| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD ; Region 1, NTSC ; Dolby Digital stereo ; widescreen presentation, 16:9 enhanced. |
| Cast |
Jonny Lee Miller (George Gordon, Lord Byron), Vanessa Redgrave (Lady Melbourne), Natasha Little (Augusta Leigh), Philip Glenister (William Fletcher), Julie Cox (Anabella Milbanke), Stephen Campbell Moore (John Cam Hobhouse), Camilla Power (Caroline Lamb), Oliver Dimsdale (Percy Bysshe Shelley), Sally Hawkins (Mary Shelley). |
| Credits |
Director of photography, David Odd ; editor, Pia Di Ciaula ; music, Adrian Johnston ; production designer, John-Paul Kelly ; costume designer, Jenny Beavan ; hair & make-up designer, Daniel Phillips. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a British made-for-TV-movie in 2003. |
| Summary |
Byron charts the rise and fall of an irresistible and devastatingly handsome genius who had it all and threw it all away. It begins as Byron's struggle for acceptance as a poet is reversed by the publication of Childe Harolde's Pilgrimage, which turns him into an overnight success and the toast of London society--the 19th century equivalent of a bad-boy rock star. While disdaining social conventions, he needs money, so marries wealthy pious Annabella Milbanke after becoming in-famous for his affairs with serving girls, society beauties, and his half-sister, leaving the landscape littered with illegitimate children. As his reputation spreads, it is permanently tarnished, so Byron abandons England for self-imposed exile in Venice, and dies after taking up the Greek struggle for independence from the Turks. |
| Contents |
Episode One: The summer of a dormouse (72 min.) -- Episode two: The eloquence of action (73 min.). |
| Note |
Special features: Previews (3 min.). |
| Language |
In English; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 -- Drama.
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Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Men -- Conduct of life -- Drama.
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Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- Drama.
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City and town life -- England -- Drama.
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England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama.
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Melodrama.
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Television programs -- Great Britain.
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| Genre/Form |
Made-for-TV movies.
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Biographical television programs.
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Historical television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Dear, Nick. Screenwriter.
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Baumgarten, Ruth. Producer.
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Farino, Julian. Director.
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Mackie, Laura. Producer.
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Salmon, Hilary. Producer.
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Miller, Andrea. Producer.
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Miller, Jonny Lee. Actor.
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Redgrave, Vanessa, 1937- Actor.
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Little, Natasha. Actor.
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Glenister, Philip. Actor.
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Cox, Julie, 1973- Actor.
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Moore, Stephen Campbell. Actor.
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Power, Camilla, 1976- Actor.
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Dimsdale, Oliver, 1972- Actor.
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Hawkins, Sally, 1976- Actor.
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2 Entertain (Firm)
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British Broadcasting Corporation.
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BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.
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| ISBN |
1419817345 |
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9781419817342 |
| Standard No. |
794051239723 |
| Music No. |
E2397 BBC Video |
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