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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0794051249326
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 25, 2006
Running Time: 93 minutes
Sales Rank: 9568
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: April 23, 2006
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
In a small village in the south of England Dick Dewy a handsome working man falls in love with Fancy Day a newly arrived schoolteacher from a wealthy family who happens to be the village beauty. But other richer men also want to win the hand of Fancy. There's Farmer Shiner a wealthy landowner and Reverend Maybold the decent young vicar. Who will win Fancy's hand? And even if she agrees to marry Dick will her father consent to the marriage? This charming timeless story of rural life gave Thomas Hardy his first real taste of success and with its rustic setting and moving tale of young love it weaves a spell that still entrances today.Running Time: 100 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: NR UPC: 794051249326 Manufacturer No: E2493
Amazon.com:
The radiant glow of Keeley Hawes--an English rose if ever there was one--anchors Under the Greenwood Tree, a light romance from the normally gloomy pen of Thomas Hardy (The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the d'Urbervilles). When a young educated woman with the preposterous name of Fancy Day (Hawes, Tipping the Velvet) returns to a small village to care for her father, she finds herself pursued by three very different men: The poor but handsome Dick Dewy (James Murray, Sons and Lovers), the crude but wealthy Mr. Shiner (Steve Pemberton, The League of Gentlemen), and the erudite but pompous Parson Maybold (Ben Miles, Coupling). The story is slender but enjoyable, with hints of class conflict and the changes due to come from the impending Industrial Revolution. Hawes lends her considerable intelligence and charm to the put-upon Miss Day; she makes you feel the eroticism of washing your hands in the same basin with an attractive man. The accompanying 'making of' documentary is also pleasant, though it goes on a bit too long about artificial snow. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - An upbeat Hardy
Under the Greenwood Tree
Thomas Hardy, master of the nineteenth-century rural English gloom and doom novel, penned a sweet, uplifting romance in Under the Greenwood Tree. Skillfully adapted to the screen, this tale that originally centered around local young man Dick Dewy, is now recast with Fancy Day (Keeley Hawes) as the central figure and with the three men who love her secondary. It works very well and creates a bit of charm in an otherwise simplistic tale of rustic romance in ... Read More
Rating:  - Favorite Story of All Time
I purchased these items on DVD to replace items taped off PBS years previously. They were excellent then and are equally interesting now.
Rating: - What a Wonderful Movie
What a gentle, fresh movie. I was expecting a below average English period movie; I judged that it would be below par because of an uninspiring cover. But I was wrong.
This movie is a refreshing treat. The casting is perfect, the music is lovely and appropriate, from Christmas carol to Church music to ballad sung in the street. The screenplay has just the right touches of humor.
I highly recommend this movie.
Rating: - Under the Greenwood tree
This is a very good video, I liked the story line. It has the right amount of romance and humor. I would have liked to see the video go a little longer. When the video ended, it seemed like there should be a little more, I hated to see it end.
Rating: - Simple and beautiful
I must admit when I first saw the preview for this movie I wasn't so sure about it but I fell in love with it.
Fancy is played perfectly as the educated woman who returns home to begin teaching and playing the church's organ. She is persued by a variety of men and while I won't give away the ending it is truly a satisfying one that doesn't leave you empty-handed.
The costumes are quite simple in this movie compared to other period dramas but it is the storyline that solidly ... Read More
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