The Woman in White
by Tim Fywell
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Actor: Tara Fitzgerald; Justine Waddell; Andrew Lincoln; Susan Vidler; John Standing; Adie Allen; Ian Richardson; James Wilby; Ann Bell; Anne Etchells; Timothy Carlton; Simon Callow; Tony Spooner; Sean Gleeson; Kika Markham; Corin Redgrave; Nicholas Woodeson; Eric Carte; David Barry (IV); Celandine WadeDirector: Tim Fywell
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-10-25
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: WGBH BOSTON
Movie Reviews of The Woman in White
Movie Review: BUTCHERED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
If you have read the book don't even think about getting this DVD. Other than the title and SOME of the names the story isn't even close. You would think that the British would have more respect for their own authors. The movie doesn't even get the relationships right between the book's characters.
Granted some will say "How can you make a two hour movie out of a six hundred some odd page book? Two choices: One, you make it a mini-series of multiple 2 hour movies. Two, you don't even try! But to try and pass this DVD off as Wilkie Collin's classic is an insult. The man most likely turned over in his grave MULTIPLE times.
My regret is that I had to give it 1 star just to get this review to go through.
Now if you haven't read the book, enjoy the film. But if you really want to see greatness, read the book.
Summary of The Woman in White
Set in the late 19th century, this adaptation of Wilkie Collins' mystery thriller is a slowly unraveling nightmare that reveals a dark world of powerful and dangerous men.A young drawing master, Mr. Hartright (Andrew Lincoln), is hired by the fretful Mr. Fairlie (Ian Richardson) to teach his two nieces, Marian (Tara Fitzgerald) and Laura (Justine Waddell). On his way to their house, Hartright is startled by a mysterious encounter with a ghostly woman dressed in white.
When he meets Fairlie's nieces, he is struck by Laura's resemblance to the woman in white, and tells Marian and Laura of the ethereal woman. Determined to learn all they can about the woman in white, the girls find themselves drawn into a vortex of secrets, crime and treacherous involvement with the fascinating, but sinister, Count Fosco (Simon Callow).
Wilkie Collins is hot. One of the most underrated Victorian mystery writers, Collins offers up eerie, evocative tales. While The Moonstone may be his best-known novel (it was made into a 1996 telefilm starring Sense and Sensibility's Greg Wise), The Woman in White is an equally affecting and engaging tale. A timeless gothic story, it is told from the perspective of Marian (Tara Fitzgerald), who's staying at a villa with her cousin Laura (Justine Waddell). The women become involved with a sympathetic painter and a slew of duplicitous aristocrats, including one played by James Wilby. Then there's that woman (who looks a lot like Laura), cloaked in white, who keeps running around the garden grounds at night. Fitzgerald is far too gorgeous to be the plain Marian, heroine of the novel, but costumers make a valiant--if unsuccessful--attempt to make her look dowdy and less attractive than Waddell. Fitzgerald is so lovely and likable that audiences are easily drawn into her predicament. Who is the mysterious woman in white? How and why has Laura disappeared? Simon Callow is particularly notable as the suave Count Fosco, who may or may not be who he seems to be. The Woman in White was made into a 1982 miniseries and five other film versions. Trivia note: Ian Richardson appears in both the 1982 version and this one. --N.F. Mendoza
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