The Judi Dench Collection

The Judi Dench Collection
by Anthony Page, Christopher Morahan, Elijah Moshinsky, Richard Eyre, Stephen Frears

The Judi Dench Collection
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Actor: Judi Dench, Michael Williams, Nathaniel Coombs, Richard Henders, Sally Davis
Director: Anthony Page, Christopher Morahan, Elijah Moshinsky, Richard Eyre, Stephen Frears
Brand: Warner Brothers
Writer: Anton Chekhov
Writer: Beverley Marcus
Writer: Henrik Ibsen
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 1140 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-03-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner

Movie Reviews of The Judi Dench Collection

Movie Review: WHAT A LITTLE FIRECRACKER AS MADGE SAYS .
Summary: 5 Stars

I CAN WATCH ALMOST ANYTHING DAME JUDI DENCH PERFORMS IN SUCH CLASS AND IT IS LIKE SHE IS THE PERSON THAT SHE BECOMES ON THE SCREEN FOR THE TIME SHE PLAYS ANY PART. YOU CAN BARELY TELL BETWEEN ACTOR AND PERSON. THOUGH YOU KNOW IT IS ONLY A PLAY OR MOVIE IT IS HARD TO TELL SHE DOES IT SO WELL. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND THE MUSIC FROM THE MOVIE CAN YOU HEAR ME THINKING AND IF ANYONE KNOWS WHERE TO GET THE MUSIC WHAT A LOVELY SONG. A WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF DENCH.B[...]

Summary of The Judi Dench Collection

Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 03/27/2007
To call The Judi Dench Collection a treasure trove is indubitably clich?, but that's so much classier than "Dench-a-Palooza." Essential for fans of the great Dame, theatre buffs, and drama students, this eight-disc set is an embarrassment of riches, with nine BBC productions of classic and original plays, plus three radio plays and excerpts from televised interviews, one of which features her moving rendition of "Send in the Clowns" from A Little Night Music, for which she won an Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical (is there nothing she can't do?). They etch an indelible portrait of an artist with a compelling presence and staggering range. Judi Dench is one of those actors who rarely seem to make a false move, handling wrenching drama, madcap farce, and witty comedy with equal aplomb. John Hopkins' Talking to a Stranger (1966) is a British television benchmark that is mentioned in the same breath as Dennis Potter's masterpieces. Dench won her first BAFTA (the British equivalent of the Oscar) for her role as a damaged sibling in a dysfunctional family. Dench stars as Anya in Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, a 1962 production translated by, and starring, John Gielgud and, as Madame Ranesvky, Peggy Ashcroft. Ashcroft is a hard act to follow, but Dench pulls it off in a 1981 production in which she assumes the role of the irresponsible aristocrat.

Georges Feydeau's Keep an Eye on Amelie (1973) is a carefree hour in which Dench stars as a coquette who agrees to marry a confirmed bachelor (Patrick Cargill) so he can inherit a million francs. This production is paired on disc 4 with writer Michael Frayn's (Noises Off!) award-winning comedy Make and Break, which unfolds at a trade fair in Frankfort and stars Dench as a devoted secretary to a work-consumed boss. Two powerful dramas comprise disc 8, Going Gently, for which Dench earned another BAFTA as a hospice nurse to two adversarial patients, and Can You Hear Me Thinking?(1990), starring Dench and her late husband Michael Williams (A Fine Romance) as parents whose lives are shattered when their teenage son develops schizophrenia. Ibsen's still potent Ghosts (1981) boasts a stellar ensemble, including Kenneth Branagh as doomed son Oswald and Michael Gambon as Pastor Manders, with Dench as Mrs. Alving, whose respected late husband led a dark, secret life. Anything but, Absolute Hell (1991) is a lost-souls black comedy starring Dench as Christine, the proprietor of a bohemian nightclub in post-World War II London. The cast includes her future Notes on a Scandal costar, Bill Nighy, as a washed-up writer. Stardom in the States came late to Dench. This collection allows her audience to catch-up with these mostly towering performances that established her as one of the premier actors of our time. --Donald Liebenson

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