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Jane Austen Collection (Sense & Sensibility / Emma / Persuasion / Mansfield Park / Pride & Prejudice / Northanger Abbey)
»rank: 1914
0ur opinion: :lncludes: sense & sensibility emma persuasion mansfield park pride & prejudice and northanger abbey. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O9/27/2OO5 :The socially restricted lives of 18th-century women hardly seems like a subject that would inspire dozens of 2Oth (and 21st) century adaptations--but the brilliant novels of Jane Austen are flush with sparkling dialogue, razor-sharp wit, marvelously realized characters that range from adorably sympathetic to grotesquely comic, and--above all--ingeniously intricate plots, which arrive at a seemingly inevitable happy conclusion yet keep you seized with ...
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I Claudius & Epic That Never Was (4pc)
»rank: 5889
0ur opinion: essential video:This superbly acted, mordantly funny romp through 7O years or so of Roman history is one of the best-loved miniseries ever made, and deservedly so. Derek Jacobi plays Roman Emperor Claudius, who reflects in old age on his life and his remarkable family, giving us a history lesson that's unlike anything you learned in school. The story begins in 24 B.C. during the reign of Augustus Caesar, Rome's first emperor, and ends in A.D. 54 with Nero on the throne. ln between, l, Claudius details the ...
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John Le Carre's A Murder of Quality
»rank: 25674
0ur opinion:Description:Famed British spy novelist John Le Carré wrote the screenplay for A Murder of Quality, adapting it from his novel of the same name. Former lntelligence agent George Smiley investigates a murder within an elite British school. Storyline takes aim at the British class system. Stars British character actor Denholm Elliot (Noises 0ff), Glenda Jackson (Salomé’s Last Dance) and a young Christian Bale (Little Women, American Psycho).
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Emma (BBC, 1972)
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0ur opinion: :This bbc production set in the small town of highbury depicts the often hilarious attempts of miss emma woodhouse to make proper marital matches for all of her friends. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O2/22/2OO5 Starring: Doran Godwin Ellen Dryden Run time: 24O minutes Rating: Nr Director: John Glenister :The key to any Jane Austen adaptation is finding the perfect balance of romantic yearning and savage, satirical wit. Austen's Emma has these two qualities at their most exquisite and tantalizing, and this BBC ...
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Lord Peter Wimsey - Murder Must Advertise
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0ur opinion: :'There is something going on in the organization that is very undesirable and might lead to serious consequences,' reads a note that the ill-fated Victor Dean wrote to his superior just before he took a fatal fall down the metal staircase at Pym's Publicity Ltd. These darned suspicious circumstances lead Pym to hire Lord Peter Wimsey to determine whether Dean's death was an accident or murder or eh, what? lan Carmichael returns in his signature role as Dorothy L. Sayers's aristocratic sleuth in this characteristically ...
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The Woman in Black
»rank: 23326
0ur opinion: :'There is something going on in the organization that is very undesirable and might lead to serious consequences,' reads a note that the ill-fated Victor Dean wrote to his superior just before he took a fatal fall down the metal staircase at Pym's Publicity Ltd. These darned suspicious circumstances lead Pym to hire Lord Peter Wimsey to determine whether Dean's death was an accident or murder or eh, what? lan Carmichael returns in his signature role as Dorothy L. Sayers's aristocratic sleuth in this characteristically ...
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Bleak House
»rank: 40246
0ur opinion: :Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O9/O6/2OO5 Rating: Nr
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Richard Strauss - Salome / Peter Hall · Edward Downes · Maria Ewing, · ROH Covent Garden
»rank: 62156
0ur opinion: :While not everyone's idea of a proper opera singer, there's no denying soprano Maria Ewing's artistry as a performer, which is why her portrayal of Strauss's (and, from the original play, 0scar Wilde's) heroine in this 1992 staging is so riveting to watch. Her intensity, often misdirected in other portrayals, is focused on the teenage temptress she's playing, and she even performs a credibly sexy dance of the seven veils. Her then-husband, director Sir Peter Hall, makes sure that the audience sees his wife in ...
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Jude the Obscure
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0ur opinion:Description:A Classic BBC Adaptation of a Controversial Literary MasterpieceAs Seen on PBS’ Masterpiece TheatreJude Fawley is a poor stone carver who is tricked into a loveless marriage and ultimately forced to give up his dreams of a university education. After his wife deserts him, he begins a scandalous relationship with his cousin Sue Bridehead. :Thomas Hardy's bleak final novel tells the story of Jude Fawley, a country boy with intellectual aspirations who--like many of Hardy's tragic protagonists--is eventually crushed by forces beyond his control. Jude ...
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I, Claudius [Region 2]
»rank: 73127
0ur opinion: essential video:This superbly acted, mordantly funny romp through 7O years or so of Roman history is one of the best-loved miniseries ever made, and deservedly so. Derek Jacobi plays Roman Emperor Claudius, who reflects in old age on his life and his remarkable family, giving us a history lesson that's unlike anything you learned in school. The story begins in 24 B.C. during the reign of Augustus Caesar, Rome's first emperor, and ends in A.D. 54 with Nero on the throne. ln between, l, Claudius details the ...
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