Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster (Wendy Hiller) travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. It deserves to have successors." LYRICS NEEDED: any help is really welcomeAlbum - Goodnight Irene 1949-1953 [Disc 2]Track 15 of 30Comment and vote, folks!Lyrics will be added on Video too: There are some long-distance shots looking down over the area, shot from one of the islands. At last the weather clears. With Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, George Carney, Walter Hudd. The close-up shots of the people in the boat were all done in the studio, with a boat on gimbals being rocked in all directions by some hefty studio hands while others threw buckets of water at them. From there they go to Achnacroish, where Joan is surprised to re-encounter Torquil, who feigns not to know her in the presence of others. Whilst on the island, she meets Torquil McNeil and as the days go by they fall in love with each other. Feather beds are soft, Painted rooms are bonny; 10: But I’d leave them all : To go with my love Johnny. Moving History; Art. Joan suggests to Catriona that she could sell her property to get money. From various topographical references and a map briefly shown in the film, it is clear that the Isle of Kiloran is based on Colonsay. I Know Where I’m Going was first published in 1909 in Irish Country Songs, collated by Herbert Hughes. [4], The movie was originally meant to star Deborah Kerr and James Mason but Kerr could not get out of her contract with MGM, so they cast Wendy Hiller. At first, it's only the foggy weather that prevents her from ferrying across to Gretna Green. [21], 1945 film by Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell. In Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's stunningly photographed comedy, romance flourishes in an unlikely place—the bleak and moody Scottish Hebrides. IKNOW where I’m going, I know who’s going with me, I know who I love, But the dear knows who I’ll marry. The film has received accolades from many critics: Pressburger said that, when he visited Paramount Pictures in 1947, the head of the script department told him they considered the film's screenplay perfect and frequently watched it for inspiration. Pamela Brown, plays the poor huntress Catriona, silhouetted against the gray Northern sky with a shotgun in one hand, the other hand tethered to a leash restraining her dogs as they make their way up a brae; Finley Curray's weather-beaten face in close-up says more about his salty character than his sage dialogue; and there's an amusing cameo by a pre-teen Petula Clark, reading Edmund Spenser at the breakfast table. Joan manages to bribe young Kenny (Murdo Morrison) into attempting it by offering him £20: enough money to buy a half-share in Ruairidh's boat and marry Ruairidh's daughter Bridie (Margot Fitzsimons). "I Know Where I'm Going" is a traditional Scottish (some sources say Irish) ballad about a wealthy love struck young woman pining for her "bonnie" lover Johnny who some say has a bad reputation. The heroine of the film is trying to get to Kiloran (Colonsay), but nobody ever gets there. Desperate to salvage her carefully laid plans, Joan tries to persuade Ruairidh Mhór (Finlay Currie) to take her to Kiloran immediately, but he knows conditions are far too dangerous. (1945) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Joan asks Torquil for a parting kiss before they go their separate ways. DVD I Know Where I’m Going! I know where I'm going and I know who's going with me I know who I love but the devil knows who I'll marry Some say he's dark and some say he's bonny But the fairest of them all is my handsome, winsome Johnny I have stockings of silk and shoes of fine green leather Combs to buckle my hair and a ring for every finger Instrumental Verse The actors received £50,000, of which one third went to Hiller. She knows where she's going all right: To the Scottish isle of Killoran, where her future as Lady Bellinger is to be confirmed in matrimony.Yet Killoran may as well be the planet Mars. From the battlements, Torquil sees Joan, accompanied by three bagpipers, marching resolutely toward him. Badder, David. Just the sort of ironic juxtaposition one might expect from this movie's masterful director, Michael Powell. Powell suggested an island on Scotland's west coast. Friends and Photography; What I see when I see the world; Buffy Art Historian; Elective Affinities; About ; August 12, 2017. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. She meets her father in a fancy restaurant to tell him that she will marry the wealthy middle-aged industrial Robert Bellinger in Kiloran island, in the Hebrides Islands, Scotland. (repeat) I know where I'm goin' Don't you wanna come too? I recorded this some time ago with one of the best Irish Accompanists, Elizabeth Bicker. Advertisement . Then the fog is cleared away by gale-force winds. Add Comment. [21], The film was one of the first five movies from the Rank Organisation to receive a release in the U.S. under a new arrangement. Yet she is stubborn, even bribing a boy to pilot a small boat to Killoran in the midst of a huge squall - a move that proves nearly fatal. Powell thought he was too old and portly but Livesey lost "ten or twelve pounds" (four or five kilos) and lightened his hair: Powell was convinced. Lean your head back, let it go I know where I'm goin' Don't you wanna come too? They stay in separate rooms at the Western Isles Hotel in Tobermory and eat at separate tables to avert gossip. I Know Where I'm Going! It was made by Mark Cousins for BBC Scotland in 1994, which is available for free download on Youtube. Date: 1945 Director: Powell & Pressburger Production Company: The Archers. [18][19] The film's other music is traditional Scottish and Irish songs[20] and original music by Allan Gray. I Know Where I'm Going version sung during the closing credits of Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1945 black and white film with same name. As the bad weather worsens into a full-scale gale, Torquil spends more time with Joan, who becomes increasingly torn between her ambition and her growing attraction to him. She travels from Manchester to the island of Mull, where she stays trapped due to the windy weather. A World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. 25 of 29 people found this review helpful. Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. They land in Holland and are aided by Dutch civilians. Pressburger wrote the screenplay in four days. is released in France by the Institut Lumière under the French title “Je Sais Ou Je Vais”. As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on Britain in 1943, the embittered expert who'll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol. Written by 15:00. I Know Where I'm Going! A beautiful, superstitious, animal-loving Gypsy is hotly desired by a fox-hunting squire even after she marries a clergyman. is a 1945 romance film by the British-based filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Poor Wayfaring Stranger Tracklist. They attend a ceilidh celebrating one of the workers' diamond wedding anniversary (the Campbells). A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court. The disc is entirely English friendly, with removable French subtitles from the film, and all extra features either in English, or subtitled in English. When bad weather postpones the final leg of her journey (the boat trip to Kiloran), she is forced to wait it out on the Isle of Mull, among a community of people whose values are quite different from hers. Notes *We believe this is referring to his hair color though there are alternate interpretations. Was this review helpful to you? No footage was shot on Colonsay. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? The song features harmony vocals from Dolly Parton. 3 talking about this. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. Joan Webster is an ambitious and stubborn middle-class English woman determined to move forward since her childhood. They meet in the castle, and embrace. He and Pressburger spent several weeks researching locations and decided on the Isle of Mull. It is Roud number 5701. "I Know Where I'm Going" is sung as the end credits roll. Later in his career he would direct many documentaries and important series about the history of the cinema, which appears to be his main passion in life. A young Englishwoman goes to the Hebrides to marry her older, wealthier fiancé. ), Pressburger suggested that instead they make a film that was part of the "crusade against materialism", a theme they had tackled in The Canterbury Tale, only in a more accessible romantic comedy format.[3]. The pipers at the ceilidh are there by default as they are also trapped en route to Kiloran and were to play at Joan's wedding. She meets her father in a fancy restaurant to tell him that she will marry the wealthy middle-aged industrial Robert Bellinger in Kiloran island, in the Hebrides Islands, Scotland. This was a combination of footage shot at Corryvreckan between the Hebridean islands of Scarba and Jura, and Bealach a'Choin Ghlais (Sound of the Grey Dogs) between Scarba and Lunga. Check out our know where i'm going selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our shops. Use the HTML below. Roger Livesey read the script and asked to play the role. I Know Where I'm Going. I got my reservations And I got one for you I know why I'm singin' Don't you want to sing too? Wendy Hiller stars as a headstrong young woman who travels to these remote isles to marry a rich lord. It stars Wendy Hiller and Roger Livesey, and features Pamela Brown and Finlay Currie. The Best Movies New to Every Major Streaming Platform in February 2020, Camerimage to host Powell-Pressburger tribute, Blackbird sings in praise of Scotland's cultural history. Whilst on the island, she meets Torquil McNeil and as the days go by they fall in love with each other. Title: The next day, on their way to catch a bus to Tobermory to find a telephone, they come upon the ruins of Moy Castle. I Know Where I'm Going! Torquil enters Moy Castle, and the curse takes effect almost immediately. The DVD is presented as a 2-disc set, in PAL format and is encoded for Region 2. Joan moves out of the hotel into a castle on the island owned by a friend of her fiancé. View production, box office, & company info. Joan gets seasick. Synopsis: Joan Webster is an ambitious and stubborn middle-class English woman determined to move forward since her childhood. It is also played by three pipers marching toward Moy Castle at the start of the final scene. Later though, it's as if the atmosphere itself, something in the old castle legends and superstitions that conspire to keep her away from everything she's wanted. I know where I'm going And I know who's going with me I know who I love But the dear knows who I'll marry. At the coastguard station in Tobermory they are able to contact Bellinger on Kiloran. She travels from her home in Manchester to the Hebrides to marry Sir Robert Bellinger, a wealthy, much older industrialist, on the (fictitious) Isle of Kiloran. Can't you hear the bells a ringin'? [15] The puirt à beul "Macaphee"[16] was performed by Boyd Steven, Maxwell Kennedy and Jean Houston of the Glasgow Orpheus Choir. We’ve been doing this since we were 18 and I’m 26 now. When the weather keeps them separated on different islands, she begins to have second thoughts. I Know Where I'm Going! LINCOLN BIO # TFLN #32. A short while later, Fred has joined the Fleet Air Arm (Fly ... See full summary ». Tweet. It has been noted since the early nineteenth century. (1945) Plot. To Know where I’m going you’d have to know where I came from. Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Let the spirit move you Spirit move you, yeah I know where I'm goin' Don't you wanna come too? By all accounts and measures, I Know Where I'm Going is an assembly line romantic comedy. An Australian girl travelling the real and virtual globe, little by little. Traditional Irish song collected and arranged by Herbert Hughes. The images are memorable too. A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer. These were then mixed so that the same scene would often have a middle-distance shot of the double and then a closeup of Livesey, or a shot of the double's back followed by a shot showing Livesey's face. John Laurie was the choreographer and arranger for the cèilidh sequences. I Know Where I'm Going! There are some middle-distance and close-up shots that were made from a small boat with a hand-held camera. Dec 8, 2020 - Explore Janet Armistead's board "I Know Where I'm Going", followed by 149 people on Pinterest. Watching "I Know Where I'm Going" induces an atmosphere of coziness, tradition, mystery, tartan wool and fierce storms, of both the meteorological *and* cardiac varieties. I'm super happy to finally share the official music video for I don't know where I'm going with you. It was released in April 1987 as the second single from the album Heartland. [17] The song sung at the cèilidh that Torquil translates for Joan is a traditional Gaelic song "Ho ro, mo nighean donn bhòidheach", originally translated into English as "Ho ro My Nut Brown Maiden" by John Stuart Blackie in 1882. Powell and Pressburger wanted to make A Matter of Life and Death but filming was held up because they wanted to do the film in colour and there was a shortage of colour cameras. This is a half-hour documentary about the film I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING (1945, see my review). The others were Caesar and Cleopatra, The Rake's Progress, Brief Encounter and The Wicked Lady.[22]. in Mull, I realised who it was that Pamela Brown's Catriona resembles: Kathleen Byron's Sister Ruth in Black Narcissus. The name Kiloran was borrowed from one of Colonsay's bays, Kiloran Bay. En route, the boat's engine is flooded and they are nearly caught in the Corryvreckan whirlpool, but Torquil is able to restart the motor just in time and they return safely to Mull. These were filmed with the shots made from the boat with the hand-held camera projected behind them. On the bus the locals tell many disparaging tales of Bellinger. Joan Webster (Wendy Hiller) is a young middle class Englishwoman with an ambitious, independent spirit. [13], The film was budgeted at £200,000 (equivalent to £8,694,648 in 2019) and went £30,000 over. It was released in October 2005 as second single from his album Time Well Wasted and is his 14th career single (not counting album cuts). Joan Webster is an ambitious and stubborn middle-class English woman determined to move forward since her childhood. I know where I'm going and I know who's going with me I know who I love but the dear knows who I'll marry Feather beds are soft and painted rooms are bonny But I would leave them all for my handsome, winsome Johnny. The song was their ninth number one on the country chart. —, "The cast makes the best possible use of some natural, unforced dialogue, and there is some glorious outdoor photography." The whirlpool cost £40,000. The song was Parton's 25th Billboard No. They are sheltered for the night in the nearby home of Torquil's friend, Catriona Potts (Pamela Brown). Showing all 5 items Jump to: Summaries (4) Synopsis (1) Summaries. The title "I Know Where I'm Going" refers to a declaration made by the film's heroine, a middle-class English girl (acted by Wendy Hiller) who's determined to get to the top of the social rung by any means legal. 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