mcannady1
I first saw this film in the early 70's when I was still in my teens. I remember it was called Gypsy Girl (the alternate title) and was a great and touching story. However, I just purchased the film from a Professional Source and it is missing the song Gypsy Girl, sung so beautifully by Hayley Mills. I think it set the stage for the story just wonderfully. In the 80s it aired on Life Channel and the song was there. My VHS was a little snowy, which prompted me to purchase a new DVD of it. Well, the one I just received does not have the song and is called Sky West and Crooked. I think either title is clever, but the song was lovely. Wonder if anyone has an inkling of why it was missing.That said, I loved the touching romance between Brydie and Roiban. I would love to have seen more of their romance and finally getting together. The vicar was very kind and wanted the best for Brydie.
Leofwine_draca
SKY WEST AND CROOKED is an engaging and long-forgotten little movie, the sole film directed by John Mills. His daughter Hayley stars in the lead role of a young girl disturbed by the childhood death of her best friend, and she gives an interesting, unusual performance here. She's at that awkward phrase, right at the cusp of adulthood (and unrecognisable in comparison to her all-grown-up role in 1968's TWISTED NERVE) but still resembling the Disney starlet of the early 1960s.This is a film of lyrical beauty, finely judged but perhaps too subtle for modern tastes. It's a film which mixes humour, psychological depth, and romance, and it features a matinée idol performance from a very youthful Ian McShane who also shines. Animal lovers will enjoy the film's handling of the more sensitive moments, while it also captures a rural slice of life in England in the 1960s, for all its good and bad sides. The likes of Laurence Naismith, Annette Crosbie, and in particular Geoffrey Bayldon are all very good in support.
SunnyD12
I love this film. It is very much a movie about a wild child. Haley acts very well and she truly becomes the character. This movie reminds me a lot of the 60s spirit of hippies, flower child and all that. It's about love and child-like spirit. Very sweet. The plot has issues, but I can overlook it because the movie is so sweet in a natural way. Like others have said, it is much better than her Disney movies.To those who think the movie is rambling...it is, but I think it totally fits with the mood and theme of the movie. It is about a free spirit. The English countryside is beautiful. Like someone else said, it makes me want to jump in the movie and run with her. It's a good advertisement for UK tourism.Thanks TCM for showing this rare film.
mrs tracy jane delieu
I was a young teen when I saw this film, I will never forget it. Now I have a family of my own & wish for them to see it. Fantastic film, a right heart puller! So full of learning! Gypsy way & Christian,.. but most of all Love, yes real Love. I remember being scared, climaxing between thrills & tears, laughter & fears! Brilliant all rounder, if only I could get hold of it for my family... ok for me!
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