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Lorna Doone

starring: Martin Clunes, Richard Coyle, Aidan Gillen, Amelia Warner, Anthony Calf
directed by: Mike Barker

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767036269
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0767036263
Label: A&E Home Video
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 29, 2001
Running Time: 150 minutes
Sales Rank: 14540
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: March 11, 2001



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Amazon.com:
Star-crossed lovers, feuding family, royal plots, noble destinies, and salt-of-the-earth heroes. No wonder R.D. Blackmore's romantic classic has been a perennial favorite. Amelia Warner (Michael Caine's innocent child bride in Quills) is Lorna, the beautiful young brunette 'queen' of the feral Doone clan in this latest adaptation, a handsome 2.5-hour co-production between the BBC and A&E. The once noble line now lives out of a swamp fortress and preys off the local farmers and tradesmen, but the family patriarch (Peter Vaughan) has hatched a plot to win back his title and his land. Handsome John Ridd (Richard Coyle) swears vengeance against the Doones when they murder his father, but he falls for Lorna, and the rakish, ruthless Doone scion (Aiden Gillen, who swaggers through the drama with a perpetual sneer) refuses to give up his claim on the girl without a fight.

This is the kind of British romantic adventure that decries the tradition of nobility and privilege while rewarding its heroes with those very privileges, all within a grand framework of melodramatic twists, thrilling battles, and chivalrous heroics. Director Mike Barker creates an appropriately larger-than-life world at once pastoral and savage for his little epic--shot in the verdant British countryside, where a lush forest green permeates every outdoor scene, while the dusky interiors glow with candlelight--giving in completely to the sweeping emotional melodrama at the core of the story. --Sean Axmaker



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - I love this movie!
This is a wonderful movie! It is complete and entertaining. The actors are wonderful and the scenery ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Not A&E's Usual Great Productions
I love A&E's high quality entertainment movies; sadly this movie is disappointing. The movie doesn't flow, ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Excellent acting of a moving story
This DVD offers an excellent acting of an extremely moving story that includes love, revenge, grace, loyalty ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Great Family-Friendly Entertainment
A very nice mounting of the old romance novel by R.D. Blackmore. Production values are very good, especially ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - one to watch and watch again
I read this book over and over as a teen but it had been perhaps twenty years since my last reading when I found ... Read More

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