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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 7940512495242
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 18, 2006
Running Time: 212 minutes
Sales Rank: 58917
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: 1978
Editorial Review:
Description:
The tragic tale of Maggie Tulliver, the miller's daughter, who defies her embittered brother in standing by the man she loves - shocking the stifling society in which she lives - in an attempt to pursue her blighted dreams. Drama, romance, tragedy and humor all have a place in this most popular of George Eliot's novels.
Amazon.com:
Based on her own childhood, George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss gets the deluxe treatment in this eight-part BBC miniseries. Set in 19th century Lincolnshire, the story centers on Maggie Tulliver (Georgia Slowe). Headstrong and undisciplined, she loves her brother Tom (Jonathan Scott-Taylor), but he has his doubts about her. Frankly, he finds his sister exasperating. An uptight, ambitious young man, Tom can't understand why she won't act like a proper young lady. While he's off at boarding school, for instance, she forgets to feed his rabbits and they die. Well-mannered cousin Lucy Deane (Moira Durbridge) is a mutual friend and peacemaker between the two. Over the years, Phillip Wakem (Anton Lesser), another neighbor, will also enter their orbit. Alas, Mr. Tulliver (Ray Smith) and Lawyer Wakem (Philip Locke) are sworn enemies. More studious than her brother (now played by Christopher Blake), teenaged Maggie (Pippa Guard) is drawn to the bright, if hunchbacked Phillip, but her ardor doesn't run as deep as his. Either way, Tom doesn't approve--nor, as it turns out, does Mr. Wakem. Further, as the fortunes of the latter rise, the Tullivers fall so far they lose their mill. But all is not lost. Tom will keep the family afloat when he finds employment with Lucy's father, Uncle Deane (John Stratton), around the same time Lucy's suitor, Stephen Guest (John Moulder-Brown), switches his focus to Maggie. Just when it seems relations couldn't get more tangled, the mill itself provides a neat, if tragic solution. Previously brought to the BBC in 1965 with Jane Asher, this fine, if somewhat stagy production was followed by a 1997 telefilm with Emily Watson. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Boring
I have seen some other movies based on George Eliot novels. I really enjoyed Daniel Deronda and Middle March. However, "The Mill on the Floss" is extremly boring and very hard to follow. Some of the dialect is hard to understand. I was only able to watch two episodes and lost interest.
Rating:  - Unrequited Love and Self-destruction
Unrequited love and a family bent on self-destruction are at the heart of this story. The movie is based on the novel by George Elliot. The story is of the lives of Tom and Maggie Tulliver, a brother and sister growing up at a mill along the river Floss around the 1820's. The novel and this mini-series span a undefined period somewhat over a decade, from Maggie's childhood into her young adult years.
George Elliot was the pen name of Mary Ann (Marian) Evans, a Victorian write of great ... Read More
Rating:  - not sure about this one
Well I watched about 15mins of this version and turned it off, seems slow going and thick, will have to sit and try to watch it a second time...
not sure if I will make it thru the whole thing!!!
Rating: - Dry and Blunt
It would be unreasonable to review the BBC miniseries without having a sound relationship with the novel or the author of the novel, for the entire premise of the production rests on it being faithful to the novel. In fact it is masterfully adapted by James Andrew Hall, who is a purist in the full sense of the term, and directed deftly by Ronald Wilson.
The dry nature of the tale is bewildering and draining of the influx of tenderness that George Eliot infuses her writings with. If this was by design ... Read More
Rating: - better than I expected, actually, though not great
I have never seen the other movie version of "The Mill on the Floss" which other reviewers have mentioned, so I can't compare the two, and honestly it's been a few years since I read the book so my memory of it is not entirely clear. That being said, here are my thoughts on this miniseries.
To start with the criticism, it was made for TV in the 1978 (I think) - that in itself should tell you something about the quality. At four hours, it was slow, and dragged a bit at times. However, despite ... Read More
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