! Kinda makes one wanna go there.
Yes, I've been to Scotland three times. Wish I could live there .
I am half Scottish,i have been there many times, its magical!!!! Especially in the hills when the mist comes down, its like you are the only people in the world!!! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@@mariaevans7811 wonderful!!! It's not that I envy you, but I want to go there too! This one of my favorite solos and every time I sing it - I'm there>>>>
Celtic Power...
I ♥️ Gene Kelly!
Happy 100th Birthday to GENE KELLY...All of his great films shown on TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES TODAY!
2:50 makes me laugh so hard! The person pushing the bush in 😂💗❤️
Zoe ZR Wow that is funny, it's a sniper who forgot wwii ended.
AHAHHAHAHAH I never noticed that!
i am never gonna unsee that
seen the movie million times never noticed before hahahahahah
It probably had to be out of the way for the camera crew while they were moving through
I just got cast as Fiona in my school's production of Brigadoon! I am so excited- wish me luck!(:
Kailey Ganevsky Good luck and have fun with it.
how did it go
I hope you broke a leg.
hoborock007 good luck, oh 2 years too late. Lol
According to what I see this was 3 years ago I hope you did it right Brigadoon is my favorite movie of all times wish I could have been there to see it I hope you had fun
Great stuff. Gene one of the special entertainers in a great era
I remember watching this movie in school, almost 30 years ago, at the end of the year for a chorus class I was in. Amazing songs in it!
Pure joy - what else should a movie show? This is brave and daring - pure love is always a huge statement of strength and power. Anger and destruction is just a weak way to grab people's attention.
When I was a kid, this scene always reminded me of "Jolly Holiday" from "Mary Poppins" =)
Gene Kelly an absolute Superstar
Very nice singing performance from Gene. He really didn't have much of a voice but he used what he had very well.
LIke Fred Astaire. They didn't have great voices, but they had such pleasant voices.
One of my favourite movies
Always been in.love with this guy!❤😂❤😂❤😂❤😂❤😂❤😂❤
One of my favorite songs, play this post a few times a day. Thx for the post and a salute to Lerner & Lowe
Maybe the sun gave me the pow'r,
For I could swim Loch Lomond and be home in half an hour.
Maybe the air gave me the drive,
For I'm all aglow and alive.
What a day this has been! What a rare mood I'm in!
Why, it's almost like being in love!
There's a smile on my face for the whole human race!
Why, it's almost like being in love!
All the music of life seems to be like a bell that is ringing for me!
And from the way that I feel when that bell starts to peal,
I could swear I was falling, I would swear I was falling,
It's almost like being in love.
When we walked up the brae,
FIONA:
Not a word did we say,
It was...almost like bein' in love.
But your arm link'd in mine made the world kind o' fine.
TOMMY:
It was...almost like being in love!
FIONA:
All the music of life seems to be
TOMMY:
Like a bell that is ringing for me!
BOTH:
And from the way that I feel when that bell starts to peal,
FIONA:
I could swear I was fallin',
TOMMY:
I would swear I was falling,
BOTH:
It's almost like being in love!
source: www.lyricsondemand.com/soundtracks/b/brigadoonlyrics/almostlikebeinginlovelyrics.html
Wonderful!!!!!!!!! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Welcome to the wonderful world of the great song and dance of the years of true entertainment. Now don't stop here, for the road to song and dance, has just begun.
Hello Kathleen
I LOOOOOVVVE GENE KELLY!!!!!!🙆♀️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🥴🙂
Love Nat, Frank and Judy...but...this is...smooth, soft, sweet.
That's cute interplay between Kelly and Johnson here. And there's only one other singer/actor/dancer who could pull this number as well I can think of at the moment, and that's Fred Astaire. Anyone in agreement with me? Astaire can match Kelly's mischievous little boy caught with his hands in the cookie jar improvisation. Then, too, both have the tenor voice that goes well with this song.
I personally think "Heather On The Hill" & his ballet with Cyd Charisse was the showstopper for the movie. Cyd Charisse was always beautiful. But, she was simply stunning as Fiona Campbell. Sure, Astaire danced on a ceiling. But, I honestly believe this was the most beautiful dance ever filmed. And, I'm including the "Carousel" Dream Beach Ballet, which makes me cry every single time!
this song means a lot to me ah wonderful
Hello Irene
This is one of my favorites. Wish it was the whole movie!
My very good friend sang this for our play this and love of my life are my two favorite songs
Toda la pelicula hay que verla !!!! Es EXCELENTE !!!! (all movie).
My beauty has always been a Brigadoon. You have to catch it on the right day or you will miss it.
The Book "Almost Like Being in Love" made me love this song, thank you Steve Kluger
2:49 lol that bush
It won a Oscar 😏
I'd give anything for my grandkids to be able to this and Camelot, Sound of Music, etc. (the originals)
IfI hear the Jules Holland /Jamie Cullum version once more, I'll scream. Why mess with perfection?
Who’s watching the movie right now?
This is very much like another dance Kelly had previously done, only slightly drier, if you get my meaning.
2:50 Does anyone else see them putting a bush into the scene, or is it just me? i seem to be the only person to have caught that in my class all 3 times we've watched it!
Just A Chorus Girl
No, we all caught it, too. Funny.
Which particular part? 🤔
I never noticed it, until tonight on another video, because commenters mentioned it. Maybe I thought it was a breeze. But I just never saw it move, as I was focusing on Gene.
I love how the dude is staring at Gene Kelly! He's like, "Dude......... you cray cray!"
Van Johnson, MGM Star since the 1940s.
Inter-library loans are good to get the video. Such a great, great movie.
Este clasico me remonta al año 1959, entonces si éra cine de entretenimiento; Brigadoon, Brigadoon.
such a great movie with sweet romance
the love of my life
Hello Claire
This is pretty much what I would do when realising I've fallen in love
You can get this movie on Google Play! Just in case anybody didn't know. I've got about a few Gene Kelly movies on there and I'm very happy:)
Donald Marhefka if u go to the top right hand corner of the google page there should be a thing that looks like a group of squares. U click on that and there should be a Google Play button.
Donald Marhefka u can also just go to where it says more and u click the arrow button. Go down to where it says play. Hope these help:D
Thank you SO much for uploading this! I have been looking for it for months!
Keep Fred Astaire and his broom, no one can dance with his sports coat like Gene Kelly.
Vincente Minnelli, the film's director, wanted to shoot the film in Scotland, but the MGM regime rejected the idea. Ultimately, both he and Kelly were disappointed with the finished product. The two roles that Kelly did want to undertake, Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls and Pal Joey, eluded him.
yes some of sets were cheesy, true
I was searching for Brigadoon. It doesn't exist.
This was a BOMB
love the scottish long horns. they are sweet.
The Highland cows were thinking: "These set designers haven't ever been within 300 miles of Scotland, have they? And why is there a pig on the set??"
I was wondering if those oxen with the long sharp horns were thinking of turning Gene into a gene-ka-bob.
I'm so excited to play this in pit! Principle clarinetist is going to be so much fun! :)
Those were the romantic days
I get to sing this at this Year's "Broadway Review" :D
KING.
Lord, just how many rehearsals did it take to get this gem to where he wanted it?
Probably many- Gene was a perfectionist!
No one mentions cyd chairsse. She is the best dancer in this movie. Try to dance on boulders in heels guys!
This was an all time favourite--BUT it should have been made in Scotland using people with authentic accents and using the beauty of the Scottish countryside. A shame...
and THANK you.. :)
No disrespect intended for the wonderful Gene Kelly but the gorgeous songs from this show were beyond him (I believe he thought so too).
When he drags his shoes across the floor,,does that count as the first scratch? Its ALMOST like listening to a modern DJ scratching a vinyl record.. 555555555 well before its time,
i never tried out. but i did get into state choir so ill just stick with that for now. maybe in a few years ill try out for the musical
It's like Magic Mike..circa 1954
Mini Aurochs at 2:39.
'The Whole of the Moon'
2019
well, congrats on getting into the choir!! :o)
Nick Yemana from the 12 Precint NYPD does a good rendition too.
Now this is the way that song ought to be sung and played. Most performers prefer to jazz up this beautiful ballad. Terrible. Thanks for posting
Terrible a matter of my own personal tastes. Can't speak for all
When you have a melody that is so beautiful, there is no need for jazzing it up.
Don't find up-tempo renditions of this song (Nat Cole's, et als) disrespectful. Still, such interpretations can alter the sweet romance that was intended.
Director wanted to go on location. Brass insisted it be done in a studio. It shows.
Location, location, location. Much agreed, Rob Tro. Larry, Taiwan
It is one of the most embarrassingly awful studio sets ever - sadly, that is what this version of Brigadoon has become best known for...
Ryan's romantic being is for his wife Kai lan
Now lets get it straight this is NOT Lerner & Loewe's Brigadoon.I takes a great talent to hack a wonderful musical to death.Gene Kelly is that wonderful talent,but sadly being mainly a dancer,he removed many of the songs,and used the music from them for the extended dance sequences.Add to this the fact that the great director Vincente Minnelli wanted to film in Scotland (great idea) but the studio considered the expense too much,which basically scuppered the whole idea.
The best movie version is the 1966 one with Robert Goulet, Directed by Fielder Cook.Which as far as I know has the complete score.
You may wonder why I am posting this on a trailer clip.Well, as comments are disabled for the complete (1954) movie post,it would seem that it has too many bad comments?
According to a interview that he did with film historian"Prof.Richard Brown on AMC's "Reflections Of The Silver Screen"..Gene Kelly said that he was the one..who wanted to do the film in Scotland..but? The new head of MGM..Mr.Schary said"NO!"..Gene tried to afford an alternative..filming in upstate California..which resembles the Scot's highlands..but? Mr.Schary again said no. So the damn stupid execs tampered with a movie adaption.
I liked Gene Kelly's dancing and direction but I never thought he could act well or sing. This always puzzled me when other performers who could sing were dubbed.
He has a good soft tone. Just not much power.
@@kentclark6420 True. He always seemed a bit nasal to me. Maybe I'm taking him for granted.
What happens around 2.49 when a bush suddenly appears at the right hand corner 😅??
2:37
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