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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: STAUNTON/DANCE
EAN: 9781569387900
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1569387907
Label: Acorn Media
Manufacturer: Acorn Media
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Acorn Media
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 13, 2005
Running Time: 180 minutes
Sales Rank: 4877
Studio: Acorn Media
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Product Description:
Growing up as a foster child among a family of thieves, orphan Sue Trinder hopes to pay back that kindness by playing a key role in a swindle scheme devised by their leader, who is planning to con a fortune out of the naive Maud Lilly.
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Media Type: DVD
Artist: STAUNTON/DANCE
Title: FINGERSMITH
Street Release Date: 09/13/2005
Domestic
Genre: DRAMA
Amazon.com:
From Sarah Waters, author of Tipping the Velvet, comes this twisting and twisted Victorian-era thriller with an L-word charge. Sally Hawkins stars as Sue, an orphan who grows up among the reprobates of Lant Street to become an accomplished 'fingersmith' (thief). Elaine Cassidy costars as Maud Lilly, an heiress who, as a young girl, was plucked from the madhouse and raised by her stern, bibliophile uncle (Charles Dance). He makes her wear gloves at all times so as not to smudge the precious tomes he makes her read every night. Enter Richard Rivers (Rupert Evans, the otherwise sterling cast's weakest link), an artist hired to give her painting lessons. But he has designs on Maude's fortune, and recruits Sue for an elaborate con. That's when the gloves really come off. Originally broadcast on the BBC, this riveting three-part tale of illicit passion and betaryal is by turns harrowing and quite erotic (the tasteful sex scenes manage to generate heat without baring a lot of skin). The literate script reveals its feminist leanings ('You are a man and might do everything,' Maude tells Richard during their first meeting. 'I am a woman and might do nothing.'). The superb cast includes Academy Award-nominee Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake) as Mrs. Sucksby, a Fagin-esque character who mentored Sue, and has a few surprises for Maud, as well. --Donald Liebenson
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Rating:  - A mystery within a puzzle wrapped inside an enigma...
Fingersmith (Aisling Walsh, 2005)
Fingersmith, actually a two-part British TV miniseries, came to America as a three-hour DVD. Based on Sarah Waters' novel of the same name, it details the dealings of Susan Smith (Sally Hawkins, recently of The Painted Veil), a thief (thus the title) in London in the nineteenth century who becomes involved in a complicated scheme to swindle a large sum of money out of Maud Lilly (The Others' Elaine Cassidy). Smith, through a series of intrigues, becomes ... Read More
Rating:  - Totally perplexed
I never read the book. I rented the DVD and while I enjoyed the body of the movie, the ending and many parts of the movie left me saying, "Huh?! What's up?". To me the ending ruined the movie. What happened? Why did that happen? And what was the purpose of it?? It didn't make sense to me. What did Maud & Gentleman have to gain by it? What did they need Sue for if that's what they'd planned? I'm just confused by it.
Rating:  - Fingersmith - Fantastic
I loved this beautiful love story. The backdrop was lovely and the acting by the leading ladies was suberb. Well recommended!
Rating: - fingersmith
I highly recommend this movie. I always love early era movies. If you really want to see a true love story, then this one is for you. I shared it with some friends and they really liked they way it was done. It was a really great movie. It had a story, a plot, it had all the aspects of a really good movie worth watching. It will surprise you.
Rating: - Wow, a lesbian story with a great plot!
Fingersmith is definitely worth adding to your collection. I bought this movie on a whim based on a hot clip on you tube and was not disappointed. The only thing that keeps me from giving a 5 star rating, is the length (3hr); however, the twists will not disappoint.
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