Tess of the D'Urbervilles
by Ian Sharp
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Actor: Jason Flemyng, John McEnery, Justine Waddell, Lesley Dunlop, Oliver MilburnDirector: Ian Sharp
Brand: A&E
Cinematographer: Richard Greatrex
Editor: Peter Davies
Producer: Delia Fine
Producer: Sally Head
Producer: Sarah Wilson
Writer: Ted Whitehead
Writer: Thomas Hardy
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 180 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-03-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E Home Video
Movie Reviews of Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Movie Review: Tess of the D'Urbivilles
Summary: 5 Stars
Although used, this DVD was in excellent condition. It arrived in a timely manner and the move stayed very close to the Thomas Hardy novel. Most enjoyable. I could watch it again and again
Summary of Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 03/25/2003 Run time: 180 minutes Rating: NrNo one does tragedies as well as Thomas Hardy, and this new BBC production of his 1891 novel is a peach. Tess is a teenager captured between happiness with an educated man (Oliver Milburn) and a dreadful existence with a scheming aristocrat (Jason Flemyng). Compared to Roman Polanski's 1980 Oscar-winning film Tess, the BBC version is far more interested in Hardy's text than in directorial exportations. Hence, the famous strawberry scene in which the aristocrat seduces the young Tess is just long enough to plumb the emotions; Polanski's version made the scene into a miniature classic of innocence and seduction. Both versions are worth seeing.
Star Justine Waddell gives Tess more pluck and less innocence than Natassja Kinski does. She makes Tess a character to root for, which can lead to your own tragedy when working through Hardy's tale. The film doesn't have the drop-dead gorgeousness of Polanski's version but is quite beautiful. Director Ian Sharp keeps in line with Hardy's affection for rural settings and vistas. Flemyng is such a great cad it leads one to wonder what he might have done with Billy Zane's role in Titanic. Another winning adaptation of a classic from the BBC. --Doug Thomas
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