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Post by The Major on Mar 11, 2008 6:07:31 GMT -5
What other regency era films are out there? I don't get to watch television very much and miss quite a lot. So I was wondering about what else there was, if it's available on DVD and would it be worth getting?
I saw Jane Eyre as while back. I wish I could remember more about it to share. But I have it in my Amazon.com wish list.
I haven't seen it, but heard that Immortal Beloved is fairly good. Again, in my Amazon.com wish list.
Does anyone know about Middlemarch? Is it regency? Is it good?
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Post by savivi on Mar 11, 2008 9:33:57 GMT -5
Hmmmm, Regency doesn't always get it's due, especially when it comes to non-Austen films. A couple of my favorites are: Wives and Daughters (though that's more Romantic period) Count of Monte Cristo I found a list of them, though! www.erasofelegance.com/entertainment/regencymovies.htmland OMG - The Reluctant Widow!!!! Georgette Heyer! Too bad it isn't on DVD. |
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Post by Mme de Beaufort on Mar 11, 2008 10:01:52 GMT -5
Middlemarch is Romantic period, not regency... it's okay. I found it long, drawn out and anticlimactic. I disliked it so much, that I'd be willing to send you my copy sans regrets.
I also own wives & daughters, and it's definitely transitional from regency to romantic... especially in the very beginning, then it becomes full-blown romantic; absurd hair and puffy sleeves and all.
Oh, but the Lady.. forget her name, she's a perfect example of someone with short hair.
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Post by Val on Mar 11, 2008 10:04:02 GMT -5
Does anyone know about Middlemarch? Is it regency? Is it good? I have it and enjoyed it very much, but since I loaned it out, I can't look at it (can't remember either) what era it is. I recently bought the Anthony Trollope and George Elliot(w/Middlemarch) BBC sets (3 & 5 dvds respectively) at Costco for $30 each. I haven't watched them all yet, but from looking at the covers, it looks like the eras are Romantic into 1850s. But they only show miniscules pics of them. One of them, The Barchester Chronicles, made in 1982, has an atrocious costume on Susan Hampshire, all frillies and lace like a wedding dress. In fact it may have been a recycled wedding dress, including the bridal cap. It was the delicious Alan Rickman's first movie. But, I must point out, both these series have an inordinately amount of men's characters, therefore, lots of men's costumes. |
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Post by The Major on Mar 11, 2008 11:03:32 GMT -5
Hmmmm, Regency doesn't always get it's due, especially when it comes to non-Austen films. A couple of my favorites are: Wives and Daughters (though that's more Romantic period) Count of Monte Cristo I found a list of them, though! www.erasofelegance.com/entertainment/regencymovies.htmland OMG - The Reluctant Widow!!!! Georgette Heyer! Too bad it isn't on DVD. Oh my goodness gracious! I may have to buy another DVD cabinet. I had no idea there were that many films based in the Regency era. Although a few are only loosely Regency era, but many good films nonetheless. Thank you very much for that link. Now to start saving my pennies for that cabinet  |
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Post by Goblin, esq. on Mar 11, 2008 18:27:57 GMT -5
While I haven't seen it (yet), I have heard very good things about the Ridley Scott movie The Duellists (1977). Supposedly the costuming is very good, and it was filmed entirely in natural light.
And Amazon is selling it for $13.00. I should get a copy.
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Post by savivi on Mar 12, 2008 10:26:23 GMT -5
Ooooooh Harvey Keitel And Keith Carradine.
It's on Netflix! I'll have to check it out.
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Post by georgielee12 on Jul 26, 2008 15:34:56 GMT -5
These are more Victorian than Regency but you will probably like them.
North and South
The Way We Live Now.
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Post by voxwoman on Jul 15, 2009 14:54:32 GMT -5
I have always enjoyed "Princess Caraboo," and I believe the Horatio Hornblower series is Regency (or close to it).
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Post by voxwoman on Jul 15, 2009 14:59:09 GMT -5
While I haven't seen it (yet), I have heard very good things about the Ridley Scott movie The Duellists (1977). Supposedly the costuming is very good, and it was filmed entirely in natural light. And Amazon is selling it for $13.00. I should get a copy. The Duelists is a very good film, but it's not what I'd call a romance at all. I think everyone comes to a rather bad end. The costumes are incredible. |
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Post by Goblin, esq. on Jul 21, 2009 15:41:23 GMT -5
While I haven't seen it (yet), I have heard very good things about the Ridley Scott movie The Duellists (1977). Supposedly the costuming is very good, and it was filmed entirely in natural light. And Amazon is selling it for $13.00. I should get a copy. The Duelists is a very good film, but it's not what I'd call a romance at all. I think everyone comes to a rather bad end. The costumes are incredible. It is a very good film (I did buy it and watch it), and the costumes are marvellous, but not a romance at all. More of a character study, or a study of obsession. |
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Post by Goblin, esq. on Jul 21, 2009 15:50:33 GMT -5
I have always enjoyed "Princess Caraboo," and I believe the Horatio Hornblower series is Regency (or close to it). I liked _Princess Caraboo_ too. The Hornblower series on the early side for the technical regency period, the last one being set in 1803-4, right after the Peace of Amiens ends. _Master and Commander_ is also set in that era, as are the innumerable films made of Lord Nelson's life. Continuing the military list, the Sharpe's Rifles series is also Regency, being set in 1809-15 |
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Post by MyLadyDedlock on Aug 1, 2009 1:19:03 GMT -5
These are more Victorian than Regency but you will probably like them. North and South The Way We Live Now. North & South w/ Richard Armitage (yum!) is totally great I thought Wives and Daughters was interesting too - I love to hate that woman Dont forget about CRANFORD!! And though long, and not regency (1850s), Bleak House was good enough for me to go out and purchase :-) Is Daniel Deronda Regency? I can't remember - no I think it was more Victorian - I remember the bustled riding habit - but still good . . . And do watch Jane Eyre again - it was so well done! (Toby Stevens version). |
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Post by Kathryn Kane on Mar 24, 2010 20:19:57 GMT -5
Years ago, some of Barbara Cartland's novels were made into films. Probably the best of the Regency-set films are A Hazard of Hearts and A Duel of Hearts. They were produced by Lew Grade, and they are quite lavish in terms of costumes and sets. They also have some rather well-known actors, including Diana Rigg, Stewart Granger and Alison Doody. I enjoyed them very much.
All the Barbara Cartland films have been transferred to DVD, but since they were produced in England, most of them are PAL and Region 2, so you have to be very careful if you see them listed on eBay or some of the other online sellers. But, if you are patient, sooner or later you will find them in NTSC and Region 1 format.
Regards,
Kat
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Post by lastbloom on May 3, 2010 23:05:40 GMT -5
I'm watching the 1999 BBC adaptation of The Scarlet Pimpernel right now (netflix has a "play instantly" option for the whole thing!) and while I am only one episode in, I am finding it to be rather hit-and-miss for me. I haven't seen any other adaptations of the story, so I don't have anything to compare it to, but some of the costumes are really good (some of Sir Percy's costumes look like they were copied right out of Revolution in Fashion), and others are either wrong for the year and/or character. The acting on the whole is pretty good, but the reunion between Percy and Marguerite at the end of the first episode felt a little unbelievable.
Anyway, an interesting thing to watch for very early regency.
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Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong? ~ Jane Austen 
