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"GONE WITH THE WIND" (1939) Review

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"GONE WITH THE WIND" (1939) Review

Several years ago, I had come across an artikel that provided a senarai of old classics that the penulis felt might be overrated. One of those Filem turned out to be the 1939 Oscar winning film, "GONE WITH THE WIND". Not only did the penulis accuse the movie of being both racist and sexist, he also claimed that the movie had not aged very well over the past seven decades.

Did I agree with the author? Well, let me put it this way. I would say that "GONE WITH THE WIND" has managed to withstand the tests of time . . . to a certain extent. As the penulis had pointed...

Mayerling Review

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The poster to this film.

Hi guys, this film is actually based on a real life story about Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary. Are anda ready for film review moment?

The Historical Story

Okay, I knew this movie from my trip to Vienna, Austria and it has been coming to 10 years already. I saw this name through my tour booklet and although I did not visit it, it fascinates me about the history of the Hapsburg that rule the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary.
Back to the story, it's about Crown Prince Rudolf, the only son of Emperor Francis Joseph (or Kaiser Franz Joseph in German). Unfortunately, the latter's conservative...

"GEORGE WASHINGTON" (1984) Review

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"GEORGE WASHINGTON" (1984) Review

Twenty-four years before the award-winning HBO miniseries "JOHN ADAMS" aired, the CBS network aired a miniseries about the first U.S. President, George Washington. Simply titled "GEORGE WASHINGTON", this three-part miniseries was based upon two biographies written sejak James Thomas Flexner - 1965's "George Washington, the Forge of Experience, 1732–1775" and 1968's "George Washington in the American Revolution, 1775–1783".

"GEORGE WASHINGTON" spanned at least forty years in the life of the first president - from 1743, when his father Augustine Washington died...

Release of Old BBC Productions

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RELEASE OF OLD BBC PRODUCTIONS

Since the release of the 1975 miniseries "NORTH AND SOUTH" in 2013, I have found myself wondering about other BBC productions from the 1960s and 1970s.

I recently discovered that the 1996 miniseries, "THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL" was the saat adaptation of Anne Brontë's novel. The first was a 1968 miniseries that starred Janet Munro, Bryan Marshall and Corin Redgrave. I also discovered that the 1999 miniseries, "WIVES AND DAUGHTERS", was not the first adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's novel. The BBC aired an earlier adaptation in 1971 that starred Zhivila Roche.

Does anyone know how to contact the BBC? I would like them to consider releasing these two productions in the near future.

"AND THEN THERE WERE NONE" (2015) Review

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"AND THEN THERE WERE NONE" (2015) Review

Ever since I gave up Membaca the "NANCY DREW" novels at the age of thirteen, I have been a peminat of those written sejak Agatha Christie. And that is a hell of a long time. In fact, my fandom toward Christie's novels have extended toward the film and Televisyen adaptations. Among those stories that have captured my imagination were the adaptations of the author's 1939 novel, "AND THEN THERE WERE NONE".

To be honest, I have seen at least three adaptations of the 1939 novel - the 1945, 1966 and 1974 adaptations - before I had read the novel. Although I found...

"POLDARK" Series One (1975): Episodes Five to Eight

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"POLDARK" SERIES ONE (1975): EPISODES FIVE TO EIGHT

Last winter, I began watching the BBC's 1975-77 adaptation of Winston Graham's literary series about the life of a British Army officer and American Revolutionary War veteran, following his return to his utama in Cornwall. The first four episodes proved to be adaptation of the first novel in Graham's series, 1945's "Ross Poldark: A Novel of Cornwall, 1783-1787". Episodes Five to Eight focused on the series' saat novel, 1946's "Demelza: A Novel of Cornwall, 1788-1790".

Episode Four ended with Ross Poldark, a Cornish landowner and mine owner,...

"FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD" (1967) Review

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"FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD" (1998) Review

To my knowledge, there have been five adaptations of Thomas Hardy's 1874 novel, "Far From the Madding Crowd". One of them is even a modern hari adaptation. I have not seen this modern version of Hardy's novel. But I have seen at least three adaptations, including the 1967 version directed sejak John Schlesinger.

"FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD" - at least the 1967 version - has been highly regarded sejak critics, moviegoers and peminat-peminat of Hardy's novel for nearly five decades. It is the adaptation that other ones have been measured against . . . much to their detriment....

"THE BARCHESTER CHRONICLES" (1982) Review

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"THE BARCHESTER CHRONICLES" (1982) Review

Back in 1982, the BBC turned to 19th century penulis Anthony Trollope for a seven-part miniseries called ]b"THE BARCHESTER CHRONICLES"[/b]. The miniseries was based upon the author’s first two Barchester novels about the Church of England.

Directed sejak David Giles and written sejak Alan Plater, "THE BARCHESTER CHRONICLES" is an adaptation of "The Warden" (1855) and "Barchester Towers" (1857). The novels focused upon the the dealings and social maneuverings of the clergy and gentry literature concern the dealings of the clergy and the gentry that go on between...

"THE ILLUSIONIST" (2006) Review

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"THE ILLUSIONIST" (2006) Review

Neil Burger wrote and directed this loose adaptation of Steven Millhauser's story called "Eisenheim the Illusionist". This story about a magician in turn-of-the-century Vienna starred Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, Paul Giamatti and Rufus Sewell.

The movie’s plot focused upon the romance that had first formed between the magician Eisenheim (Norton) and his childhood friend, the socially superior Sophie, Duchess von Teschen (Biel) – a romance that ends up threatening the political plans of Crown Prince Leopold of Austria-Hungary (Sewell) and Chief Inspector Uhl’s...

The Wind Blows Free

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I have just watched the very first episode of The Onedin Line, a 1971 BBC production and although I am perfectly ready to admit that I am long overdue, I cannot help but feeling a new obsession coming up.

Plot: James Onedin is a poor young skipper in Liverpool who dreams of starting his own shipping business and breaking free from his powerful boss. In order to acquire his first ship, charlotte Rhodes, he marries Anne the daughter of the ship owner and the adventure begins…

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"PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME" (2010) Review

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"PRINCE OF PERSIA: SANDS OF TIME" (2010) Review

Four years ago, I had listened to a radio talk tunjuk in which a movie reviewer compared Disney’s 2010 movie, "PRINCE OF PERSIA: SANDS OF TIME" to the 1962 Oscar winning film, ”LAWRENCE OF ARABIA”. Much to the detriment of the Disney film. And as I sat there and listened to him bash "PRINCE OF PERSIA", it occurred to me that there still were plenty of idiots in this world . . . including radio disc jockeys.

Directed sejak Mike Newell and based upon the 2003 video game, ”PRINCE OF PERSIA” is about an orphaned jalan urchin in sixth century...

"POLDARK" Series One (2015): Episodes Five to Eight

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"POLDARK" SERIES ONE (2015): EPISODES FIVE TO EIGHT

Within the past year, I had developed a major interest in penulis Winston Graham's 1945-2002 "POLDARK" literary saga and the two Televisyen adaptations of it. Series One of the saat adaptation produced sejak Debbie Horsfield, premiered on the BBC (in Great Britain) and PBS (in the United States) last year. Consisting of eight episodes, Series One of "POLDARK" was an adaptation of 1945's "Ross Poldark - A Novel of Cornwall, 1783-1787" and "Demelza - A Novel of Cornwall, 1788-1790".
Whereas Episodes One to Four adapted the 1945 novel, Episodes...

"PERSUASION" (1971) Review

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"PERSUASION" (1971) Review

This adaptation of Jane Austen’s 1818 novel turned out to be the first of the old Jane Austen Televisyen adaptations that the BBC aired during the 1970s and 80s. Produced and directed sejak Howard Baker, and adapted sejak Julian Mitchell; this two-part miniseries starred Ann Firbanks and Bryan Marshall.

As many peminat-peminat of Austen’s novel would know, "PERSUASION" told the story of Anne Elliot, the middle daughter of a vain and spendthrift baronet, who finds herself reunited with her former finance, a Naval officer of lesser birth named Frederick Wentworth. Eight years before...

"BLANCHE FURY" (1948) Review

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"BLANCHE FURY" (1948) Review

I suspect that many peminat-peminat of costume dramas would be fascinated to know about the series of period dramas released sejak the British film industry during the post-World War II era. A good number of those films were released sejak a British film studio known as Gainsborough Pictures. But not all of them were released through this particular studio. Some were released through other studios atau production companies . . . like the 1948 period drama, "BLANCHE FURY".

Based upon the 1939 novel written sejak Marjorie Bowen (under the pseudonym of Joseph Stearling), "BLANCHE FURY" told...

"THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO" (1934) Review

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"THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO" (1934) Review

I have seen only two versions of Alexandre Dumas père's 1845 novel, "The Count of Monte Cristo" in my past - the 1975 Televisyen version with Richard Chamberlain and the 2002 Disney film with James Cavielzel. While Membaca a good number of artikel-artikel about the movie versions of the novel, I came across numerous praises for the 1934 adaptation that starred Robert Donat. And since I happened to like Dumas' story so much, I decided to see how much I would like this older version.

Set between the last months of the Napoleonic Wars and the 1830s, "THE COUNT...

"KING OF THE KHYBER RIFLES" (1953) Review

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"KING OF THE KHYBER RIFLES" (1953) Review

Twentieth-Century fox was never a studio that I would associate with Filem about the British Empire. Mind you, the studio had released several during the period between its formation in 1935 and the 1953 release of "KING OF THE KHYBER RIFLES". Yet . . . it never seemed to produce many productions on European imperialism in compare to studios like Paramount Pictures, Warner Brothers and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Just recently, I watched "KING OF THE KHYBER RIFLES" and discovered that it was a remake of John Ford's 1929 adventure film, "THE BLACK WATCH". And...

The Illusionist Review

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The poster!

Hi guys, I had seen this film and here is my review about a magician during the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The Story

Okay, the story is based on a fictionalised version of Crown Prince Rudolf who allegedly committed suicide with Baroness Mary Vetsera, his 17 years old mistress at his hunting lodge at Mayerling. His name was changed to that of Crown Prince Leopold, who in a contrast to the real-life Crown Prince Rudolf, serves as the antagonist of the film.
He plans a Coup D'etat against his father, the aging Emperor Franz Joseph and usurp both the Austrian and Hungarian crowns. A young magician...

"THE YOUNG VICTORIA" (2009) Review

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"THE YOUNG VICTORIA" (2009) Review

About a tahun atau so before his popular Televisyen series, "DOWNTON ABBEY" hit the airwaves, Julian Fellowes served as screenwriter to the lavish biopic about the early life and reign of Britain's Queen Victoria called "THE YOUNG VICTORIA". The 2009 movie starred Emily Blunt in the tajuk role and Rupert Friend as the Prince Consort, Prince Albert.

"THE YOUNG VICTORIA" began during the last years in the reign of King William IV, Victoria's uncle. Acknowledge as the seterusnya ruler of Britain, Victoria became the target of a political tug-of-war between her mother,...

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"POLDARK" Series One (2015): Episodes One to Four

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"POLDARK" SERIES ONE (2015): EPISODES ONE TO FOUR

In the years between 2010 and 2015, I have not been able to stumble across a new British period drama that really impressed me. Five years. That is a hell of a long time for a nation with a sterling reputation for period dramas in both Filem and television. Fortunately, the five-year dry spell finally came to an end (at least for me) with the arrival of "POLDARK", the BBC's new adaptation of Winston Graham's literary series.

I am certain that some people would point out that during this five-year period, the ITV network aired Julian Fellowes'...

"THE MISSISSIPPI GAMBLER" (1953) Review

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"THE MISSISSIPPI GAMBLER" (1953) Review

Tyrone Power's career took a strange turn during the post-World War II years. Although he still managed to maintain his position as one of Twentieth Century Fox's bahagian, atas stars during the remainder of the 1940s, something happened as the 1950s dawned. Powers still found himself in Grade A Filem during that particular decade. But he also seemed to appear in a growing number of standard costume melodramas.

Twentieth Century fox lent Powers to Universal Pictures to bintang in the 1953 drama called "THE MISSISSIPPI GAMBLER". Directed sejak Rudolph Maté, "THE MISSISSIPPI...