Bleak house /
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| Imprint: | [London] : BBC Video ; Burbank, CA : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video, [2006] |
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| Description: | 3 videodiscs (circa 465 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | DVD Video |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6226831 |
| Summary: | A trio of orphans becomes embroiled in a mysterious and long-running lawsuit in this sprawling BBC adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel. A legend in the legal circles of Victorian London, the messy inheritance case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce has been trickling through the courts for years with no end in sight. Nobleman John Jarndyce (Denis Lawson) has seen the case destroy more than one life, so when he becomes guardian to three young people -- beautiful Ada Clare (Carey Mulligan), Ada's cousin Richard Carstone (Patrick Kennedy), and her devoted companion, Esther Summerson (Anna Maxwell Martin) -- he vows to shield them from its pernicious effects by bringing them to the safety of his estate, the eponymous Bleak House. Richard, however, becomes obsessed with the unattainable Jarndyce inheritance, to the detriment of his career and mental health. Esther, meanwhile, remains haunted by her origins; the product of a scandalous pregnancy, she was raised by her aunt and knows nothing about her dead mother's identity. Meanwhile, imperious noblewoman Lady Dedlock (Gillian Anderson) plots to hide the evidence of her own mysterious past -- a quest that leads her to the intrigue surrounding Jarndyce and Jarndyce. She is but one of dozens of characters who find themselves drawn into the lawsuit's web of corruption, blackmail, and murder. Bleak House debuted October 27, 2005, on BBC One. It received its U.S. premiere on January 22, 2006, on PBS's Masterpiece Theatre, where the 15 British episodes were combined into six longer blocks. Britain's Royal Television Society named the series Best Drama Serial of 2005. A previous adaptation of Dickens' novel ran on Masterpiece Theatre in 1985. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi |
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| Item Description: | Contains all 15 episodes from the 2005 television mini-series. "16:9 enhanced"--Disc label. Recorded in stereophonic. Episodes 10-15 directed by Susanna White. "With English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired"--Container. |
| Physical Description: | 3 videodiscs (circa 465 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Kiernan McGuigan ; editor, Paul Knight (episodes 1-9), Jason Krasucki (episodes 10-15) ; music, John Lunn. |
| ISBN: | 1419828614 9781419828614 |
