Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781419821004
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 1419821008
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2005-11-15
Running Time: 233
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: 2005-07-02

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Summary: Best BBC Movie
Comment: Thank you BBC for a movie worth watching! (there are so few out there these days). This is one of the best movies I have ever seen. It reminded me a little of Pride and Prejudice, but with a new twist, giving it a feel of its own that kept the viewer captivated the entire 4 hours.

It highlighted characters of differing social spheres and put them all together in a way that gave the viewer a unique insight into that particular time period. I'm not a big history buff, but even so, found it very interesting to watch the workings of the cotton mill and all of the politics involved between the "masters" and workers, and so forth.

And the love story was very nice - the thread that held it all together. It was a rough road, but it was heart-warming to see how the two main characters evolved and softened towards each other as the film went on. I also thought the heroine was cast a little differently from what you usually see in these movies, adding more interest overall. A movie definitely worth seeing!

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Summary: Well done production
Comment: I saw this movie before purchasing and was completely delighted with it. It was well done with an excellent cast. The storyline was well presented, although not exactly in line with the book. I liked both the movie and the book for their own qualities, although I have to complain about making Mr. Thornton look meaner in the movie than he actually was in the book. He was way too good looking to stay mad at, though. The storyline reminds me strongly of "Pride and Prejudice" and the evolution of feelings the lead characters have to go through to find their love for each other. I saw the movie before reading the book, and it helped me to get through the somewhat heavy language of Elisabeth Gaskell and would recommend that same course of action for others who are interested in reading the book.

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Summary: Love it! Love it! Love it!
Comment: Don't start this unless you have time to watch all 4 hours at once. You won't be able to turn it off! Simply wonderful! The acting is fabulous. Richard Armitage as John Thornton is a very brooding, passionate character. I hate to say it, but he's better than Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy! If you liked Pride and Predjudice, this is a must have. I would give it 10 stars if I could.

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Summary: romance well done
Comment: richard armitage has made period drama in vogue.his john thorton silent speaks more than movie lines.you can feel the emotion he fighting with himself in every sence.i can't believe i miss this move years ago but is very happy i've found this movie.

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Summary: 5 FULL STARS!!!
Comment: WOW! I cannot even start to capture in words the brilliance that is North and South. It's wonderful and breathtaking and 100% romantic and swoon-worthy! Incredible acting, music, story, setting, costumes, everything. 5 STARS and then some..

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Editorial Reviews:

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