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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781569387740
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 1569387745
Label: Acorn Media
Manufacturer: Acorn Media
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Acorn Media
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 28, 2005
Running Time: 220 minutes
Sales Rank: 40385
Studio: Acorn Media
Theatrical Release Date: 1989
Editorial Review:
Description:
A family vacation in Tuscany leads to intrigue and mystery in a Masterpiece Theatre presentation written by John Mortimer (Rumpole of the Bailey) and starring Sir John Gielgud in an Emmy Award(r)-winning role.
The minute she sets eyes on it, Molly Pargeter (Susan Fleetwood) knows that the Tuscan villa she has found to lease is perfect for her family's summer holiday. She is powerfully drawn to its rustic beauty and to the enigma of its absentee landlord. Never mind that her husband and teenaged daughter are vocally unenthusiastic and that her outrageously extroverted father (Sir John Gielgud) tricks them into taking him along.
As the family goes sightseeing and gathers for candlelit dinners on the terrace, Molly becomes increasingly obsessed with unraveling the secrets of the villa's owner and of the British expatriates and locals they encounter. Her father lends a hand with the sleuthing while remaining on the prowl, zeroing in on a certain rich widow with whom he shares a romantic past.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Not just a chick flick
I bought this movie for my wife. I figured it for a chick flick, and I suppose there is a bit of that, but it also had an interesting murder mystery and a host of interesting characters. I enjoyed the plot and the beautiful country.
Rating:  - Hoist the Jolly Roger!
Although I am still not certain who did what to whom and why, I nevertheless enjoyed a second watching of John Mortimer's mystery, "Summer's Lease," which I saw when it was first broadcast on PBS. "Summer's Lease" is John Gielgud's show. It does not matter how old he is; he still steals every scene as the outrageously libidinous old pirate of a father to Molly(coddle) Pargeter, a repressed 40-something wife and mother, who cannot help being embarrassed by his unrepentant tales of jolly "rogering", ... Read More
Rating: - Gielgud, and Gielgud, and Gielguud !
Two discs totaling 220 minutes viewing. Molly (mom)finds villa in Tuscany which Daddy (Gielgud) loves, but hubby and daughter not thrilled.Rolly-Polly plots unfold, The Villa owner disappears, followed by a water shortage, daughter in the well (got stuck and scared stiff. Daddy finds a rich widow, off to the horse races in Sienna. many changing scenarios and plots but story defintely lacks continuity. Good Author,(John Mortimer) but not his best work. For the price of this two disc set, I would say ... Read More
Rating: - Not American-style characters
I taped this Masterpiece Theatre mystery/comedy/drama when it first appeared on PBS some years ago, and I view it again every year or so. It is a pleasure to watch Sir John Gielgud work even though, as mentioned by another reviewer, he was not up to his best in old age. (Another example of a remarkable performance by an aged actor is that of Sir Lawrence Olivier in "The Ebony Tower," adapted from the novel by John Fowles.)
In other reviews, Susan Fleetwood's characterization of Molly ... Read More
Rating: - GOOD ACTING
AS USUAL, MR. GEILGUD, AND MR, KEMP ARE FLAWLESS IN THIS MOVIE. THE SCENES ARE ALSO BEAUTIFUL. I FEEL LIKE RENTING THE SAME PLACE.AFTER WATCHING THIS MOVIE UNFOLD.
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