Martin Chuzzlewit
starring: Stephen Mapes, Lynda Bellingham, Sue Wallace, Charlie Condou, Jimmy Gardner
directed by: Pedr James
directed by: Pedr James
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9781419814488
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, NTSC
ISBN: 1419814486
Label: BBC Home Video
Manufacturer: BBC Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: BBC Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 06, 2005
Running Time: 334 minutes
Sales Rank: 21338
Studio: BBC Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: March 26, 1995
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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.
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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 for All Seasons), who loathes the sleazy, grasping relatives that hope to profit from his death; and his grandson (Ben Walden), a well-intentioned but self-absorbed young man who has fallen in love with his grandfather's ward, Mary Graham (Pauline Turner)--and because the elder Martin disapproves, the younger Martin has been disowned. In the gap between these two are a host of schemers, crooks, and even one or two good people--but at the center of it all is the pompous and oily Seth Pecksniff (Tom Wilkinson, In the Bedroom, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), whose manipulations and lechery make him one of Dicken's most memorable villains. Whirling in his orbit are the goodhearted but ineffectual Tom Pinch (Philip Franks); the brutish Jonas Chuzzlewit (Keith Allen); Pecksniff's daughters, the 'volatile hummingbird' Mercy (Julia Sawalha, Absolutely Fabulous) and the bitter, overlooked Charity (Emma Chambers, The Vicar of Dibley); and a host of other vivid Dickensian creations, all given juice and vitality by dozens of outstanding British actors, anchored by Scofield's magisterial presence. Because of his characters' outsized personalities and his plots' wild reversals of fortune, Dickens is ideally suited to dramatization, and Martin Chuzzlewit takes full advantage of his strengths. Lurid events like murder and blackmail contrast with rich psychological portraits, making Martin Chuzzlewit an opulent narrative feast. --Bret Fetzer
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- BessWentworthWhile the sets, costuming and lighting were indeed gorgeous, the director dwelt almost entirely on ... Read More
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- This Version of Martin ChuzzlewitThis Version of Martin Chuzzlewit is the best ever. Worth purchasing and viewing about once a year.
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- Very entertaining. No DVD closed captioningThis was very well done. Kept a good pace, kept me captivated. Very entertaining story with some humor. ... Read More
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- I was surprised by how good this wasI am surprised that this was never recommended to me! It also surprised me with how long it was, not a rushed ... Read More
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- An adaptation the way it should be done!I bought this as a Christmas gift for my Mother, but I hadn't realized how much I would also enjoy it. I saw this ... Read More
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