Little Dorrit /

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Amy Dorrit's (Claire Foy) gentle spirit has never been dampened by the confining walls of the Marshalsea Prison she's lived in her whole life. Despite the dark shadow of debtor's prison, Amy lovingly cares for her father William Dorrit (Tom Courtenay), the longest serving inmate. A po...

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Main Author: Lunn, John, 1956- (Composer)
Corporate Authors: British Broadcasting Corporation, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), BBC Video (Firm), 2 Entertain (Firm), Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Eaton, Rebecca (Producer), Pivcevic, Anne (Producer), Osborne, Lisa (Producer), Davies, Andrew, 1936- (Screenwriter), Walsh, Dearbhla (Director), Smith, Adam (Director) (Director), Lawrence, Diarmuid (Director), McPolin, Owen (Cinematographer), Strebel, Lukas (Cinematographer), Almond, Alan (Cinematographer), Merifield, James (Designer), Kidd, Barbara (Costume designer), Foy, Claire, 1984- (Actor), Macfadyen, Matthew, 1974- (Actor), Courtenay, Tom (Actor), Pierson, Emma, 1981- (Actor), Frances-Gray, Kingsley (Actor), Armstrong, Alun (Actor), Parfitt, Judy, 1935- (Actor), Marsan, Eddie (Actor), Serkis, Andy (Actor), Cavaliero, Rosie (Actor), Tovey, Russell (Actor), Thorpe, Jason (Actor), Redman, Amanda, 1957- (Actor), Armesto, Sebastian (Actor), Fleet, James (Actor), King, Georgia, 1986- (Actor), Cook, Ron, 1948- (Actor), Wyndham, Alex (Actor), Paterson, Bill, 1945- (Actor), Agyeman, Freema, 1979- (Actor), Duvitski, Janine (Actor), Jones, Ruth, 1966- (Actor), Johnston, Sue, 1943- (Actor), Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Format: Unknown
Language:English
Published: Burbank, Calif. : BBC Video : 2 Entertain : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2009]
Subjects:
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870 > Television adaptations.
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870.
Marshalsea Prison (Southwark, London, England) > Drama.
Marshalsea Prison (Southwark, London, England)
1800-1899
Social classes > England > Drama.
Women dressmakers > England > Drama.
Debt, Imprisonment for > England > London > Drama.
Love > Drama.
Manners and customs.
Debt, Imprisonment for.
Social classes.
Social conditions.
Women dressmakers.
England > Social conditions > 19th century > Drama.
London (England) > Social life and customs > 19th century > Drama.
England.
England > London.
Motion pictures, British.
Foreign films
Drama.
Fiction television programs.
Historical television programs.
Television adaptations.
Television mini-series.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Miniséries.
Émissions historiques télévisées.
Adaptations télévisées.
Fictions télévisées.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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Summary:Amy Dorrit's (Claire Foy) gentle spirit has never been dampened by the confining walls of the Marshalsea Prison she's lived in her whole life. Despite the dark shadow of debtor's prison, Amy lovingly cares for her father William Dorrit (Tom Courtenay), the longest serving inmate. A possibly redemptive light unexpectedly shines in the form of Arthur Clennam (Matthew Macfadyen), who has been left with the intriguing threads of a mystery after his father's death -- threads that will intertwine his family and fate with the Dorrits. Clennam's exhaustive search for answers involves murder, fortunes gained and lost, the upper echelons and lowest dregs of society, and most surprising of all, a tender romance. Adapted by Andrew Davies (Bleak House, Pride and Prejudice), Little Dorrit, based on the book by Charles Dickens, is a sprawling story as timely as it is moving. - Publisher.
Item Description:Adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens.
Special features: "Little Dorrit : an insight" featurette; picture gallery.
Originally broadcast as a British television mini-series in 2008.
Originally broadcast as a British television mini-series in 2007.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Contains all 14 episodes of the mini-series.
Title from container.
From the novel by Charles Dickens.
Special features: "Little Dorrit : an insight" featurette ; picture gallery.
Physical Description:4 videodiscs (approximately 452 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD ; region 1, NTSC ; widescreen (16x9, enhanced) presentation ; Dolby digital stereo.
Audience:Not rated.
Awards:Emmy Awards, 2009: Outstanding Miniseries; Outstanding Directing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special (Dearbhla Walsh for Part 1); Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special (Andrew Davies); Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie (Lukas Strebel for part 1); Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie; Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (for part 3); Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special.
Production Credits:Executive producers, Rebecca Eaton, Anne Pivcevic ; directors of photography, Owen McPolin, Lukas Strebel, Alan Almond ; editors, Philip Kloss, Nick Arthurs, David Head ; music by John Lunn ; production designer, James Merifield ; costume designer, Barbara Kidd.
ISBN:1419880675
9781419880674
6312768473
9786312768470
Access:For private home use only.

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