Fingersmith [videorecording] / Sally Head Productions ; Freemantle Media ; producer, Georgina Lowe ; screenplay, Peter Ransley ; director, Aisling Walsh.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: AMP-7907 | Acorn MediaPublication details: [United States] : Acorn Media, [2005].Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1569387907
- Director of photography, Simon Kossoff ; editor, Bryan Oates.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Two women from different worlds are brought together by strange circumstances and forbidden desires in this period-drama. Sue Trinder (Sally Hawkins) was left on her own as a young child when her parents died, and she was forced to fend for herself, living on the street in the company of thieves and confidence men. Sue is given a chance to reform when she's taken in by Mrs. Sucksby (Imelda Staunton), who wants to keep her off the streets, but Sucksby's friend Richard Rivers (Rupert Evans) is familiar with Sue's old circle and lures her into an elaborate criminal scheme. Sue is to get a job as a maid to Maud Lilly (Elaine Cassidy), a young woman who lives with her uncle (Charles Dance) and will claim a large family inheritance when she marries. Sue's role is to act as confidante to Maud, so when Richard attempts to court her, Sue will help convince the young heiress that marrying Richard is the right thing to do. Richard's scheme is to marry Maud, have her sanity called into question, and then take possession of her fortune after she's committed to an asylum, but as Sue becomes close friends with Maud, she begins to wonder if she has the nerve to go through with the plan, especially when her feelings for Maud begin to extend beyond just friendship. As Sue's choice becomes nearly unbearable, fate steps in and she discovers all is not as she'd been led to believe. Fingersmith was produced for the BBC, where it first aired in the spring of 2005. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Based on the acclaimed novel by Sarah Waters.
Special features: exclusive behind-the-scenes featurette; character profiles; photo gallery; cast filmographies.
Title from container.
Director of photography, Simon Kossoff ; editor, Bryan Oates.
Sally Hawkins, Rupert Evans, Elaine Cassidy.
A rousing adaptation of Sarah Waters' most acclaimed novel. Orphan Sue Trinder, raised in a den of petty thieves or 'fingersmiths,' agrees to help a young con man defraud a wealthy heiress. But Sue's plans didn't include falling in love with the heiress.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; stereo.
Closed-captioned.