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starring: Celia Imrie, John Sessions, Warren Mitchell, George Yiasoumi, Ian Richardson directed by: Andy Wilson Price: $12.98 Prices subject to change.See similar products Read customer reviews Related Items:
Third Party New Price: $12.98 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780790758602 Format: Color, NTSC ISBN: 0790758601 Label: BBC Warner Languages: Manufacturer: BBC Warner Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: BBC Warner Release Date: July 03, 2001 Running Time: 270 minutes Studio: BBC Warner Theatrical Release Date: June 10, 2000
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com: The BBC's lavish, glowingly designed adaptation of Mervyn Peake's eccentrically brilliant novels Titus Groan and Gormenghast is a triumph of casting. Ian Richardson's Lear-like depiction of the mad earl of a remote, vast, ritual-obsessed building is matched by the brutal pragmatism of Celia Imrie as his wife, the synchronized madness of Zoë Wanamaker and Lynsey Baxter as his twin sisters, and the duplicitous charm of Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as Steerpike, the kitchen-boy determined to take over no matter how many deaths it costs. John Sessions is surprisingly touching as Prunesquallor, the family doctor who realizes almost too late what Steerpike intends. It is always tricky to film a book dear to the hearts of its admirers. Wilson and his design team achieve a look rather more pre-Raphaelite than Peake's own illustrations--shabby velvets, garish sunlight, and dank, stone passages. The score by Richard Rodney Bennett is full of attractive surprises--fanfares and waltzes and apotheoses--and John Tavener's choral additions are plausibly parts of the immemorial ritual of Gormenghast. --Roz Kaveney Description: Award-winning screenwriter Malcolm McKay (The Interrogation of John, A Wanted Man) bringimaginative trilogy, The Gormenghast Novels, to life in this lavish fantasy miniseries with the high production values characteristic of BBC drama. Gormenghast has been described as a metaphor for the fall of an empire, the passing of an age and the rise of fascism. The story revolves around the ancient family of Groan and the glorious castle of Gormenghast, and focuses on the heir to the powerful dynasty, Titus, and a witty, power-hungry, kitchen boy Steerpike, who battle for decades to determine the fate of the castle. As Steerpike charms his way into the homes and hearts of the castle inhabitants, it is Titus who ultimately stands in his way as he iChristopher Lee (Sleepy Hollow, Dracula) afaithful retainer, and Steven Fry (narrator of the Harry Potter film).s Flay, Lord Groans forced to defend his birthright to the castle. Who will rule Gormenghast? Featuring top billed actors, this epic fantasy has a cast list that includes Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Titus, Velvet Goldmine) as the evil Steerpike, Ian Richardson (House of Cards) as Tituss Mervyn Peake Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Horrible travestyMost of the plot of the book is scrambled and changed, the book's mood and atmosphere is completely destroyed, and dialogues, events, and many characters are almost completely antithetical to those in the book, etc. It's almost, but not actually ... Read More Rating:  - !a really beautiful, faithful adaptation of the books. the characters and set are rightfully surreal, grotesque, and comical, and the series definitely captures the decaying quality of gormenghast. i only wish it could have gone on longer, and would ... Read More Rating: - Fantasy Genre RevivedI ordered "Gormenghast" on the basis of the favorable reviews offered by other Amazonian viewers. Having only "perused" the Peake novels, I came into the Groan's world as a newbie, with no real expectations of liking, loving, or disliking the mini-series. ... Read More Rating: - Gormenghast, a great mini-series from great novelsThe Groans have ruled over the earldom of Gormenghast for seventy-six generations. Just as the future seventy-seventh Earl, Titus, is being born, rebellion rears its head in Castle Gormenghast, within whose walls dwell a collection of madmen and grotesques. ... Read More Rating: - Great followup to the bookIf you have read the book and enjoyed it, as I have, then this is a very good video. I'm not sure how it would be received by someone who had not read the book first. see more Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Related Items:
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