What is the movie Galore about?

A group of reckless teenage friends and lovers navigate through life in Canberra. Their lives change forever during a sweltering Australian summer.Galore / Film synopsis

Where was galore filmed?

Canberra
Galore (M) ” So announces Billie (Ashleigh Cummings) as Rhys Graham’s Galore opens. Shot in Canberra at the end of 2012 and set in the days leading up to the 2003 bushfires, this foreshadowing of a real drama to come is important context against which Graham’s narrative plays out.

Was Whisky galore a true story?

EDDIE Izzard has admitted he had no idea the classic Scottish comedy Whisky Galore! was based on a true story until he started working on a new version. The stand-up comic and actor said he believed the story of the islanders who raided a cast cargo of whisky from a stricken ship was “too outrageous” to be true.

Did Whisky Galore really happen?

It’s precisely 75 years since the historical event which inspired the book and film of Whisky Galore! But the true story of the sinking of the SS Politician is even more remarkable than the fictional tale, reports Richard Woodard.

Where is the wreck of the SS Politician?

Eriskay
The ship was broken into two halves, with the forward section towed to Glasgow for breaking up and the sunken after section left where she lay. Today the wreck of the ‘SS Politician’ still lies off the coast of Eriskay, hidden below the waterline now, her deck and cabins long since destroyed by the wild sea.

Is the story of Whiskey Galore true?

What kind of whisky was on the SS Politician?

In its original guise, SS Politician was a blend created in the 1990s using whisky salvaged from the wreckage of the eponymous ship run aground off Eriskay. A tiny amount of the salvaged whisky was blended into each decanter, the majority of the liquid being malt and grain whiskies with unknown provenance.