The Pallisers, Set 2

The Pallisers, Set 2

The Pallisers, Set 2
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Actor: Barbara Murray, John Gielgud, Moray Watson, Philip Latham, Susan Hampshire
Brand: Acorn Media
Editor: Mike Crisp
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 467 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-02-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acorn Media

Movie Reviews of The Pallisers, Set 2

Movie Review: Even better than the first set
Summary: 5 Stars

It was cruel of Acorn Media to make us wait so many months between our viewing of <The Pallisers> episodes 1-8 and the now available middle third of the complete series, episodes 9-17. I resisted the temptation to view the first set again to re-establish in my mind the myriad relationships between the host of characters, but I thought it would all come back again--which it did, especially with the help of the invaluable booklet provided with the first set.

If anything, these middle episodes are even more fascinating (though by a slim margin) than the earlier ones. Plantagenet (Philip Latham) is much more serious and his confrontation with his rebellious older son is a telling one. His lady (Susan Hampshire) is more mature, certainly more nearsighted, but still bubbly and fun to watch, especially as she tries to manipulate Phineas Finn (Donal McCann) into a cabinet post and her rustic female relation (Jo Kendall) into a marriage.

There is a wealth of comic characters besides the plain-speaking Ms. Kendall. Derek Jacobi is perfect as Lord Fawn with ridiculous side-burns and a total incapacity for winning a wife. Sarah Badell is a knockout as Lizzie Eustace who is determined to keep "The Eustace Diamonds" in her own possession even though it means lying about one burglary only to bring about another. The slimy man of the cloth she marries, the Reverend Emilius (Anthony Ainely), is your typical hypocritical villain of the period; but the delightful Terence Alexander portrays a much more honest villain as Lord George.

Even the old and dying Duke of Omnium (Roland Culver) has a little fun with his pretty blonde nurse; and one of his dying wishes is that someone do something about the foxes in the woods, because he knows his heir, Plantagenet, will think only of finances and politics.

On the serious side, we have the religious fanatic Robert Kennedy (Derek Godfrey) who believes that happiness is possible only in Heaven and makes a hell on earth for his wife (Anna Massey). And we have the socially unacceptable but politically useful Mr. Bonteen (Peter Sallis) whose hatred of Finn leads to.... Well, never mind. Better see what happens for yourself. Trollope never quite mastered the well-wrought novel, but he did create two entire worlds of very believable people in his Barchester and in the Palliser novels. He had to fill up three volumes (the lending libraries insisted on this to increase their profits) and also had to consider serializing his works first. So there are many plot lines to follow, most of which intermix either dramatically or thematically. And need it be mentioned that the production values, though relatively low budget, and the acting are a joy to behold?

Unhappily this set ends with a real cliffhanger and it will be a long wait until "late this year," which is when Acorn Media promises the next and final set.

Summary of The Pallisers, Set 2

PALLISERS SET 2 - DVD Movie
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