The Thorn Birds

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Actor: Barry Corbin, Christopher Plummer, Rachel Ward, Richard Chamberlain, Stephanie Faracy
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: Lee Stanley
Writer: Lee Stanley
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Miniseries, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 477 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-02-03
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video

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Movie Review: The Best Mini Series Ever!!
Summary: 5 Stars

I watched this when it first aired in 1983. I was 19. I loved it then and I love it now. Years after it first aired I purchased a 4 VHS tape collection. I'm not usually a reader of romance novels, nor a mini series watcher, but this was epic. I have lost count of how many times I've watched it, but I simply love it and will forever. It was beautifully done and no one does soundtracks like Henry Mancini. I highly recommend it.

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Summary of The Thorn Birds

Based on the bestselling novel, the film follows a priest and his struggle between his calling and his carnal lusts.

The second most-watched miniseries (after Roots) of all time, The Thorn Birds was originally broadcast in 1983 and captivated viewers with its story of a lifelong conflict between the spirit and the flesh. Adapted from the bestselling novel by Colleen McCullough, the production stars Richard Chamberlain as a Catholic priest named Ralph de Bricassart, whose life in Australia between 1920 and 1962 is one long torment as he pines for his lover, Meggie Cleary (Rachel Ward), while seeking advancement in his clergyman career. The passion and the guilt make for compelling drama, but a stellar cast of supporting players adds muscle to the proceedings: Barbara Stanwyck (who won an Emmy for her work as Meggie's tough aunt), Jean Simmons, Richard Kiley, Christopher Plummer, Bryan Brown, and Mare Winningham. Chamberlain, who was something of the king of the miniseries form at the time, is very good in the lead, as is the often-underrated Ward. Their affair is indeed irresistible to watch, which proves to be true, too, of the story's thick weave of church politics, forbidden desire, social change over decades, and family secrets. --Tom Keogh

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