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The thorn birds / a David L. Wolper/Stan Margulies production in association with Edward Lewis Productions Inc. and Warner Bros. Television ; directed by Daryl Duke.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 31624 | Warner Bros.Language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: Burbank, CA : Warner Bros., 2011.Edition: FullscreenDescription: 3 videodiscs (487 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 0790787512
  • 9780790787510
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Disc 1. Parts 1 & 2 -- disc 2. Parts 3 & 4.
Production credits:
  • Teleplay, Carmen Culver ; photography, Bill Butler ; production design, Robert MacKichan ; music, Henry Mancini ; editor, Robert F. Shugrue, C. Timothy O'Meara.
Awards:
  • Emmy Awards, 1983: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special (Barbara Stanwyck); Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special (Richard Kiley); Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special (Jean Simmons); Outstanding Art Direction for a Limited Series or a Special (Art Director: Robert MacKichan, Set Decorator: Jerry Adams); Outstanding Film Editing for a Limited Series or a Special (Carroll Timothy O'Meara); Outstanding Achievement in Makeup (Del Acevedo).
Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Jean Simmons, Ken Howard, Mare Winningham, Piper Laurie, Richard Kiley, Earl Holliman, Bryan Brown, Philip Anglim, Christopher Plummer, Barbara Stanwyck.Summary: The epic story of a priest torn between God and human passion and a beautiful girl desiring only what she cannot have, spanning five decades of ambition, fear, longing and revenge, and set against the vast horizons of Australia's Outback.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD New DRAMA THORN BI Checked out 05/23/2024 33111009997129
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Adaptation of Colleen McCullough's epic novel about an Australian priest torn by personal desires and ambition.

DVD, region 1.

Title from disc surface.

Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Jean Simmons, Ken Howard, Mare Winningham, Piper Laurie, Richard Kiley, Earl Holliman, Bryan Brown, Philip Anglim, Christopher Plummer, Barbara Stanwyck.

Teleplay, Carmen Culver ; photography, Bill Butler ; production design, Robert MacKichan ; music, Henry Mancini ; editor, Robert F. Shugrue, C. Timothy O'Meara.

Originally released as a television miniseries in 1983.

Based on the novel by Colleen McCullough.

The epic story of a priest torn between God and human passion and a beautiful girl desiring only what she cannot have, spanning five decades of ambition, fear, longing and revenge, and set against the vast horizons of Australia's Outback.

English with English, French and Spanish subtitles.

Closed captioned.

Emmy Awards, 1983: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special (Barbara Stanwyck); Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special (Richard Kiley); Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special (Jean Simmons); Outstanding Art Direction for a Limited Series or a Special (Art Director: Robert MacKichan, Set Decorator: Jerry Adams); Outstanding Film Editing for a Limited Series or a Special (Carroll Timothy O'Meara); Outstanding Achievement in Makeup (Del Acevedo).

Disc 1. Parts 1 & 2 -- disc 2. Parts 3 & 4.

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