Tom Brown's Schooldays
by David Moore
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Actor: Alex Pettyfer, Harry Michell, Jemma Redgrave, Julian Wadham, Stephen FryDirector: David Moore
Brand: Koch International
Producer: Ashley Pharoah
Writer: Ashley Pharoah
Producer: Charles Pattinson
Producer: George Faber
Producer: Nick Goding
Producer: Steve Christian
Writer: Thomas Hughes
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-04-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Koch Vision
Product features:
- This new adaptation of Thomas Hughes famous novel tells the tale of a young boy s courage in the face of vicious bullying. Set in Rugby Public School during the1800s, Tom transforms from a timid, homesick schoolboy to a courageous student as he learns to confront his fears, stand up for his friends, and hurdle the obstacles of adolescence. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION Rating:&nb
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Movie Review: First-class treatment of a first-rate Victorian novel
Summary: 5 Stars
The story is well known: Rugby, a public school in the English midlands and where the game was invented, acquires a new headmaster in 1828: Dr Arnold managed single-handedly to change the way of life at boys' schools in the whole country. (To put this into context, these were the days when great social reforms were just beginning, with the abolition of slavery on the horizon and the first glimpses of "human rights".) When he arrived the masters were idle and often drunk, and the boys were left to develop without guidance or discipline which led to bullying - mental, physical and sexual - being the order of the day (remember the descent of the young into savagery in Lord of the Flies?).
This beautifully filmed and acted work conveys the life and hard times of Tom Brown and his battle against the principal school bully, the appalling Flashman (subject of a series of novels by George MacDonald Fraser 100 years later), mostly following the original novel. It well shows the tribal loyalties that prevent the boys from betraying their tormentors to the staff, and allows Tom's intelligence and innate decency to develop with the discreet but firm pressure from Dr Arnold who early recognises that Tom will be his best hope of an ally in his campaign to civilise the beasts. This by no means implies that Tom is a goody-goody: on the contrary, he gets into trouble quite often. I found this film to be satisfying and rather charming as a portrayal of Victorian toughness, while at the same time the sentimentality that was also very Victorian is given a brief airing with its treatment of the short life and death of a quiet child whose temperament is wholly out of step.
I cannot fault this film. But on no account should it be marketed as any kind of "coming of age" film, nor will there be anything to stir those who fancy boys or young men: it is a powerful statement about a period of educational and social reform which spread around the whole English-speaking world.
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