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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0794051288523
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 17, 2007
Running Time: 210 minutes
Sales Rank: 1923
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
George Eliot's accomplished but underrated last novel is effectively, often stirringly, adapted for this 2002 BBC production, which was scripted by old pro Andrew Davies (Middlemarch) and directed with wit and subtlety by Tom Hooper (Cold Feet). Set in the 1870s, Eliot's story concerns two strong-willed young people whose self-determination is under attack by legal constraints on their rights to an inheritance. The noble Daniel (Hugh Dancy) is of dubious birth; the fiery Gwendolen (Romola Garai) can't possess her late father's estate because she's a woman. They are sympathetic to one another, but not lovers: Gwendolen is obliged to marry into wealth and becomes an unhappy bride of the scoundrel Grandcourt (Hugh Bonneville), while Daniel must sort out his feelings about the much-maligned 'Jewess,' the beautiful Mirah. Despite Garai's somewhat questionable casting, this lengthy drama--evenly divided between the two leads--never lags in insight or passion. --Tom Keogh
Product Description:
Daniel Deronda is a sensitive intelligent young man the illegitimate son of an aristocrat haunted by the secrets that shroud his birth. Beautiful vivacious Gwendolen Harleth is a gambler and short on cash. When they meet at the roulette table sparks fly. But Gwendolen needs money more than passion and the self-centered aristocrat Henleigh Grandcourt is happy to provide. As her situation becomes more and more oppressive she turns to Daniel for help only to discover his involvement with the young Jewish singer Mirah Lapidoth.Torn between his devotion to Gwendolen and his passion for Mirah and the plight of her people Daniel is forced to look at his own mysterious past and find out who he really is...and who he wants to be.Running Time: 210 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR UPC: 794051288523 Manufacturer No: E2885
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Not worth the time it takes to get through it
Okay, I am glad that so many people enjoyed this film, but having never read the book, I had a very hard time getting through it. Let me start off by saying that I love period dramas, but this film was terrible. I didn't like ANY of the characters, and the supposed lovers of the film barely speak to each other. No one in this film is happy, and for the most part, they don't deserve to be. There is lots of whining and complaining about why life has to be so difficult and unfair, but I just want ... Read More
Rating:  - Absolutely Intoxicating
I love this movie! I think it was done very well, and Hugh Dancy is simply hot. The movie is very dense, with a lot of opportunity for critical analysis. It is not lighthearted, but still has a good ending. It is not necessarily a family movie, not because of any overtly vulgar scenes, but because the themes are more complicated and appropriate for adult audiences. It has four episodes on one disk and is not a typical 19th C. plot. Great movie! One to watch multiple times.
Rating: - pleasantly surprised
I just stayed up untill 03:00 am to finish the DVD and was pleasantly surprised at the open mindessness of the story obviously originating in George Eliot. It is so refreshing to see an open mind in the Victorian era!
Rating: - A beautifully filmed period piece that interlaces romance with a man's search for purpose and identity
Daniel Deronda the series is based on George Eliot's novel of the same name . The main character Daniel Deronda[Hugh Dancy], is a young man of unknown parentage who is the adopted son of a wealthy man, Sir Hugo, and has all the trappings of wealth, yet yearns for a 'real' purpose and searches for his identity. When the story begins, we are shown a scene where a beautiful woman [Romola Garai] is gambling at the roulette table and when Daniel [Hugh Dancy] stares at her, her winning streak comes to an ... Read More
Rating: - Daniel Deronda - highly recommended period peice
This is an excellent period peice with a sound story and excellent character development. After seeing Pride and Prejudice, I wanted more of that type of film, well, Daniel Deronda is even better than P&P, it's excellent and highly recommended viewing for the romantic movie buff!
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