Tom Jones / a co-production of Mammoth Screen, part of ITV Studios and Masterpiece ; created for television & written by Gwyneth Hughes ; produced by Benjamin Greenacre ; directed by Georgia Parris.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: MS62109 | PBSLanguage: English Publisher: Arlington, VA : PBS, [2023]Description: 2 videodiscs (200 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 9781531715311
- 1531715311
- 9780841887046
- 0841887047
- Masterpiece theatre (Television program). Tom Jones.
- created for the screen and written by Gwyneth Hughes ; Director, Georgia Parris.
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult DVD | Northport Library | DVD | COMEDY TOM JONE | Available | 33111009994779 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Abandoned as a baby, rescued and adopted by a country gentleman, Tom Jones grows up kind, handsome, free-spirited, and very popular with the ladies. But he cannot escape his lowly birth. When he falls in love with the bright, beautiful heiress Sophia Western, and she falls in love with him, their families unite against the match. They both end up in London, facing the wiles and whims of Sophia's aunt, the beguiling but dangerous Lady Bellaston, who will stop at nothing to destroy their love. Can Tom ever convince Sophia that he can be true to her? In this classic romantic comedy based on Henry Fielding's novel, can love conquer all?
DVD, widescreen; 5.1 surround; NTSC region 1.
Title from container.
Solly McLeod, Sophie Wilde, Hannah Waddingham, James Fleet, Shirley Henderson, Alun Armstrong.
Based on the novel by Henry Fielding.
Originally released as single episodes of a television program in 2023.
Wide screen.
Abandoned as a baby, rescued and adopted by a country gentleman, Tom Jones grows up kind, handsome, free-spirited, and very popular with the ladies. But he cannot escape his lowly birth. When he falls in love with the bright, beautiful heiress Sophia Western, and she falls in love with him, their families unite against the match. They both end up in London, facing the wiles and whims of Sophia's aunt, the beguiling but dangerous Lady Bellaston, who will stop at nothing to destroy their love. Can Tom ever convince Sophia that he can be true to her? In this classic romantic comedy based on Henry Fielding's novel, can love conquer all?
Disc 1. Episodes 1-2.
Disc 2. Episodes 3-4.
created for the screen and written by Gwyneth Hughes ; Director, Georgia Parris.
Audio track in English, captions in English; Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
For private home use only.