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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9781419814495
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, NTSC
ISBN: 1419814494
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 06, 2005
Running Time: 418 minutes
Sales Rank: 21563
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: 1985
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Product Description:
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 09/06/2005 Rating: Nr
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - My Favorite Dickens, My Favorite Film Version
There is an excellent 2006 BBC version of BLEAK HOUSE, but the 1985 production is my favorite. I won't compare the two--other than to remark that each version ignores certain plotlines, while emphasizing others. The original story is quite involved, so you really can get away with making major cuts here & there for staging. I will say this, I believe the 1985 version is truer to the spirit of Charles Dickens--that is, comic, over the top characterization...and very compassionate.
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Rating: - terrific version--couldn't be better
while there is a newer version of which i have not seen, this version is truly captivating. i have not quite finished the series as i write this, but felt i needed to add to the volley of voices which speak of a better version.
in this definitive set of episodes, the great queen of darkened drama, the avenging angel, the one and only dame diana rigg, she born of a noble and aristocratic face and voice, is a delicious marvel to watch. her face is a shielded mirror of the conflicting emotions ... Read More
Rating:  - Bleaker than the 2006 PBS version
This earlier production of Dicken's Bleak House is not quite as good as the PBS production which was televised in 2006; but it is, nevertheless, a very good dramatization of this classic Dicken's novel.
Rating:  - Not as good as the 2005 release.
I wasn't familiar with the story prior to watching the DVD. While this one is well done, I found it left some unfilled gaps. The 2005 release seemed to do a better job of providing that background.
I did find it hard to follow the dialog with the various dialects of the characters, so I wanted to use subtitle. Alas! Subtitles are not enabled on DVDs in this series (BBC white covers). I switched from viewing the DVD via the component connection to viewing via the coax "VCR" connection. ... Read More
Rating: - Dickens
This is a must for Dickens fans. Great story about estate and probate litigation gone crazy.
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