Fingersmith
starring: Stephanie Middleton, David Troughton, Imelda Staunton, Karen Seacombe, Tallulah Pitt-Brown
directed by: Aisling Walsh
directed by: Aisling Walsh
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: STAUNTON/DANCE
EAN: 9781569387900
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1569387907
Label: Acorn Media
Manufacturer: Acorn Media
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Acorn Media
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 13, 2005
Running Time: 180 minutes
Sales Rank: 12207
Studio: Acorn Media
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Growing up as a foster child among a family of thieves, orphan Sue Trinder hopes to pay back that kindness by playing a key role in a swindle scheme devised by their leader, who is planning to con a fortune out of the naive Maud Lilly.
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Media Type: DVD
Artist: STAUNTON/DANCE
Title: FINGERSMITH
Street Release Date: 09/13/2005
Genre: DRAMA
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From Sarah Waters, author of Tipping the Velvet, comes this twisting and twisted Victorian-era thriller with an L-word charge. Sally Hawkins stars as Sue, an orphan who grows up among the reprobates of Lant Street to become an accomplished 'fingersmith' (thief). Elaine Cassidy costars as Maud Lilly, an heiress who, as a young girl, was plucked from the madhouse and raised by her stern, bibliophile uncle (Charles Dance). He makes her wear gloves at all times so as not to smudge the precious tomes he makes her read every night. Enter Richard Rivers (Rupert Evans, the otherwise sterling cast's weakest link), an artist hired to give her painting lessons. But he has designs on Maude's fortune, and recruits Sue for an elaborate con. That's when the gloves really come off. Originally broadcast on the BBC, this riveting three-part tale of illicit passion and betaryal is by turns harrowing and quite erotic (the tasteful sex scenes manage to generate heat without baring a lot of skin). The literate script reveals its feminist leanings ('You are a man and might do everything,' Maude tells Richard during their first meeting. 'I am a woman and might do nothing.'). The superb cast includes Academy Award-nominee Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake) as Mrs. Sucksby, a Fagin-esque character who mentored Sue, and has a few surprises for Maud, as well. --Donald Liebenson
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- The book is AMAZING -- the movie is NOTI absolutely loved reading Fingersmith. It is an incredible, complex, beautiful book with unexpected ... Read More
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- Another Lesbian Betrayal FlickI admit that I've not read this book and that I watched the movie purely to enjoy the love scenes which ... Read More
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- A mystery within a puzzle wrapped inside an enigma...Fingersmith (Aisling Walsh, 2005)
Fingersmith, actually a two-part British TV miniseries, came ... Read More
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- Totally perplexedI never read the book. I rented the DVD and while I enjoyed the body of the movie, the ending and many parts ... Read More
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- Fingersmith - FantasticI loved this beautiful love story. The backdrop was lovely and the acting by the leading ladies was suberb. Well ... Read More
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