North & South
starring: Daniela Denby-Ashe, Richard Armitage, Tim Pigott-Smith, Sinéad Cusack, Brendan Coyle
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Studio: Warner Home VideoRelease Date: 05/16/2006Run time: 233 minutesRating: Nr
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North & South is a splendid, four-hour adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's 19th century novel about an unlikely, and somewhat star-crossed, love between a middle-class young woman from England's cultivated south and an intemperate if misunderstood industrialist in a hardscrabble, northern city. Daniela Denby-Ashe plays Margaret Hale, forthright and strong-willed daughter of a former vicar (Tim Pigott-Smith) who relocates his family from a pastoral village outside London to unforgiving, largely illiterate Milton, a factory town where John Thornton (Richard Armitage) and his mother (Sinead Cusack), survivors of poverty, rule their cotton mill with an iron hand. Thornton befriends Margaret's father but incurs her wrath for his severity with his workers. What she doesn't notice is Thornton's core sense of responsibility for his employees' welfare. On the other hand, he misinterprets some of Margaret's own actions and intentions. Equally stubborn, the two drag out their obvious attraction over many painful months and events.
North & South's two leads are both very good, though Armitage's brooding, penetrating performance may very well be considered a classic one day. There are other wonders in the cast: Cusack and Pigott-Smith are superb, and Brendan Coyle is memorable as a firebrand union organizer who ultimately becomes an ally to a softening Thornton. The miniseries script by Sandy Welch is a persuasive mix of historical context and character study. Brian Percival's direction is full of moments that linger in the imagination, such as the winter-dream look of a busy cotton mill, with thousands of snowy fibers floating in the air. --Tom Keogh
Studio: Warner Home VideoRelease Date: 05/16/2006Run time: 233 minutesRating: Nr
Amazon.com:
North & South is a splendid, four-hour adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's 19th century novel about an unlikely, and somewhat star-crossed, love between a middle-class young woman from England's cultivated south and an intemperate if misunderstood industrialist in a hardscrabble, northern city. Daniela Denby-Ashe plays Margaret Hale, forthright and strong-willed daughter of a former vicar (Tim Pigott-Smith) who relocates his family from a pastoral village outside London to unforgiving, largely illiterate Milton, a factory town where John Thornton (Richard Armitage) and his mother (Sinead Cusack), survivors of poverty, rule their cotton mill with an iron hand. Thornton befriends Margaret's father but incurs her wrath for his severity with his workers. What she doesn't notice is Thornton's core sense of responsibility for his employees' welfare. On the other hand, he misinterprets some of Margaret's own actions and intentions. Equally stubborn, the two drag out their obvious attraction over many painful months and events.
North & South's two leads are both very good, though Armitage's brooding, penetrating performance may very well be considered a classic one day. There are other wonders in the cast: Cusack and Pigott-Smith are superb, and Brendan Coyle is memorable as a firebrand union organizer who ultimately becomes an ally to a softening Thornton. The miniseries script by Sandy Welch is a persuasive mix of historical context and character study. Brian Percival's direction is full of moments that linger in the imagination, such as the winter-dream look of a busy cotton mill, with thousands of snowy fibers floating in the air. --Tom Keogh
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Good for date night!
My girlfriend love's this movie.It makes for a good date night watching the good old BBC programming!
Rating: 
- Avoid this Seller at all costs!
I bought a movie that was supposed to have two disks.When it came to me, it only had the second disk.I tried to contact the seller, but I got an email saying that the seller is no longer a part of this company that sold me the DVDs, so I'd have to deal with what I had been sent. I am now out $30 and have only part two of a movie.
Rating: - Excellent
I felt the characters were correctly cast, and it was superb. Nobody does classics like the BBC. I consider this in the same category as Pride and Prejudice (Firth & Ehle) and expect to watch it over and over.
Rating: - Best Drama out there!
I absolutely love this adaptation. The love between Mr. Thornton and Margaret is perfect. Love the story, the characters, the scenery, everything! Definitely worth buying.
Rating: - Wonderful social commentary and romance!
I never thought I would like any BBC period piece better than Pride & Prejudice.I was wrong.This 4 hour program is so well done - great acting, a good lesson in the class system, a look at early manufacturing in England.Best of all, a romance not unlike Pride & Prejudice where there are misundestandings on all sides.Oh, yes, and Richard Armitage! I thoroughly enjoyed this and recommend it highly!
- Good for date night!My girlfriend love's this movie.It makes for a good date night watching the good old BBC programming!
- Avoid this Seller at all costs!I bought a movie that was supposed to have two disks.When it came to me, it only had the second disk.I tried to contact the seller, but I got an email saying that the seller is no longer a part of this company that sold me the DVDs, so I'd have to deal with what I had been sent. I am now out $30 and have only part two of a movie.
- ExcellentI felt the characters were correctly cast, and it was superb. Nobody does classics like the BBC. I consider this in the same category as Pride and Prejudice (Firth & Ehle) and expect to watch it over and over.
- Best Drama out there!I absolutely love this adaptation. The love between Mr. Thornton and Margaret is perfect. Love the story, the characters, the scenery, everything! Definitely worth buying.
- Wonderful social commentary and romance!I never thought I would like any BBC period piece better than Pride & Prejudice.I was wrong.This 4 hour program is so well done - great acting, a good lesson in the class system, a look at early manufacturing in England.Best of all, a romance not unlike Pride & Prejudice where there are misundestandings on all sides.Oh, yes, and Richard Armitage! I thoroughly enjoyed this and recommend it highly!
