The House of Eliott - Complete Collection
by Richard Standeven, June Howson, Nicholas Prosser
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Actor: Louise Lombard, Rupert Frazer, Stella GonetDirector: June Howson, Nicholas Prosser, Richard Standeven
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 1770 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-08-14
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: ACORN MEDIA
Movie Reviews of The House of Eliott - Complete Collection
Movie Review: 2 PROGRESSIVE LONDON LADIES, SISTERS, TAKE ON THE FASHION WORLD IN THE 1920s--BEAUTIFULLY!
Summary: 5 Stars
This complete collection of "The HOUSE of ELIOTT" has 34 episodes, 1770 minutes, approximately the same amount of superb entertainment as 20 full-length films. It is as much a bargain as it is a beautifully filmed British drama about the London fashion industry. From seamstress to industry giants, you meet and learn to love or hate all the people that work and create exclusive fashions.
It is a delight. Bea and Evie, the beautiful, unwed Eliott sisters, become the viewer's family. Splendid acting causes one to run the gambit of emotion as Bea and Evie struggle and succeed, over and over, first one-then the other, through a decade of trying to rise above the odds. Being sheltered and uneducated, the two find themselves in the early 1920's without means, an exhausted estate, and only sewing skills in place of an education. It was society's way.
Through the episodes, they both face the hard road to finding love. They both face the hard road to financial success. A fantastic story of ladies taking on the world, usi8ng beauty, talent, and intellect--AND WINNING. Unsurpassed 20s costuming and sets. Experience NOT the Roaring Twenties, but the Sensual Twenties.
34 episodes pass much too quickly, leaving one with the desire for more. The Eliott family is done, the episodes are completed, and there is nothing we can do about our own loss--EXCEPT--return to disc one and start again. It's that good.
A very interesting extra is a 2005 interview with Louise Lombard (CSI) who played Evie Eliott. She recalls show moments, while at interview time is only 4 days from delivery of a baby. Lombard was also in "The Black Velvet Gown" a film made from the book by Catherine Cookson. Any Cookson movie is recommended.
This DVD set gives viewers a very early look at Minnie Driver (Good Will Hunting, Circle of Friends). She was cast as the second receptionist in Jack's photo studio.
This is a first-rate series as proven by its presentation on the BBC, A&E, PBS, BBC America, plus receiving costume design awards, Emmy, and a BAFTA.
Summary of The House of Eliott - Complete Collection
In stylish 1920s London, two beautiful sisters struggle to the top of the fashion worldFrom the creators of Upstairs, Downstairs (Jean Marsh, Eileen Atkins) comes an addictive drama series set in the era of flappers and suffragettes. Louise Lombard (Hidalgo, CSI) and Stella Gonet (Nicholas Nickleby) star as Evangeline and Beatrice Eliott, sisters born into wealth and privilege who must support themselves after their profligate father dies and leaves them penniless. They have no education or training, just a passion for fashion design. As suitors try to woo them and scoundrels try to trip them up, they make independent, exciting lives for themselves and the women they employ in their house of haute couture.
Seen on A&E, PBS, and BBC America. Winner of top awards for costume design, including an Emmy? and a BAFTA.
DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE an exclusive interview with Louise Lombard, production notes, 1920s fashion background, photo gallery, and cast filmographies.
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