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Geordie

  • 1955
  • 1h 33min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
6,8/10
974
LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
Geordie (1955)
CommediaDrammaRomanticismoSport

Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaGeordie is a very small boy who feels that the girl he loves is ignoring him because of his size. He decides to take a correspondence course in body-building. At 21, Geordie becomes one of t... Leggi tuttoGeordie is a very small boy who feels that the girl he loves is ignoring him because of his size. He decides to take a correspondence course in body-building. At 21, Geordie becomes one of the tallest and strongest men in Scotland.Geordie is a very small boy who feels that the girl he loves is ignoring him because of his size. He decides to take a correspondence course in body-building. At 21, Geordie becomes one of the tallest and strongest men in Scotland.

  • Regia
    • Frank Launder
  • Sceneggiatura
    • David Walker
    • Sidney Gilliat
    • Frank Launder
  • Star
    • Bill Travers
    • Alastair Sim
    • Paul Young
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    6,8/10
    974
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    • Regia
      • Frank Launder
    • Sceneggiatura
      • David Walker
      • Sidney Gilliat
      • Frank Launder
    • Star
      • Bill Travers
      • Alastair Sim
      • Paul Young
    • 35Recensioni degli utenti
    • 9Recensioni della critica
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    Bill Travers
    Bill Travers
    • Geordie Mac Taggart
    Alastair Sim
    Alastair Sim
    • The Laird
    Paul Young
    • Young Geordie Mac Taggart
    Norah Gorsen
    • Jean Donaldson
    Anna Ferguson
    • Young Jean Donaldson
    Miles Malleson
    Miles Malleson
    • Lord Paunceton
    Brian Reece
    Brian Reece
    • Olympic Selector
    Raymond Huntley
    Raymond Huntley
    • Olympic Selector
    Doris Goddard
    Doris Goddard
    • Helga
    Jameson Clark
    Jameson Clark
    • Geordie's Father
    Molly Urquhart
    • Geordie's Mother
    Jack Radcliffe
    • The Minister Rev. McNab
    Duncan Macrae
    Duncan Macrae
    • Schoolmaster
    Stanley Baxter
    Stanley Baxter
    • Postman
    Alex Mackenzie
    Alex Mackenzie
    • Macrimmon
    Francis De Wolff
    Francis De Wolff
    • Henry Samson
    • (as Francis de Wolff/Francis De Wolff)
    Margaret Boyd
    • Laird's Maid
    Michael Ripper
    • Reporter
    • Regia
      • Frank Launder
    • Sceneggiatura
      • David Walker
      • Sidney Gilliat
      • Frank Launder
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    7raymond-15

    A wee bit of comedy and a wee bit of romance

    Wee Geordie is an undersized lad who spends his savings on a physical culture course to increase his height and improve his strength. So successful is he that he is chosen in later years to represent Britain in the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games and as a consequence wins gold in the hammer throw.

    Such a simple tale with a message to youngsters that a goal can be achieved through sheer perseverance. Bill Travers plays the lead role as Geordie with a dour expression which breaks into a winning smile when things go right for him. Jean (Nora Gorsen) his companion since childhood urges him to accept the Olympic challenge and provides the romantic interest. Alistair Sim as the laird does well in a comic character role (as always). Francis de Wolff as Samson who prepares the correspondence courses for Geordie is a loud and aggressive character who takes all the credit for Geordie's success. There is a genuinely funny scene at the railway station when he farewells Geordie on his trip to Australia.

    The dialogue is very simple and unsophisticated. It is spoken slowly and clearly and fortunately the Scottish accent can be understood. The colour photography has a washed out look and shows how much the technology has advanced in the last 40 years or so.

    A nice little family film that will gladden the heart of any wee laddie or lassie.
    8-628

    Entertaining, heart-warming, delightful

    I watched Wee Geordie out of curiosity but found so much more than that. The story centres around a small rural Scottish boy who was teased and ridiculed at school because of his small stature and who took growth tablets to aid his physical development. He grows into a fine specimen of a man, tall and strong. His strength ultimately leads to him becoming a hammer thrower and representing Britain at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.

    The film is entertaining throughout. Bill Travers (of Born Free fame) is convincing and engaging as the grown Geordie Mac Taggart and Alastair Sims is a fine laird.

    I thought that the movie might be based on fact (a la Chariots of Fire) but a review of the Hammer Throw results at the Melbourne Olympics reveals it as a work of fiction. No matter! It does not change the fact that the movie is a delight to watch.

    The scenes of the final throw of the competition are captivating. Some competitors thrive on crowd support, others wilt under it. Geordie was a crowd favourite, thanks to his involvement in saving a man trapped under a car, but his nerves betray him under that pressure. When he shuts out the crowd and imagines his sweetheart back in the hills of Scotland - at the same time that she whispers into her wireless back home - a little piece of cinema magic is created.

    There was some licence taken with the location. When Geordie is shown arriving in Melbourne by ship, there are 2 scenes of Sydney Harbour. But that is immaterial to the enjoyment of the film.

    It is definitely worth the investment of your time and attention.
    7MOscarbradley

    Not a "Local Hero" but a real charmer, nevertheless.

    It's hardly "Local Hero" but this Scottish-set comedy from the Launder and Gilliat team is still a charmer. Bill Travers is the game-keeper's son who is entered for the Melbourne Olympics as a hammer-thrower but insists on wearing his kilt. It's a very simple little picture with characters that are easy to like. Travers may not have been much of an actor but he was certainly personable and Alastair Sim is wonderful as the local laird while the Scottish locations are lovely and like "Local Hero" it's funny but in a very gentle kind of way. This is British humour at its most restrained and its supporting cast of of character actors is first-rate. Popular at the time, it has disappeared over the years but is worth reviving.
    gbthomas

    Geordie on DVD

    It is time that this movie was released on DVD. It has been at least ten years since I last saw it on PBS. The values extolled in this film are never ending, and perhaps even timely in this period of heightened violence in the world. Geordie has been a favourite for many years and, notwithstanding my like for all of the classic and modern hard-hitting western, war and other action films, the scene where Geordie tosses the hammer for a Gold Medal while he envisions his sweetheart coming over a hill through the heather is only one that remains stuck in my mind, even to this day.
    IRVIN8

    alistar sim shines

    Just as with the other commentators, I too saw this film decades ago. It had already been in release for a couple of years, so there was a muzzy sense of age to it, even then.

    I'm taking a guess here, but I'd be willing to wager that those who remember this film best, are males. We remember the wee Scots lad with his wire-hanger-thin arms and his knobby knees; and then we remember the fine figure of a man that he grew into. Yet, in retrospect, it is Geordie's slightly puzzled reactions to the incidentals that happen as a young man that makes him an endearing character.

    While filmed in black and white, at the risk of a pun, this is one of the most colorful films ever made. What took it past a Cinderella-esque sort of movie, was Alistar Sim playing the foil. Who will forget the gorgeous old codger when he and Geordie are traipsing in the highlands, shooting for grouse. Feeling a call to nature, Sim discretely tells Geordie to go on ahead, and that he will join him momentarily. "Don't, if you please, shoot into the bushes," he warns Geordie. The young man wanders away, passing time - only to suddenly see a flock of grouse rush for the bush. Taking quick aim, he blasts away with both barrels. Not two seconds later, we see Sim, hobbled with his pants around his knees, thrusting his fist into the air and shouting, "Didn't I tell you to shoot anywhere but into the bushes!" The scene still makes me laugh.

    Bill Travers went on to achieve considerable star power with "Born Free", and unless I'm mistaken, became an environmental activist.

    One curiosity: "Geordie" is a term of endearment of the name, George, in the city/district of Newcastle. I haven't been able to reckon out why a Scots lad should bear such an English name. --Any suggestions?

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      Geordie's mail order mentor/physical culture instructor, Henry Samson (Francis De Wolff) is obviously a spoof of real life mail order muscle building entrepreneur, Charles Atlas.
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      At the end of the movie Bill Travers and Norah Gorsen fall into the river. When they get out of the river, Norah is wet, then dry, then wet again. and as they walk away the bottom of her dress is seen to be wet whilst her top is obviously dry.
    • Citazioni

      Olympic selector: You will represent England in the Olympics.

      Geordie: Why would I want to do that?

      Olympic selector: He means Great Britain.

    • Curiosità sui crediti
      Opening credits prologue: THE PLACE: Scotland

      THE TIME: Yesterday

      and Today-with a wee peep at Tomorrow.
    • Connessioni
      Referenced in Sabato sera, domenica mattina (1960)
    • Colonne sonore
      Highland Laddie
      (uncredited)

      Traditional

      Arranged by William Alwyn

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    • Data di uscita
      • settembre 1955 (Regno Unito)
    • Paese di origine
      • Regno Unito
    • Lingua
      • Inglese
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      • Wee Geordie
    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, Inghilterra, Regno Unito(studio: made at Shepperton Studios England)
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      • Individual Pictures
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      • 1h 33min(93 min)
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