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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0794051262325
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: BBC Warner
Release Date: August 15, 2006
Running Time: 350 minutes
Sales Rank: 23906
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: 1985
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Product Description:
Mr. Samuel Pickwick a retired businessman is determined that after a quiet life of enterprise the time has come to set off on an unforgettable excursion accompanied by his three friends - Nathaniel Winkle who fancies himself as a sportsman Augustus Snodgrass a passionately natured poet and Tracy Tupman a plump bachelor who is quite fond of the ladies. The four ramblers travel through the English countryside seeking all forms of adventure and getting into trouble wherever possible.Running Time: 350 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/CLASSIC UPC: 794051262325 Manufacturer No: E2623
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Excellent Rendition
The Pickwick Papers is one of my favorite books - and this production does it well. The casting of Nigel Stock as Mr. Pickwick, as well as the casting of his friends of the Pickwick Society are well-played and well-chosen.
For me, Patrick Malahide as Mr. Jingles, was an enriching choice. His phrasing of Mr. Jingle's strange syntax is insanely comedic. Another mention is the perfectly hammy Phil Daniels as servant/savior Sam Weller. There is no holding-back of any of the main or ... Read More
Rating:  - good color and sets
The Pickwick Papers is a superb story, filled with comic situations and building to a climax and satisfying conclusion. Everyone should see a movie version of Pickwick. The question is which version, the 1985 BBC version or the 1952 version.
The 1985 version is a little over 5 hours long or 300+ minutes. There is also a 30 minute reading attached (Simon Callow posing as Dickens, if you can stomach that). The 1952 version is two hours long or 110 minutes.
It never ... Read More
Rating: - A sheer delight for Dickens fans
At last on DVD, Charles Dickens' "Pickwick Papers" is brought to life in this great BBC double-sided disc. With a playing time of about six hours, there is much more detail than is to be found in the 1952 film version. And the characters look just like those by Phiz in the original nineteenth century illustrations. The pacing and dialogue is near perfect. The sets and location shots are wonderful. The disc is divided into twelve 30 minute episodes with opening and closing credits between each ... Read More
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