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ACTOR
Bill TraversAlastair SimPaul YoungNorah Gorsen
DIRECTOR
Frank Launder
SYNOPSICS
Geordie (1955) is a English movie. Frank Launder has directed this movie. Bill Travers,Alastair Sim,Paul Young,Norah Gorsen are the starring of this movie. It was released in 1955. Geordie (1955) is considered one of the best Comedy,Drama,Romance,Sport movie in India and around the world.
Concerned about his small stature, a young Scottish boy applies for a mail-order body building course, successfully gaining both height and strength. At the age of 21, he displays a talent for hammer-throwing, and is selected to represent Britain in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia.
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Geordie (1955) Reviews
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.
Wonderful low-key Comedy about big Scot who gets the gold at the Melbourne Olympics
Farm boy Rulon Gardner's fabulous win at the Sydney Olympics in Greco-Roman wrestling is almost a real-life incarnation of the hero of "Wee Geordie." Goerdie, the hero of this wonderful low-key comedy, starts out as an undersized little boy in rural Scotland, who grows up to be very big indeed. He takes up hammer-throwing after completing a physical-culture courst that converts him from 99 lb. weakling to "Charles Atlas." And, of course, he ends up in the 1956 Olympics, wearing his kilt and throwing for the gold. I saw this film as a kid when it first came out, and was lucky enough to see it on television about a decade ago--and it had lost none of its charm. What with Rulon and Sydney, it's time to bring out this wonderful comedy on Video/DVD. Alistair Sim is a wonderful laird and Bill Travers plays the ultra-grown-up Geordie. It's really funny in the way of Brit comedies of the era.
Geordie... a WEE movie with a GIANT impact...
This movie is truly a classic... It is a classic story of a small boy who is tired of being small and rather than having sand kicked in his face, sends off for a "HE-MAN" mail order course... He then trains and dedicates himself to strength training and eventually grows to become an Olympic champion in the Hammer Throw, one of the Olympic strong man events... This movie is great and reminds us of days when Olympic champions were built from desire and hard work rather than todays steroids and other controversial techniques... A must see...
Scottish Fairy Tale.
Geordie grows up from a stunted weakling into a braw man with shoulders on him like an ox and a set of regional allegiances to match. He's no long Wee Geordie. He's Geordie who excels at the kind of Scottish sports that require great skill and delicacy, like throwing a hammer and tossing a telephone pole around. He's a quiet guy though, not a braggart or a competitor. He has a loving mother who urges him to stay strong by eating his oatmeal, er, porridge. He has a cute girl friend too, who inspires him to compete without ever really trying to. Alistair Sim in the Laird on whose land Geordie is the happy gamekeeper. A couple of English sports promoters or impresarios or whatever they're called learn of Geordie's skill at the hammer throw and the community swells with pride as the lad is whisked off to Australia to compete in the Olympics. As in "Chariots of Fire", there's a spot of trouble over a principle: Geordie's wearing his father's kilt during the event. There's also a brief misunderstanding concerning a blond female Danish shot putter who finds Geordie attractive and is not afraid of demonstrating her affection in public. All the troubles and contretemps are quickly taken care of. It's a charming story. The people of Geordie's lands are human and friendly in their reserved way, only I wish they hadn't made that crack about its being necessary for Geordie to win the prize back from those cops from Glasgow, that having been my Grand Dad's profession. The photography of the glens and lochs is sumptuous. A Kelpie could be hidden behind the ferns and gorse. Scotland has never looked quite so pretty. Geordie's family's humble stone cottage is painted a pleasing egg shell white. And the local folk in their multilayered tweeds look entirely comfortable in the clear and chilly wind. The film has its weak moments. The first half, with Geordie and his neighbors frolicking in the glens and on the bens is extremely engaging. The second half, dealing with the Olympics, rather drags. Geordie is losing at the hammer throw but at the last moment he has an epiphany. He imagines that he is not in Australia at all but back in the highlands and his girl is whistling encouragement to him from a nearby hill. POW -- the Olympic record is broken, and Rocky gets up from the canvas and floors his obnoxious opponent. But in the end, it's one of those movies that you watch in delight and, when it's over, wistfully wonder what it would be like to live in Geordie's world, unbothered by Twitters and Tweets.
Innocent Fun, Good Family Entertainmnt
I first saw this movie on late night TV as a youth around 10 years old.Luckily, I got to stay up late one night over the weekend and surprise! there was a film called "Wee Geordie" on late night TV. I still remember it to this day. Sentimental? yes, but as a full blooded Scot, that scene of the mountains back hame,and hearing the Bagpipes in "Big" Geordie's dream sequence, still brings a tear to my eyes after 42 years. That's an excellent film in my opinion and I would recommend it to anyone with a drop of Celtic heritage or anyone who enjoyed films like " Rob Roy" and "BraveHeart". Wee Geordie thankfully, is without all the "historic" violence. Still another great film that deserves to be mentioned here,is "Tunes of Glory" with Sir Alec Guiness.This film is definitely not as innocent as Wee Geordie in nature. But in my opinion, it also ranks as one of the best Scottish Army themed films ever made, and still is dynamic entertainment. Enjoy!