Earthsea
starring: Shawn Ashmore, Kristin Kreuk, Isabella Rossellini, Danny Glover, Sebastian Roché
directed by: Robert Lieberman
directed by: Robert Lieberman
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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0707729170518
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 08, 2005
Running Time: 172 minutes
Sales Rank: 18911
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: December 13, 2004
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Editorial Review:
Description:
Based on Ursula K. Le Guin's multiple award-winning classic tale comes this richly imagined epic mini-series. In the magical world of EarthSea, the Amulet of Peace has ensured harmony between humans and dragons for centuries. But when the Amulet is broken and a piece of it disappears, it's up to a neophyte wizard to restore balance and stop a nefarious king from conquering EarthSea's islands.
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Originally broadcast as Legend of Earthsea in December 2004, the Sci-Fi Channel's four-hour miniseries of Earthsea rides the coattails of the Lord of the Rings trilogy with its quest-driven story of humble blacksmith Ged (Shawn Ashmore), a wizard-to-be who is mentored by the magical Ogion (Danny Glover) as he seeks to preserve the realm of Earthsea from the evil King Tygath (Sebastian Roché). Ged's adventures lead him to the priestess Tenar (Kristen Kreuk, from Smallville) and with secrets shared by High Priestess Thar (Isabella Rossellini), they gain the power to prevail over Tygath. As presented by Robert Halmi Sr. (producer of Merlin, Gulliver's Travels and several other fantasy miniseries), this skeletal rendering of Earthsea boasts a wealth of digital effects and semi-lavish set design, but Ashmore's lack of charisma hampers a production already fraught with problems. It provoked the wrath of fantasy fans and a firm rejection by author Ursula K. Le Guin, who had watched helplessly (she wasn't involved or consulted) as her classic novels A Wizard of Earthsea and The Tombs of Atuan were racially 'whitewashed' (in Le Guin's words) nearly beyond recognition. As TV fantasy goes, Earthsea is admirably ambitious, but best enjoyed by those with no awareness of the classic books it is very loosely based on. --Jeff Shannon
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- Eerthsea RattlesI recently ordered "Earthsea" from Amazon.com. When I received it in a yellow padded envelope, I heard ... Read More
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- lameWow, they screwed up bigtime. This is horrible compared to the books and its as simple as that. If they ... Read More
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- They don't have a "below" one star.Oh, all right. Perhaps it wasn't that bad. It was poorly written, bad dialogue, and of course I know the ... Read More
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- Like it was based on the book report of a 10 year old who never read the booksHorrible, and terribly disappointing! I've read, and loved, the Earthsea books since I was 13, well over 20 ... Read More
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- "I was just going to make myself a salad... Would you like some?""Earthsea", one of my favorite "bad movies", would, I think, be moderately memorable and enjoyable to someone ... Read More
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