Gormenghast
starring: Celia Imrie, John Sessions, Warren Mitchell, George Yiasoumi, Ian Richardson
directed by: Andy Wilson (IV)
directed by: Andy Wilson (IV)
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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0794051267528
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 26, 2006
Running Time: 240 minutes
Sales Rank: 37160
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: June 10, 2000
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
A charismatically evil kitchen boy threatens the power of a thousand-year-old dynasty in this fantastic presentation of the classic novels by Mervyn Peake.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 794051267528 Manufacturer No: E2675
Amazon.com:
The BBC's lavish, glowingly designed adaptation of Mervyn Peake's eccentrically brilliant novels Titus Groan and Gormenghast is a triumph of casting. Ian Richardson's Lear-like depiction of the mad earl of a remote, vast, ritual-obsessed building is matched by the brutal pragmatism of Celia Imrie as his wife, the synchronized madness of Zoë Wanamaker and Lynsey Baxter as his twin sisters, and the duplicitous charm of Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as Steerpike, the kitchen-boy determined to take over no matter how many deaths it costs. John Sessions is surprisingly touching as Prunesquallor, the family doctor who realizes almost too late what Steerpike intends.
It is always tricky to film a book dear to the hearts of its admirers. Wilson and his design team achieve a look rather more pre-Raphaelite than Peake's own illustrations--shabby velvets, garish sunlight, and dank, stone passages. The score by Richard Rodney Bennett is full of attractive surprises--fanfares and waltzes and apotheoses--and John Tavener's choral additions are plausibly parts of the immemorial ritual of Gormenghast. --Roz Kaveney
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- Fantasy Genre RevivedI ordered "Gormenghast" on the basis of the favorable reviews offered by other Amazonian viewers. ... Read More
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- Gormenghast, a great mini-series from great novelsThe Groans have ruled over the earldom of Gormenghast for seventy-six generations. Just as the future ... Read More
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- Great followup to the bookIf you have read the book and enjoyed it, as I have, then this is a very good video. I'm not sure how ... Read More
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- Terrible DVD transfer of beautiful seriesI just received the new NTSC "widescreen" DVD version of Gormenghast (ISBN 1419838172). It is the worst ... Read More
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- PreparationRead the books first. I would never reccommend a 'cold' viewing of any of Peake's work. The camera can ... Read More
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