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A Christmas Carol (Original B&W Version)
Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison
VCI Video, 1999
The Best Version of the Best Short Story Ever Written
+ Very good film
+ A Classic
+ The best version I am aware of.
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Great Expectations (1998)
Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow
20th Century Fox, 2002
A work of art
+ Aan Unexpectedly Great Makover of the 1946 Movie
What a great adaptation of the brilliant Dickens novel. Alfonso Cuaron has directed a gorgeous and utterly romantic movie. There's beauty and poetry in every shot, and the scene where Finn declares his love to Estella under the rain is more moving than anything I've seen in movies in a long time. ...
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Scrooged
Bill Murray, Karen Allen
Paramount, 1999
Scrooged
+ A great modern American Christmas movie
+ Excellent
+ Thanks so much
+ Love this
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Mystery of Edwin Drood
Claude Rains, Douglass Montgomery
Universal Studios, 1996
Worthy Addition to the Univeral Horror Classics
+ Dicken's truncated classic
+ DICKEN'S SWAN SONG
My expectations weren't very high for this movie. I was expecting it to be much like THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE, having a few creepy scenes, but no good acting to make the rest of the movie interesting. EDWIN DROOD, however, succeeded on all levels. It was surprisingly funny (usually intentional) and ...
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Masterpiece Theater: Oliver Twist (1999)
Sam Smith (III), David Ross
Wgbh Boston, 2001
Oliver Twist
Another great Masterpiece Theatre production, along with a prequel not written by Dickens, but it could have been; it's that good!
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Great Expectations (Masterpiece Theatre, 1999)
Ioan Gruffudd; Justine Waddell; Charlotte Rampling; Angela Sims; Hugh Lloyd; Laila Morse; Gemma Gregory; Sarah Durham (II); Roland Manookian; Nicholas Woodeson; Ian McDiarmid; Jo Cameron Brown; Selina Cadell; Clive Russell; Philippa Stanton; Laurence Dobiesz; Nicholas Blane; Bernard Hill; Timothy Tranter; Sandra Voe
WGBH BOSTON, 2004
Excellent film adaptation
Charles Dickens triumphs once more. This excellent film adaptation of the masterpiece novel manages to be somewhat dark, gritty, and mysterious, and still maintain quirky memorable characters and a tangled web of plots in the typical Dickens way. Justine Waddell's performance as the icy Estella (a ...
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Great Expectations
Jean Simmons, John Rhys-Davies
Buena Vista Home Video, 1996
Superb!
+ the best version
+ Bizzare Twists
This is by far the best adaptation ever made! True to the text with stellar performances by the entire cast. In our opinion this is the best performance ever done by the great Anthony Hopkins. My VHS version has worn out because we have made a family tradition of watching it together every ...
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Tale of Two Cities: Literary Masterpieces
Chris Sarandon, Peter Cushing
Live / Artisan, 1996
Spirited production of a classic tale
+ Rare love
+ A Tale of Two Cities
+ A Tale of Two Cities DVD
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Mystery of Edwin Drood
Gareth Arnold, Gemma Craven
A&E Home Video, 1997
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David Copperfield (2pc)
Emilia Fox, Pauline Quirke
Starz / Anchor Bay, 2000
Great!!!
+ Radcliffe is simply wonderful
+ One of my favorites!
I really enjoyed watching this movie. I think every part was cast perfectly. Daniel Radcliffe is absolutely adorable. Mr and Miss, Murdstone are perfect. Exactly as I imagined. Mr and Mrs. Mcawber, Uriah Heep, Mr. creakle, Mr. Dick and of course Miss. Trotwood are brilliant. I highly recommend this ...
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David Copperfield
Edna May Oliver, Elizabeth Allan
MGM (Warner), 1994
One of Those Great MGM Creations!
+ Pleased, and impressed with transfer quality
+ Great adaption of classic book!
+ THE GREAT COPPERFIELD
+ Masterpiece of filmmaking brings Dickens' novel to life...
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Nicholas Gecks, Emily Richard
A&E Home Video, 2002
The Best Thing I've Ever Seen
+ excellent series
Nicholas Nickleby is not only my favorite Charles Dickens' book--indeed, my favorite book period--but this production is the ONLY adaptation of which I wholeheartedly approve. It is eminently true to the text and only a handful of adaptations (of any work) are. I've lost track of how many times ...
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Nicholas Nickleby
Stella Gonet, Andrew Havill
MGM (Video & DVD), 2003
Almost perfect Nicholas Nickleby
+ Good
+ A must see film
+ Wonderful adaptation of a sweet novel.
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Great Expectations (1946) (Criterion Collection Spine #31)
John Mills, Tony Wager
Criterion, 1999
The Gold Standard!
+ Classic Movies
+ Lean meets Dickens' 'Great Expectations.'
+ BENEFACTORS
+ Another Famous Dickens Book Comes To Life
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A Tale of Two Cities
Dirk Bogarde, Dorothy Tutin
Vid America, 1990
Classic British Version of The Immortal Dickens' Story
+ *Kissing Dirk Bogard*
There have been a number of fine film versions of the famous novel by Charles Dickens "A Tale of Two Cities", stretching right back to the 1917 silent version starring William Farnum and as recently as the 1980's there have been various television productions. However the two versions that stay in ...
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