North & South
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NORTH & SOUTH - DVD Movie
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. 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. 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. 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. --Tom Keogh On the other hand, he misinterprets some of Margaret's own actions and intentions. The miniseries script by Sandy Welch is a persuasive mix of historical context and character study. 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. What she doesn't notice is Thornton's core sense of responsibility for his employees' welfare. Thornton befriends Margaret's father but incurs her wrath for his severity with his workers.
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- Actor
- Daniela Denby-Ashe, Richard Armitage, Tim Pigott-Smith, Sinéad Cusack, Lesley Manville
- Aspect Ratio
- 1.33:1
- Audience Rating
- Binding
- DVD
- Brand
- Warner Brothers
- Creator
- Kristina Hetherington
- EAN
- 9781419821004
- Format
- Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
- ISBN
- 1419821008
- Label
- BBC Warner
- Manufacturer
- BBC Warner
- MPN
- 794051245328
- Number Of Discs
- 2
- Original Release Date
- 2005-07-02
- Package Quantity
- 1
- Product Group
- DVD
- Product Type Name
- ABIS_DVD
- Publisher
- BBC Warner
- Region Code
- 1
- Release Date
- 2005-11-15
- Running Time
- 233
- Studio
- BBC Warner
- Theatrical Release Date
- 2005-07-02
- Title
- North & South
- UPC
- 794051245328
- ASIN
- B000AYEL6U
- Sales Rank
- 550
- Provider
- Amazon
- As of
- May 18, 2012, 12:21 am
