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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | David Thacker |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 17 August, 2003 |
| MANUFACTURER: | A & E Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-drama |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 733961709483 |
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Customer Reviews of The Mayor of Casterbridge
An Extraordinary 19th Century 'Soap Opera' Based on the fabulous 1886 Thomas Hardy novel, The MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE has been incredibly put to life with wonderful actors, costumes, and scenery. I can't even compare it to our modern day soap operas except for all the outrageous things that happen to the protagonist, Michael Henchard. Henchard is aptly portrayed by the brilliant Ciaran Hinds (who was wonderful in "Persuasion" and "Jane Eyre"). These things happen during an alcoholic situation or one of his manic-depressive states. Just when I start feeling sorry of Henchard, he does something that makes me so mad at him! The handsome James Purefoy plays Donald Farfrae, the Scottish farm manager turned merchant. Jodhi May, portraying the lovely, engaging Elizabeth Jane, is the one who stole my heart. She is very convincing as the forgiving and sweet daughter of Henchard. When her beautiful eyes fill with tears, mine do also!
This epic tale spans two decades; great scenes of the ruthless Dorset landscape perceptibly augment the great story. I was transported back in time during this wonderful, sentimental film. I will be watching this one again!
Great Adaptation
I've seen this movie 3 times on A&E, and I loved it. The Mayor of Casterbidge is about a man named Michael Henchard, who sold his wife and baby daughter to a sailor at a county fair after he had had too much to drink. He regets this the next morning, and swears not to "drink anything stronger than tea" for the next 21 years. 19 years later his wife and her daughter come searching for him, and find him the mayor and respected citizen of a town called Casterbridge. The rest of the story is filled with complications, secrets and everything in between. This is the story of the rise and fall of Michael Henchard. All of the main charactures are wonderfully played by Ciaran Hinds, Jodhi May, James Purefoy, Juliet Aubry and Polly Walker, the supporting cast is great as well. The script stays close to the book, the story is beautiful and bitter sweet, and the sceenery is breathtaking. All in all this is a great movie, and I highly recomend it!
Why is this the best movie that I have ever seen?
When I saw Alan Bates act Michael Henchard, I thought that I would never see acting any better than his, but I guess it was the role that I was identifying with, for Ciaran Hinds is the perfect Michael Henchard. He was wonderful as Bois de Guilbert in IVANHOE. He was indeed the rugged Captain Wentworth in PERSUASION and many have claimed him to be the very best Rochester in JANE EYRE. I think that Mr. Hinds performance in this movie goes a long way to make it the best movie that I have ever seen.
Michael Henchard was a rugged selfmade man striving to follow his own star though that star is always the star of fate.
All that holds him back is the all encompassing past which wills him to destruction. He cannot escape himself or his fate.
To me he was Hardy's greatest creation. He is everyone.
Nearly every role that Ciaran Hinds has played has these same
dimensions and he handles each of them to near perfection which makes him my favorite actor and possibly the best actor of our time.
How can anyone love a character that would sell his wife and daughter even in a drunken state? Thomas Hardy and Ciaran Hinds
make us love this horrible man even as we love ourselves, and we
pray for his redemption. I think that Hardy himself wavered between redeeming Henchard or not.
It was not just Thomas Hardy and Ciaran Hinds that made this
incomparable movie. This is Mr. David Thacker's movie, and for a director with such a short list of credits, it is all the more astounding! He did it mainly with excellent casting. Jodhi May was great as Elizabeth Jane. Juliet Aubrey fantastic as the mother,James Purefoy wonderful as Donald Farfrae,and Polly Walker is the perfect Lucinda. He did it by pacing the movie a little faster than Hardy's literary gait. He made this movie happen by an unrelenting revelation of the time and of the nature of the land. Frame by frame, utterance by utterance, gesture by gesture,this movie marks excellence. There are many excellent people that made this happen that are not at the top of the credits, but we see their names over and over in great productions. We salute these great contributors, too, and selfishly wish them many more great successes.