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ITA. But then so is Raine. She is so one-note in everything she does. It was a relief when she left Midwife.
There was something so magical about this film, loved it. The series never quite captured the magic of the film, but was still utterly enjoyable.
It was just awful! I suffered through 1.5 eps but couldn’t muster the strength to endure anymore. Not even the hopes of seeing Tuppence’s fashion choices could convince me to see it through. (Compared to the earlier version, changing the era to the 1950s was such a boring choice, fashions wise. the costuming was utterly lackluster!)
Hell no
Never going to happen. THOE didn’t have the fan following or cult status that Red Dwarf had. Plus Red Dwarf had mostly male fans, while THOE fans are mostly female.
Now that back catalogs are shifting to streaming it’s doubtful how much longer new films and programs will continue to be released on disc, to say nothing of older programs not shot in hd getting bluray or hd releases.
I have that version. It’s not three discs, but three cases. Each case has more than on disc. Three discs each for s1 and s2. S3 has 2 discs.
I know! It’s so irritating that you have to put up with it between every episode. Lots of dvds have an option so you don’t have to. Or at least the opening theme music is its own chapter, so you can click through it. You can’t even use the chapter button to click through the closing credits. You have to use the FF button.
The House of Eliott was never on Masterpiece Theatre. It was shown in the US on A&E Network. That was the era when A&E had an exclusive contract with BBC or first refusal on US tv rights of all drama made by the BBC.
I don’t believe it was the cost of the costumes.
The costumes pretty much all came from stock. At that time, BBC had its own in-house costume dept and a huge catalog of costumes for every era. they didn’t even have to rent from other houses as they were able to provide all their own. You can see lots of examples of reused costumes in this series online, on a website called Recycled Movie Costumes.
It’s well known that the standard acting contract for uk tv series is three years. Hence the deaths in s3 of Downton Abbey. Lombard and Gonet had already moved on.
Not Edwardian couture. S1 began in 1920.
Totally! Lots of other storylines in Downton Abbey were copied from other sources too.
Good to know! I picked up the 108-minute one today from the free box at the library. This is my first time viewing this version.
He wasn’t going to reveal that they were Jews. That fact was already known. What Hearst planned was to constantly bombard Americans with anti-Semitic slurs against the studio heads and negative images of jewish people, in order to turn Americans against the film industry.
If you’re interested in exploring this more, there are a few more films you can watch.
RKO 281 - HBO film about the making of Citizen Kane. Mank is played by Malkovich With superb cast.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120801/
The Cat’s Meow - portrays the infamous pleasure cruise aboard Hearst’s yacht with Marion, Charlie Chaplin and Thomas Ince, the latter of whom is shot dead during the cruise. Decent cast. Bogdonovich film.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266391/
The Hearst and Davies Affair - self explanatory. I haven’t watched it in a while. Made for tv.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089260/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGKpLgZFuvc
Chaplin, if you haven’t already seen it, apparently also has Marion Davies. (I really don’t remember her in it; need to rewatch).
Totally agree!
I don’t think b&w would have helped, and in all honesty I think it would have made it that much worse. This film was originally a play, and that is rather obvious when you watch it.
The Great Gatsby is set in the same era; I cannot imagine watching it in b&w.
If a film needs to depend on shooting it in b&w to give it an artistic feel, or to make a statement, then it’s already lost. If it can’t stand on its own merits without being b&w then it won’t be fixed by taking all the color out of it.
Tuppence Middleton was the real bright spot, imo.
Golden Globe nominations:
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Glenn Close, “Hillbilly Elegy”
Olivia Colman, “The Father”
Jodie Foster, “The Mauritanian”
Amanda Seyfried, “Mank”
Do you mean some sort of official occupation? I don’t think they sincerely wanted any. Edward did have an assignment in France during ww2 but when it was time to evacuate, he proved himself so untrustworthy that Churchill had him removed from the European theater and sent him to the Bahamas where it was thought he wouldn’t be able to get into mischief— but he managed to botch that, too.
She does have an ugly character, but she didn’t deserve what happened to her.
Yes, she did “steal” her friend’s fiancé, but she was set up to do so. It was all part of Jackie and Simon’s plan.
Jackie and Simon are disgusting, despicable murderers. They planned Linnet’s murder so thoroughly and meticulously. All so they could get her money. Having each other wasn’t enough— they had to be rich and were willing to go to such lengths to get it.
How could Jackie endure the idea of Simon having sex with Linnet? Yes, he didn’t really love her— it was just part of the plan. But that makes it so gross. So sick.
Their greed was stronger than their love.