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North & South
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9781419821004
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 1419821008
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: BBC Warner
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
MPN: DE2453D
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 15, 2005
Running Time: 233 minutes
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: July 02, 2005
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Editorial Review:
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
As the daughter of a middle-class parson Margaret Hale has enjoyed a privileged upbringing in rural southern England. When her father uproots the family to take work in the northern mill town of Milton Margaret is shocked by the dirt the noise and the gruffness of the people but she reserves her highest contempt for the charismatic mill-owner John Thornton.Running Time: 233 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 794051245328
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - A great way to spend 4 hours.
For being period drama, this film adaptation more than any I've seen has something for everyone. The backdrop of worker reform the love story is set against brings so many things to the movie that make it hard to call North and South a love story.
North & South has something for everyone, rioting, suicide, murder mystery, worker unionizing and against all that, more marriage proposals and refusals, May-December romances, and some very funny comic relief in the character of Fanny Thornton. ... Read More
Rating: - North & South
Where has this been hiding? I have had possession of this video for about 3 weeks now and have watched it about 10 times!!! I can't stop watching!!! The story is wonderful and the cast is extraordinary. A must see for anyone who likes stories set in Great Britain.
Rating: - great movie
This is a great movie! I think it is one of the best romances out there!
Rating: - Fantastic BBC production!
I watched this movie yesterday as I had enjoyed "Cranford", I have to say this is one of the best period adaptations I have ever seen! The acting was flawless. It gives an indept look into the dynamics between employers and employees that is relevant even in this era. As for the chemistry between Richard Armitage and Daniela Denby-Ashe's characters, it was out of this world!
A MUST SEE.
Rating: - Love it
I absolutely love this movie! I would recommend it to anyone that enjoys period dramas. Richard Armitage is extra "swoon worthy" in this picture.
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