The Pallisers, Set 2
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Actor: Barbara Murray, Donald Pickering, Moray Watson, Philip Latham, Susan HampshireEditor: Mike Crisp
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: Pan & Scan, 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: Glencora's Waltz
Summary: 4 Stars
The second set of DVDs in the BBC 26-part series "The Pallisers" from the mid 1970s is every bit as good as the first, and features at its core superb performances by Barbara Murray as the sharp and cagey Madame Max Goesler, Philip Latham as the stodgy but goodhearted Plantagent Palliser, and the charming Susan Hampshire as his impish wife, Lady Glencora. These DVDs cover the actions of Trollope's key novels in the Palliser sequence, PHINEAS FINN and THE EUSTACE DIAMONDS, which detail the doings among the highest political and moneyed set in the United Kingdom of the 1860s. They bring in several new characters, including the tiny, scheming, melodramatic Lizzie Eustace (Sarah Badel), the bumptious Adelaide Palliser (Jo Kendall), and the lazy and entitled dandy Gerald Maule (Jeremy Clyde, late of the British Invasion music duo Chad and Jeremy, in an absolutely first-rate performance). The casting is not everything it could be--John hallam is probably no one's idea of the Byronic and dashing Lord Chiltern--, but for the most part the performances are terrific. Watch for Peter Sallis's fine work as the pompous Mr. Bonteen in the last DVD in this set at one of Lady Glencora's parties as she plies him with drink to start his tongue wagging so as to expose his conceit and arrogance to his fellow party members: it's one of the best performances of a person getting drunker and drunker I've ever seen. The episodes involve murder, death, two diamond thefts, and incredible amounts of scheming and jockeying for position and power, but the pleasure of Trollope (which this series well captures) is his evocation of character and conscience. You feel like you know these people, even if they lived a century and a half earlier.
Summary of The Pallisers, Set 2
Clamoring fans get another dose of "The Pallisers" with the release of episodes 9-17 of this opulent 26-episode drama, based on the six great political novels by Anthony Trollope.What would you get if you combined the BBC, six Victorian novels, and a cheesy 1970s soap opera? Well, this! The Pallisers is as lavish in its aristocratic intrigues (political scandal and opportunity, lecherous dukes, palatial country houses, a world where everyone knows their place) as it is in its soap opera aesthetic (characters' tumultuous struggles for power, money, love). This made-for-television production is a strange blend of exquisite costuming, remarkable sets, and surprisingly good acting on the one hand and video-quality production and an utterly melodramatic script on the other. Definitely pleasurable viewing for all who enjoy watching the period passion, pomp, and politics of upper-class Victorians.
Set 2 contains episodes 9 through 17 of the BBC's 26-episode serialization of Anthony Trollope's Palliser novels (1865-1880), following Plantagenet Palliser and Lady Glencora's rise to an even higher social echelon and the challenges that their growing family must face. These episodes emphasize two family intimates--the ambitious and attractive Phineas Finn, who divides his energies between politics and romance, and Lizzie Eustace, the comely young widow with diamond troubles. The splendid cast includes Derek Jacobi as the lovelorn Lord Fawn and Penelope Keith as his overbearing sibling. The DVD's special features include a new interview with Susan Hampshire (Lady Glencora) and cast filmographies. --Tara Chace
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