The Thorn Birds - The Complete Miniseries | Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward

The Thorn Birds - The Complete Miniseries | Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward | Excellent series

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	The Thorn Birds - The Complete Miniseries Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward Warner Home Video, 1995 average customer review:based on 173 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The second most-watched miniseries (after Roots) of all time, The Thorn Birds was originally broadcast in 1983 and captivated viewers with its story of a lifelong conflict between the spirit and the flesh. Adapted from the bestselling novel by Colleen McCullough, the production stars Richard Chamberlain as a Catholic priest named Ralph de Bricassart, whose life in Australia between 1920 and 1962 is one long torment as he pines for his lover, Meggie Carson (Rachel Ward), while seeking advancement in his clergyman career. The passion and the guilt make for compelling drama, but a stellar cast of supporting players adds muscle to the proceedings: Barbara Stanwyck (who won an Emmy for her work as Meggie's tough grandmother), Jean Simmons, Richard Kiley, Christopher Plummer, Bryan Brown, and Mare Winningham. Chamberlain, who was something of the king of the miniseries form at the time, is very good in the lead, as is the often-underrated Ward. Their affair is indeed irresistible to watch, which proves to be true, too, of the story's thick weave of church politics, forbidden desire, social change over decades, and family secrets. --Tom Keogh

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Thornbirds Fan must have

Fond memories of my childhood were watching the miniseries Thorn birds with my mom. Now I can share the experience with my own daughters. The VHS movies were a real treat when I didn't have a DVD player. Now I'd rather get the DVD version, but I'll keep my VHS tapes as long as the player works. Good quality recordings. Nice easy to identify packaging for my library.

Excellent series

This is the best serie I have ever seen, I cried a lot. Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward are the best actors

follows the book well

The DVD was in excellent condition and arrived promptly. I enjoyed it and it followed the book very well.

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Those female stars - mmmmmm:-)))

Back in 1984 I was 16 and this miniseries was the new "Gone With The Wind" all over the world. Even then I was speechless by the magnificent performance of Jean Simmons as Fee....

Seeing it again now, I must say that this is a glossy soap opera and some lines have dated badly. Back in 1983 I felt the same....

But now I feel a disturbance over the relationship father Ralph has with young Meggie("Why do you fill the gap God can`t fill???").... Stories of frolecking catholic priests comes to mind and the "friendship" is to me on the unhealthy side...

Rachel Ward is visually stunning and right for the role of Meggie, but her vocaltraining leaves someting to be desired. She should have taken vocal lessons; her voice is much too often flat and colorless....

The women are the stars of this miniseries; Barbara Stanwyck freezes my blood when she confronts her lust for Father Ralph, Jean is good - as are Mare Winningham as Justine...

Richard Chamberlain and Christopher Plummer has good chemistry, but the church politics is never a commercial for the non catholics...

Nevertheless; like "Gone With the Wind" - this is an all-stops-out tearjerker and with the performances - is quite watchable fro that sake.

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would have been 5 stars

I love The Thorn Birds and was really excited to get this DVD, but was disappointed that it IS edited. It is not the complete miniseries as shown on tv, there are small parts left out that I missed watching.

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