It was perhaps the pairs most personal film to date. Stranded by stormy weather, she meets a handsome naval officer roger livesey who threatens to thwart her carefully laidout life plans. Plucky englishwoman joan webster wendy hiller travels to the remote islands of the scottish hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. I know where im going 1945 movie clip do you think. Movies locations people blog articles site info contact donate. While awaiting access to englands technicolor cameras for their upcoming superproduction stairway to heaven, the producerdirector team of michael powell and emeric pressburger dashed off a delightful personal project, i know where im going. But her plans go wrong when she finds herself stranded on an island and falls for a seemingly penniless young naval officer. Joan thinks she knows what she wants and where she is going, but she is given the gift of a chance to see the alternatives. The guardian, 16 november 1945 i reached the point of thinking there were no more masterpieces to discover, until i saw i know where im going. In the film, joan webster wendy hiller is a young, middleclass english woman who longs for.
Keep this tab open and open a new tab to myvidster. She learns that, while the people from the community miss having money, there are other things they care about more. Released november 23rd, 2001, i know where im going. In 1944, powell and pressburger were planning to make a bigbudget technicolor film to cement angloamerican relations, but couldnt get access to technicolor cameras. At bennington college, on saturday nights, movies were shown in the upstairs performance hall in the commons building. Martin scorsese the film critic barry norman included it among his 100 greatest films of all time. When the weather keeps them separated on different islands, she begins to have second thoughts. Miniver, to the rallyingcries of fires were started and henry v and now weve come to 1945s i know where im. In michael powell and emeric pressburgers stunningly photographed comedy, romance flourishes in an unlikely placethe bleak and moody scottish hebrides.
Clever opening from the archers the writingproducingdirecting partners michael powell and emeric pressburger, the narration not credited, from i know where i m going, 1945, starring wendy hiller, roger livesey and pamela brown. Primary is wanting to have the finer things in life, and as such she has accepted the marriage proposal of wealthy and much older sir robert bellinger, the owner of consolidated chemical industries, the company where she works, so that she can have money. 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. I know where im going 1945 film version of scottish folk. Cast and crew credits for i know where im going, 1945, directed by michael powell, with wendy hiller, roger livesey, george carney, at turner classic movies. An ambitious young woman is on her way to marry her boss a much older man who also happens to be very rich. Joan webster is an ambitious and stubborn middleclass english woman determined to move forward since her childhood. The storm scenes, where the boat flounders and drifts into a whirlpool, are impressively executed. The problem is that hes on a remote scottish island, and. Two men return to a village in hungary while the villagers prepare for the wedding of the town clerks son. I know where im going 1945 i know where im going is a classic romantic comedy about a young girl who intends to marry for money. The war is a distant backdrop to i know where im going. British filming locations for the movie i know where im going.
It stars wendy hiller and roger livesey, and features pamela brown and finlay currie. The town clerk fears the men may be heirs of the villages deported jews, and will demand their illegally acquired property back. She travels from manchester to the island of mull, where she stays trapped due to the windy weather. I know where im going version sung during the closing credits of michael powell, emeric pressburger 1945 black and white film with same name.
Wendy hiller, roger livesey, pamela brown, finlay curry and petula clark written and directed by michael powell and emeric pressburger. I know where im going 1945 movie clip opening, she already knew clever opening from the archers the writingproducingdirecting partners michael powell and emeric pressburger, the narration not credited, from i know where i m going, 1945, starring wendy hiller, roger livesey and pamela brown. It was a holiday which quickly assumed the character of a secular pilgrimage to the key locations in the 1945 michael powellemeric pressburger classic i. As with all of powell and pressburgers films, this one is a collaborative effort between the two, and i certainly dont wish to minimize the contribution of pressburger. With wendy hiller, roger livesey, george carney, walter hudd. Torquil roger livesy and joan wendy hiller are but observers at a country dance, the glasgow orpheus choir playing the local singers, in michael powells i know where im going, 1945 view the tcmdb entry for i know where im going 1945. 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. Pamela brown, petula clark, finlay currie, wendy hiller, roger livesey, michael powell, emeric pressburger, george r. Its been interesting watching all these movies at a fast clip. High resolution dvd movie cover image for i know where im going. Wendy hiller stars as a headstrong young woman who travels to these remote isles to marry a rich lord.
From a middle class background, twentyfive year old joan webster has always known what she has wanted and has taken steps to achieve that. Because of i know where im goings cultural and artistic importance to the u. 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, who holds a secret. I know where im going 1945 movie clip opening, she. I know where im going was an eyeopener to me a freshman out of the maine woods at age 16, and it and, of course, the marvelous song has stayed with me ever since 1949. Young middleclass englishwoman joan webster wendy hiller is determined to have the finer things in life, and to that end she plans to marry sir. The times, 14 november 1945 it has interest and integrity. Like i love you again, this excellent movie falls into the category of the life i didnt know i wanted. A young englishwoman goes to the hebrides to marry her older, wealthier fiance.
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