{"id":4747,"date":"2007-11-11T18:53:05","date_gmt":"2007-11-12T01:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4747"},"modified":"2020-12-25T12:36:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T19:36:15","slug":"wee-geordie-1955","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4747","title":{"rendered":"Wee Geordie (1955)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I only wish, McTaggart, that you had acquired as much in knowledge as you have in height and weight.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/Wee-Geordie-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/Wee-Geordie-Poster-114x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"114\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/Wee-Geordie-Poster-114x300.jpg 114w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/Wee-Geordie-Poster-49x128.jpg 49w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 114px) 100vw, 114px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA tiny Scottish lad (Paul Young) grows into a &#8220;gentle giant&#8221; (Bill Travers) who learns to throw hammers, and is recruited to represent Britain in the Australian Olympics.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alastair Sim Films<\/li>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Scotland<\/li>\n<li>Sports<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis enjoyable Scottish fable &#8212; reminiscent of Bill Forsyth&#8217;s recent imports, particularly <em>Local Hero<\/em> (1983) &#8212; plays like a biopic, but is pure fiction all the way. It&#8217;s an innocuous fairy tale which can easily be described as &#8220;heartwarming&#8221; &#8212; after all, what&#8217;s <em>not<\/em> to love about this handsome &#8220;gentle giant&#8221; who, despite his other-worldly strength, longs for little more than the hills of Scotland, his own sweet lass (Norah Gerson), and a chance to proudly wear his father&#8217;s kilt in the Olympics? While the story gets bogged down in the final reel by an inane subplot about a female Danish athlete (Doris Goddard) who lusts after Geordie, until then it&#8217;s all sweet, breezy sailing. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Wee Geordie&#8221; starting his mail-order exercise regime<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/wee-geordie-exercise.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/wee-geordie-exercise.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4749\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Geordie walking out during the Olympics in his father&#8217;s Black Watch kilt<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/wee-geordie-kilt.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/wee-geordie-kilt.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4750\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Alastair Sim as a local laird who takes a fatherly interest in Geordie<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/wee-geordie-alistair-sim.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/wee-geordie-alistair-sim.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4748\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth a look. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0048112\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1956\/10\/08\/archives\/screen-wee-geordie-tale-of-the-highlands-at-little-carnegie.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britmovie.co.uk\/genres\/drama\/filmography01\/018.html\">Brit Movie Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I only wish, McTaggart, that you had acquired as much in knowledge as you have in height and weight.&#8221; Synopsis: A tiny Scottish lad (Paul Young) grows into a &#8220;gentle giant&#8221; (Bill Travers) who learns to throw hammers, and is recruited to represent Britain in the Australian Olympics. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Alastair Sim Films Comedy Scotland Sports Review: This enjoyable Scottish fable &#8212; reminiscent of Bill Forsyth&#8217;s recent imports, particularly Local Hero (1983) &#8212; plays like a biopic,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4747\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4747"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59438,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4747\/revisions\/59438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}