Whisky Galore! (2016 film)

Whisky Galore! is a British film. It is a remake of the Ealing Comedy, Whisky Galore! (1949), directed by Gillies MacKinnon and stars Gregor Fisher, Eddie Izzard, Sean Biggerstaff and Naomi Battrick. It was released in 2016 in the UK.

Scottish islanders try to plunder cases of whisky from a stranded ship.

The production spent ten years in development hell. Producer Iain Maclean had initiated the project in 2004 with writer Bill Bryden attached and producers Stephen Evans, Maggie Montieth and Ed Crozier. He raised £400,000 through private investment to finance the development of the film through the company, Whisky Galore Development Ltd. After firing Bill Bryden, Peter McDougall was brought on board and wrote a script for a planned filming in the summer of 2006. The film never commenced production. Between 2006 and 2013, Stephen Evans and Ed Crozier left the project. In 2013, Iain Maclean, disheartened by the lack of production finance let Whisky Galore Development slip into administration forcing a loss to all the initial seed investors. In 2014, he met Irish pig farmer, Peter Drayne who agreed to finance the film completely and resurrected the project, as long as none of the original investors had anything to do with the project. It was finally "green-lit" in 2015 and principal photography commenced later in 2015 in Scotland. In the interim, McDougall wrote a second screenplay. According to director Gillies MacKinnon, the film is a modern interpretation, not a remake: "The style is contemporary, embracing drama, romance and comedy, with an array of colourful characters providing a platform for a wonderful cast."