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Epicurus.com - The Thorn Birds - The Complete Miniseries
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List Price: $79.92
Our Price: $12.89
Your Save: $ 67.03 ( 84% )
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Barbara Stanwyck, Christopher Plummer, Jean Simmons
Directed By: Daryl Duke
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302150629
Format: Box set
ISBN: 6302150620
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 1995-09-26
Running Time: 477
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1983-03-27
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Editorial Reviews:
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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 Carson (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 grandmother), 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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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent no matter what version its in (The first one,anyway)
Comment: I bought the video version years ago. I remember when The Thorn Birds first aired on broadcast TV. It was of such good quality. I thought the acting was excellent. I saw it multiple times on TV, and then bought the video when it first came out and was very expensive. I still cry when I watch it. It continues to be hard for me emotionally to get through it, but I watch it at least once a year. But I have to get the DVD, because the video is going the way of the dinosaur...
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Summary: Excellent series
Comment: This is the best serie I have ever seen, I cried a lot. Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward are the best actors
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Summary: Those female stars - mmmmmm:-)))
Comment: Back in 1984 I was 16 and this miniseries was the new "Gone With The Wind" all over the world. Even then I was speechless by the magnificent performance of Jean Simmons as Fee....
Seeing it again now, I must say that this is a glossy soap opera and some lines have dated badly. Back in 1983 I felt the same....
But now I feel a disturbance over the relationship father Ralph has with young Meggie("Why do you fill the gap God can`t fill???").... Stories of frolecking catholic priests comes to mind and the "friendship" is to me on the unhealthy side...
Rachel Ward is visually stunning and right for the role of Meggie, but her vocaltraining leaves someting to be desired. She should have taken vocal lessons; her voice is much too often flat and colorless....
The women are the stars of this miniseries; Barbara Stanwyck freezes my blood when she confronts her lust for Father Ralph, Jean is good - as are Mare Winningham as Justine...
Richard Chamberlain and Christopher Plummer has good chemistry, but the church politics is never a commercial for the non catholics...
Nevertheless; like "Gone With the Wind" - this is an all-stops-out tearjerker and with the performances - is quite watchable fro that sake.
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Summary: follows the book well
Comment: The DVD was in excellent condition and arrived promptly. I enjoyed it and it followed the book very well.
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Summary: would have been 5 stars
Comment: I love The Thorn Birds and was really excited to get this DVD, but was disappointed that it IS edited. It is not the complete miniseries as shown on tv, there are small parts left out that I missed watching.
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