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How many episodes are there?

posted 18 years ago by cocreate
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I purchased a disc of "Casanova" from Amazon for the public library where I work. I saw no indication there was supposed to be more than one disc, or that there was a series. I took it home and watched it when it arrived. Again, I got no indication that this one disc was a "first part" or anything of the kind, but I couldn't believe that was the end of it. It ended with the young girl (sorry, I forget her name)that Casanova's relating his story to informing him that Henriette is still alive and is now a widow. Now I see references on this board that there are multiple episodes and that it was a mini-series, although the ending to what's mentioned here as a first part doesn't seem to line up exactly with this ending point. Can somebody clue me in on what's going on? Again, I saw nothing available for purchase but this one disc, so this is terribly frustrating, and I imagine it will be for our library patrons as well, if they can't get "the whole story," and from what I glean from this board this is not where the mini-series ended. SOMEBODY HELP!!!!

[–] TheRealMez 18 years ago

Hmm... that's odd.

Yeah, it was a miniseries shown here in the UK (sorry, don't know where you are lol) in three hour-long episodes. The story carried on a bit further than what you mention. The girl had told Casanova that Henriette was on her way, some other things, blah blah blah, and the very very end scene was of Casanova and Henriette dancing together in the street.

If it helps at all, you can find the whole series here: http://uk.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=kayleefrye&p=r

Hope that helps. =)

[–] cocreate 18 years ago

It was my bad. This disc runs credits at that point. You have to return to "Scene Selection" to find there is a part two. Now, if it originally aired in 3 episodes, it can't just be a matter of keeping the original format, so in other words these credits were STUCK IN THERE, and this whole matter of authoring the dvd, in fact, so that it doesn't run continuously but so that you have to seek out the second part, was a design choice serving what purpose I have absolutely no idea. Really ridulous. We'll have to paste a label in there or I bet we'll get no end of complaints from patrons about "Where's the second part?"

[–] TheRealMez 18 years ago

Oh ok I see where you're coming from. Sounds like a completely retarded thing to do but I guess that's life. =)

[–] cocreate 18 years ago

Yeah, I FINALLY figured it out after posting that message. Thanks for trying to help, though.

[–] booksnmore 17 years ago

Oh brilliant. I was having the same problem and almost had a heart attack when it end where it did. I believe, "A *beep* CLIFFHANGER? I PAID TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS FOR AN HOUR LONG CLIFFHANGER?" Were my exact words. It's nice to know there's more. *scurries off to watch*

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