The Thorn Birds - The Complete Miniseries [VHS]
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Actor: Barry Corbin, Christopher Plummer, Rachel Ward, Richard Chamberlain, Stephanie FaracyProducer: Lee Stanley
Writer: Lee Stanley
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Box set, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Running Time: 477 minutes
Release Date: 1995-09-26
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Studio: Warner Home Video
VHS Movie Reviews of The Thorn Birds - The Complete Miniseries [VHS]
Movie Review: This movie is torture to watch!
Summary: 1 Stars
This movie was a staple of B-channel evening movies during the 80's, non netwrok affiliates would play this because it was a mini series and would be easy to put on and take up space. Hopeless romantic baby boomers dig the forbidden love nonsense with the whole priest thing, guys...no doubt at the time watched it to appear "sensitive" and to hopefully score...but who the heck would want to score with a girl who likes this kind of pointless drama. Your asking for trouble. The "love" scenes in this movie are about as comfortable to watch as your grand-parents kissing...tight liped dry mouthed unconfortable looking mess. They practically look like they are in pain embarcing like they are trying to smash there faces together in rage. The story, really is like a soap opera that is focused on two characters for a years run of Young and the Restless. Torture to watch. I wondered while being subjected to this garbage as a 6 year old...even at that age...who really is like this? What guy really acts like this or gives a crap that much about a girls feelings or being all sentual. The older I got I realized that I was right...nobody is like this, its a pipe dream some overly romantic mindlife crisis ladies fantasize about deject there mundaine life. Its pathetic. Don't buy unless you are missle aged...mid life crisis...a drama queen...read Danielle Steele crybaby books, or if you are a guy enjoy being tortured by long dialogue of things no one with a set would ever say and listening to your girlfriend or wife say "why aren't you more like that". To be safe, also by Dice Rules...just to even it out.
Summary of The Thorn Birds - The Complete Miniseries [VHS]
The second most-watched miniseries (after Roots) of all time, The Thorn Birds was originally broadcast in 1983 and captivated viewers with its story of a lifelong conflict between the spirit and the flesh. Adapted from the bestselling novel by Colleen McCullough, the production stars Richard Chamberlain as a Catholic priest named Ralph de Bricassart, whose life in Australia between 1920 and 1962 is one long torment as he pines for his lover, Meggie Carson (Rachel Ward), while seeking advancement in his clergyman career. The passion and the guilt make for compelling drama, but a stellar cast of supporting players adds muscle to the proceedings: Barbara Stanwyck (who won an Emmy for her work as Meggie's tough grandmother), Jean Simmons, Richard Kiley, Christopher Plummer, Bryan Brown, and Mare Winningham. Chamberlain, who was something of the king of the miniseries form at the time, is very good in the lead, as is the often-underrated Ward. Their affair is indeed irresistible to watch, which proves to be true, too, of the story's thick weave of church politics, forbidden desire, social change over decades, and family secrets. --Tom KeoghDrama VHS Video
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