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The Woman in White

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781593753924
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 1593753926
Label: WGBH BOSTON
Manufacturer: WGBH BOSTON
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: WGBH BOSTON
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 25, 2005
Running Time: 120 minutes
Sales Rank: 11353
Studio: WGBH BOSTON
Theatrical Release Date: April 05, 1998

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Editorial Review:

Description:
Set in the late 19th century, this adaptation of Wilkie Collins' mystery thriller is a slowly unraveling nightmare that reveals a dark world of powerful and dangerous men.

A young drawing master, Mr. Hartright (Andrew Lincoln), is hired by the fretful Mr. Fairlie (Ian Richardson) to teach his two nieces, Marian (Tara Fitzgerald) and Laura (Justine Waddell). On his way to their house, Hartright is startled by a mysterious encounter with a ghostly woman dressed in white.

When he meets Fairlie's nieces, he is struck by Laura's resemblance to the woman in white, and tells Marian and Laura of the ethereal woman. Determined to learn all they can about the woman in white, the girls find themselves drawn into a vortex of secrets, crime and treacherous involvement with the fascinating, but sinister, Count Fosco (Simon Callow).

Amazon.com:
Wilkie Collins is hot. One of the most underrated Victorian mystery writers, Collins offers up eerie, evocative tales. While The Moonstone may be his best-known novel (it was made into a 1996 telefilm starring Sense and Sensibility's Greg Wise), The Woman in White is an equally affecting and engaging tale. A timeless gothic story, it is told from the perspective of Marian (Tara Fitzgerald), who's staying at a villa with her cousin Laura (Justine Waddell). The women become involved with a sympathetic painter and a slew of duplicitous aristocrats, including one played by James Wilby. Then there's that woman (who looks a lot like Laura), cloaked in white, who keeps running around the garden grounds at night. Fitzgerald is far too gorgeous to be the plain Marian, heroine of the novel, but costumers make a valiant--if unsuccessful--attempt to make her look dowdy and less attractive than Waddell. Fitzgerald is so lovely and likable that audiences are easily drawn into her predicament. Who is the mysterious woman in white? How and why has Laura disappeared? Simon Callow is particularly notable as the suave Count Fosco, who may or may not be who he seems to be. The Woman in White was made into a 1982 miniseries and five other film versions. Trivia note: Ian Richardson appears in both the 1982 version and this one. --N.F. Mendoza




Rating: - 1982 version is superior to this mediocre version
The 1982 5 hour version of the "Woman in White" is far superior to this truncated travesty.
If ... Read More

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Rating: - This can be enjoyed as a movie inspired by Wilkie Collin's work, not as an adaptation
If you are a purist or someone who cannot bear to see a favorite book chopped up when translated onto ... Read More

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Rating: - Wonderful adaptation
No, this is not a faithful adaptation, but it is a very good adaptation. As this is a Masterpiece Theatre ... Read More

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Rating: - A grand Victorian gothic adventure, filled with madness, stratagems, love, graves and dark, dark woods
"The bad dreams always come back again like unwanted friends," says Marion Fairlie, who with her half-sister, ... Read More

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Rating: - Not bad, as a minimalist synopsis of the novel
This is an excellent former Masterpiece Theatre presentation. At only two hours it takes on only the main plot ... Read More

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