The Romance Collection: Special Edition (Pride and Prejudice / Emma / Jane Eyre / Ivanhoe / Tom Jones / The Scarlet Pimpernel / Lorna Doone / Victoria and Albert)
by Various
List Price:
Our Price: $79.88
You Save: $20.07 (20%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $45.00 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD details
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD details
Actor: Colin FirthDirector: Various
Brand: A and E Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 1800 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-29
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: A&E HOME VIDEO
DVD Reviews of The Romance Collection: Special Edition (Pride and Prejudice / Emma / Jane Eyre / Ivanhoe / Tom Jones / The Scarlet Pimpernel / Lorna Doone / Victoria and Albert)
DVD Review: .Entirely Too Much Sensibility
Summary: 5 Stars
There is absolutely no doubt that this is a superb collection of period films and well worth acquiring. But I was more than a little shattered to note the comments referring to the inclusion in the collection of 'The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling' and indeed what it may suggest about our current age. The film is firmly based on Henry Fielding's classic novel 'The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling' published in 1749 in a period noted for its directness and ability to call a spade a spade, even within the highest social circles. Lusty Tom balanced a hearty appetite for beautiful women with a warm heart and an essential goodness, strayed not entirely as the result of his own faults, and was finally rewarded with the girl he had always loved. In many ways a moral tale. Those films in the collection which were based on 19th century novels were written in the context of an entirely more conservative and prim society, evidence of the pendulum that moves historically between high conservatism and liberalism.
Made in 1963 and now reaching its fiftieth year, this romp of a film, one of the glories of British comedy, was the run-away winner of film accolades for that year taking out the Oscar for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Score and Best Screenplay as well as the British Film Academy Award for Best British Film, Best Film From Any Source, and Best Screenplay. The film was a showcase of great British actors of the period including among many a brilliant young Albert Finney, the delicious Susannah York as his great love, Joan Greenwood, Edith Evans, David Warner, David Tomlinson, seductive Diane Cilento, Hugh Griffith, and Lynn Redgrave.
As the title of the collection is 'The Romance Collection', personally I applaud the inclusion of this great film classic. Romance occurs in all ages, not least the 18th century. This film provided a refreshing balance to a very high quality offering.
More The Romance Collection: Special Edition (Pride and Prejudice / Emma / Jane Eyre / Ivanhoe / Tom Jones / The Scarlet Pimpernel / Lorna Doone / Victoria and Albert) reviews:
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 2 3 4 5 6
Description of The Romance Collection: Special Edition (Pride and Prejudice / Emma / Jane Eyre / Ivanhoe / Tom Jones / The Scarlet Pimpernel / Lorna Doone / Victoria and Albert)
ROMANCE CLASSICS COLLECTION - DVD MovieBestsellers in DVD
![The Story of Jeremiah [VHS] Image](/images/noimg.gif)
The Story of Jeremiah [VHS]Vision Video; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Wresting With God [VHS]by Vision Video
Vision Video; Published: 1990-10-01; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Price in other shops:
Study Bible Video with Workbook [VHS]Spring Arbor Distributors; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $7.95
Price in other shops:
Tempo:Childrens TV Favourites Video [VHS]HarperCollins Audio; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $9.17
Price in other shops:
Tempo.Herbs:Parseley'Sb/ Party Video [VHS]HarperCollins Audio; VHS Tape; VHS Video
![Strike the Original Match [VHS] Image](/images/Strike-the-Original-Match-VHS-0001374079-X.jpg)
Strike the Original Match [VHS]New Liberty Films; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Price in other shops:
![Medjugorje The Miracles and the Message [VHS] Image](/images/Medjugorje-The-Miracles-and-the-Message-VHS-0001373293-X.jpg)
Medjugorje The Miracles and the Message [VHS]JPN Film Production; Release date: 1995-12-15; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $29.99
Mayo Clinic Echocardiography Review Course for Boards and Recertification DVD 2008by Mayo
DVD
Price in other shops:
Pediatric Diagnostic Imaging DVD: Single Userby Oakstone
DVD
Price in other shops:
Cost Accounting [VHS]by Charles T. Horngren, George Foster, Srikant M. Datar, Howard Teall
Pearson Canada, Toronto; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Similar DVDs, VHS Video, Audio CDs
Wives and DaughtersWarner Brothers; Release date: 2006-09-26; DVD
Best price: $19.49
Price in other shops:
The Tenant of Wildfell HallWarner Brothers; Release date: 2008-04-15; DVD
Best price: $8.79
Price in other shops:
The Jane Austen CollectionWarner Brothers; Release date: 2010-01-05; DVD
Best price: $24.99
Price in other shops:
CamilleIMG; Release date: 2011-01-04; DVD
Best price: $7.05
Price in other shops:
Sense & Sensibility / Persuasion Collector's Set (Includes Miss Austen Regrets)WHV; Release date: 2008-04-08; DVD
Best price: $22.84
Price in other shops:
The George Eliot Collection (Middlemarch / Daniel Deronda / Silas Marner / Adam Bede / The Mill on the Floss)WHV; Release date: 2007-04-17; DVD
Best price: $22.49
Price in other shops:
The Elizabeth Gaskell Collection (Wives and Daughters / Cranford / North and South)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2008-05-20; DVD
Best price: $34.99
Price in other shops:
The InheritanceEcho; Release date: 2004-12-07; DVD
Best price: $2.71
Price in other shops:
PersuasionROOT,AMANDA; Release date: 2000-02-01; DVD
Best price: $7.69
Price in other shops:
The Romance Collection: Special Edition DVDRelease date: 2011-10-18; DVD
Best price: $40.48
Price in other shops: