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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790717388
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Dolby, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0790717387
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 25, 2005
Running Time: 235 minutes
Sales Rank: 33794
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Behind their neat facades of Victorian propriety Anthony Trollope's characters are bursting with life. A flirtatious vicar two squabbling sisters an ingenue and her meddling aunt... these are the friends and relations who surround Louis and Emily Trevalyan in the first blissful year of their married life. But things take a darker turn when the roguish Colonel Osborne (Bill Nighy) takes an interest in Emily and flattered by the resulting gossip fans the flames of Louis's jealousy.Running Time: 240 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 794051211026
Amazon.com:
Novelist Anthony Trollope doesn't have the name recognition of his Victorian contemporary Charles Dickens, but he has all of Dickens's strengths and more--invigorating plots, eccentric characters bursting with life, and an insightful, panoramic view of English society. He Knew He Was Right starts with an idyllic romance between the well-off Louis Trevelyan (Oliver Dimsdale) and Emily Rowley (Laura Fraser). But when the rakish Col. Osborne (Bill Nighy, Love Actually) begins to visit her regularly, Louis becomes jealous--and the pressures of Victorian society soon turn this jealousy into an all-consuming possession that could destroy the lives of Louis, Emily, and their young son. This dark and harrowing story is deftly juxtaposed with two related tales: A blithely flirtatious clergyman finds himself fought over by a pair of squabbling sisters and a young woman struggles to find happiness despite the controlling grip of her miserly spinster aunt (the always superb Anna Massey, Angels & Insects, The Importance of Being Earnest).
The cast delivers wonderfully comic or heartbreaking performances, but much of this four-episode series' power comes from yet another outstanding adaptation by screenwriter Andrew Davies, who wrote the scripts for such BBC miniseries as Moll Flanders, Vanity Fair, and the hugely popular version of Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth. The combination of Davies and Trollope results in a work of psychological depth, sly humor, and sheer storytelling mastery--just when you've decided someone is virtuous or odious, that character upends your judgment with an act unexpected yet completely plausible. He Knew He Was Right provides the pleasures of a thriller, a social satire, and a whirling romance. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Boring Flat Main Story, Somewhat Funny side story, Disjointed Passionless
I wouldn't buy this one, rental only. The story is flat, happy couple gets married then jealousy and the resulting madness ensue with a struggle for custody thrown in. He was somewhat justified in his suspicions, but then goes mad and turns hateful and distrusting of the world and then intends to teach this to his son but dithers and relents only to kill himself through worry. I think the wives unbending and non-sacrifice with such a lack of understanding and empathy done with such a calm babe in ... Read More
Rating:  - A Good Film
This movie has a good plot---The one or two sex scenes are very tame.
I'd rate them with a G rating.The lead gentleman thught he was right
about his wife's infidelity and lost everything.Good English acting. Shows English women as we have read them to be.
19th Century Britlit Classic
Rating: - Good subplots
The main story was depressing, but have to admit that the subplots were very good: one involving a Bishop and two "French" women, and another a very demanding spinster. Bill Nighy's character was quite amusing in a poppycock way, although his behavior was at the root of the evil that led to the main character's decline.
Okay, but if it wasn't for the subplots, would not have enjoyed.
Rating:  - Downer
Very disappointed! What a downer. I am so glad there were sub plots otherwise it would have been a worthless mess! I do not reccomend this movie. It is frustrating to watch it. The way it is advertised to get you to buy it is deceiving. If I had only known what the outcome was to be I would have never bought this one. It's so sad you won't want to watch it a 2nd time. Borrow it from a library or a friend who is dumb enough to buy it like me!! Oh Well
Rating:  - Another wonderful BBC production
The BBC production of He Knew He Was Right is absolutely wonderful! The actors did a fantastic job of portraying their characters. In partuicular, Anna Massey did an excellent job as opinionated, yet loving Aunt Stanbury. David Tennant is very humorous as the shy and nervous clergyman, Mr. Gibson.
Andrew Davies once again wrote a screenplay that is extremely faithful to Anthony Trollope's wonderful book. Watch this wonderful adaptation of He Knew He Was Right. You won't regret it. ... Read More
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