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Little Dorrit [videorecording] / 2 Entertain ; British Broadcasting Corporation ; a BBC Drama/WGBH co-production ; produced by Lisa Osborne ; adapted by Andrew Davies ; directed by Dearbhla Walsh, Adam Smith, Diarmuid Lawrence.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 1000092476 | BBC Video/Warner Home Video3000021038 | BBC Video/Warner Home VideoPublication details: Burbank, Calif. : BBC Video : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2009.Edition: Widescreen versionDescription: 4 videodiscs (ca. 452 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1419880675
  • 9781419880674
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Contents:
disc 1. episodes 1-4 -- disc 2. episodes 5-8 -- disc 3. episodes 9-12 -- disc 4. episodes 13-14.
Production credits:
  • Music, John Lunn.
Cast: Matthew Macfadyen, Claire Foy, Tom Courtenay, Alun Armstrong, Judy Parfitt, Emma Pierson, Ruth Jones, Sue Johnston, Bill Paterson, Andy Serkis, James Fleet, Freema Agyeman.Summary: When Arthur Clennam returns to London after several years abroad, he wants to learn more about his mother's new seamstress, young Amy Dorrit. His search brings him to the Marshalsea Debtors Prison, where he learns the truth about struggle and hardship in 1820s England.
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Screenwriter Andrew Davies' adapts Charles Dickens' tale of struggle and hardship in 1820s London. Returning to England after many years abroad, Arthur Clennam (Matthew Macfadyen) sees a sparkle in the eye of diminutive young seamstress Amy Dorrit (Claire Foy). But "Little Dorrit" works for his mother, and in digging for the truth about the mysterious girl he winds up at Marshalsea Debtors Prison. There, he discovers that the specter of debt follows the object of his affections like an oppressive shadow. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens.

Contains all 14 episodes of the mini-series.

Originally broadcast as a British television mini-series in 2008.

Special features: "Little Dorrit : an insight" featurette ; picture gallery.

disc 1. episodes 1-4 -- disc 2. episodes 5-8 -- disc 3. episodes 9-12 -- disc 4. episodes 13-14.

Music, John Lunn.

Matthew Macfadyen, Claire Foy, Tom Courtenay, Alun Armstrong, Judy Parfitt, Emma Pierson, Ruth Jones, Sue Johnston, Bill Paterson, Andy Serkis, James Fleet, Freema Agyeman.

When Arthur Clennam returns to London after several years abroad, he wants to learn more about his mother's new seamstress, young Amy Dorrit. His search brings him to the Marshalsea Debtors Prison, where he learns the truth about struggle and hardship in 1820s England.

Not rated.

DVD, region 1, NTSC; widescreen (16x9, enhanced); Dolby digital stereo.

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

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