Theleast-seenofMackendrick’sEalingpictures,TheMaggietellsanunusualstoryofacultureclashbetweentheOldandNewWorlds.ItstitleisthenameofadecrepitScottishvesselwhosewilycaptainblackmailsanAmericantycoonintousinghisramshackleboattomovevaluablefurnituretoanislandmansion.Mackendrick'sprecursortoLocalHeroappliesanalmostanthropologicalinterestinthevestigesofvillagecultureinthepostwarworldtoestablishanirresolvabledichotomybetweenYankeepragmatismandmaterialismandthepenuriouscharmandsuperstitionsoftheislanders
Theleast-seenofMackendrick’sEalingpictures,TheMaggietellsanunusualstoryofacultureclashbetweentheOldandNewWorlds.ItstitleisthenameofadecrepitScottishvesselwhosewilycaptainblackmailsanAmericantycoonintousinghisramshackleboattomovevaluablefurnituretoanislandmansion.Mackendrick'sprecursortoLocalHeroappliesanalmostanthropologicalinterestinthevestigesofvillagecultureinthepostwarworldtoestablishanirresolvabledichotomybetweenYankeepragmatismandmaterialismandthepenuriouscharmandsuperstitionsoftheislanders