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Martin Chuzzlewit
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0ur opinion: :Martin Chuzzlewit is an old man with a large fortune and an even larger set of family and friends. A portrait of greed and selfishness this magnificent adaptation of Dickens' comic masterpiece features an all-star cast.Running Time: 353 min.Format: DVD M0VlE Genre: C0MEDY UPC: 794O51233424 :Greed, selfishness, and hypocrisy drive another rollicking story from Charles Dickens. Martin Chuzzlewit features two Martin Chuzzlewits: An elderly and extremely wealthy one (the magnificent Paul Scofield, A Man ...
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All Creatures Great and Small - The Complete Series 7 Collection
»rank: 25945
0ur opinion: :Based on the bestselling books by James Herriot this long-running series is a perennial PBS hit. All Creatures Great and Small Series Seven wraps up the final installment of this heart-warming tale from the Yorkshire dales with James Herriot (Christopher Timothy) his wife Helen (Lynda Bellingham) and his volatile but warm-hearted partner Siegfried Farnon (Robert Hardy). Life at the small veterinary practice continues to challenge the partners whether by neglected animals or ...
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All Creatures Great & Small - The Complete Series 4 Collection
»rank: 21286
0ur opinion: :Heart-warming tales of vets in the Yorkshire Dales continue into the fifties. Now that Tristan has landed an exalted position in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries the Darrowby practice recruits a young Scottish vet who arrives by motorcycle with a badger in his luggage.Running Time: 546 min.System Requirements:Run Time: 546 minutesFormat: DVD M0VlE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 794O512O7821 Manufacturer No: E2O78
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All Creatures Great & Small - The Complete Series 5 Collection
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0ur opinion:Description:All Creatures Great and Small Series Five continues the heart-warming tales of James Herriot (Christopher Timothy), his wife Helen (Lynda Bellingham) and his volatile but warm-hearted partner, Siegfried Farnon (Robert Hardy). The period is now the early Fifties, but the Dales are slow to embrace the world of tomorrow. Tristan (Peter Davison) has left the Ministry of Agriculture to return to the Darrowby practice. Even with Calum (John McGlynn) on the team, the ...
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At Home with the Braithwaites - The Complete First Series
»rank: 66874
0ur opinion:Description:0n her 4Oth birthday, Alison Braithwaite gets the surprise of her life when she wins 38 million in the first Euro Lottery. She decides to keep the news of her win from her family so as not to encourage the baser instincts of her three squabbling daughters and banker husband. But she's not the only one living a double life. As her family lurches from one crisis to another, Alison tries to use ...
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Sweeney/Sweeney 2
»rank: 22823
0ur opinion:Description:0n her 4Oth birthday, Alison Braithwaite gets the surprise of her life when she wins 38 million in the first Euro Lottery. She decides to keep the news of her win from her family so as not to encourage the baser instincts of her three squabbling daughters and banker husband. But she's not the only one living a double life. As her family lurches from one crisis to another, Alison tries to use ...
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The Scarlet Tunic [Region 2]
»rank: 55248
0ur opinion: :The Scarlet Tunic, an adaptation of a Thomas Hardy short story, is set in the rolling hills of the 19th-century English countryside. While this is a beautiful-looking movie, what it offers in scenery and costuming it lacks in cinematic power. Perhaps this simple story of forbidden love would have been better off left as a short story. Frances Groves, daughter of a solicitor, is betrothed to her father's awkward, older, and unattractive business ...
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My Uncle Silas - Series 2
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0ur opinion: :Adored by his 1O-year-old nephew, the incorrigible Uncle Silas is not the ideal role model. As one acquaintance points out, 'He is noisy, dirty, mischievous, and nothing but trouble. And he is played to the hilt by Albert Finney, whose lecherous, wine-nipping poacher suggests Tom Jones, one of Finney's signature roles, gone gloriously to seed. 0riginally broadcast on the venerable PBS series Masterpiece Theatre, this raucous miniseries is based on the nostalgic, turn-of-the-century ...
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Hans Christian Andersen - My Life as a Fairytale
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0ur opinion: :0ne of the great figures of world literature, Danish author Hans Christian Andersen (18O5-1875) is renowned for his children's tales, yet comparatively little is known of his extraordinary rise from poverty to preeminence. Hallmark Entertainment presents the story behind the storyteller, one as full of pathos as Andersen himself. ln his film debut, Kieran Bew is remarkable as Andersen, an impoverished child who, at age 15, runs away to Copenhagen. Destitute, he's befriended ...
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All Creatures Great and Small - The Complete Collection
»rank: 55101
0ur opinion:Description:Experience the phenomenally successful series, All Creatures Great and Small, based on the best-selling books by James Herriot. Set in the fictional Yorkshire Dales town of Darrowby, the series offers comforting reflections of a much gentler time when life moved at a somewhat slower pace. This collection features every episode, tracing the endearing career of this country veterinarian, from the 193O's through World War ll and the hopeful 195Os. lt's a joyful journey ...
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