- Published: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2005]
- Year Published: 2005
- Description: 2 videodiscs (ca. 233 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
- Language: English
- Format: DVD
ISBN/Standard Number
- 1419821008 :
- 794051245328
Series
Additional Credits
- Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865
- Percival, Brain.
- Denby-Ashe, Daniela.
- Armitage, Richard.
- Cusack, Sinead.
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
Subjects
- Family -- Drama.
- Millwork (Woodwork) -- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Melodrama -- Television series.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Additional Details
Originally broadcast on BBC television in 2004.
Special features: Commentary on episodes 1 & 4 by Kate Bartlett, Brian Percival and Sandy Welch; specially recorded interview with Richard Armitage; deleted scenes; production notes.
Daniela Denby-Ashe, Richard Armitqge, Sinead Cusack, Leslie Manville, Tim Pigot-Smith, Pauline Quirke, Brendan Coyle, Anna Maxwell Martin.
When the privileged Margaret Hale's father uproots the family to take work in the northern mill town of Milton, she is shocked by the dirt and gruffness of the people. But she reserves her highest contempt for the charismatic mill-owner John Thornton.
DVD, region 1; widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., MCPS.
Reviews & Summaries
Community Reviews
A great movie for all Pride and Prejudice Fans
As the other reviewers noted, this is a top notch BBC mini-series and is a must for all Pride and Prejudice fans - lots of romance, great acting, awesome production. I bought the DVD and have loaned it to many other P&P fans that have also fallen in love with it. Richard Armitage's Mr. Thorton is in close competition with Colin Firth's Mr. Darcy for the most romantic male novel character.
Romance amid the Industrial Revolution
A friend recommended this to me as she knew I was a fan of Pride and Prejudice and the other Gaskell novel - Cranford. This is a great romance with many parallels to Mr. Darby and Elizabeth Bennet. While Austen's masterpiece surrounds her story with social mores and wit - this romance is played out against the Industrial Revolution and the the class warfare of mid 19th century Great Britain. It is wonderfully acted and filmed. I plan on it becoming a permanent edition to my home library.
BBC at its best
One of the best BBC miniseries that I've ever seen so far. What I love the most about this series is that it shows the "class struggle" at all levels whether it is social status, geographical status (from what area a person is from or what local they might inhabit), employment level status (worker, employer) etc. Anyway, this presentation does a wonderful job of showing the class differences in England mid-1800. The acting is simply superb by a huge cast and the recreation of the era is marvelous. I love the cotton mill scenes with the machines roaring and cotton dust flying all over the place-fabulous.
The adaptation is generally faithful to the Glaskell's book.
The adaptation is generally faithful to the Glaskell's book.
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