| Edition |
Complete UK broadcast edition, [widescreen]. |
| Description |
3 videodiscs (426 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Masterpiece theatre (Television program)
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| System Details |
DVD, Region 1, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo, widescreen presentation aspect ratio 1.85:1. |
| Note |
Based on the books the first two of John Galsworthy's nine books. |
| Cast |
Damian Lewis (Soames), Rupert Graves (Young Jolyon), Gina McKee (Irene), Corin Redgrave (Old Jolyon), Ioan Gruffudd (Phillip Bosinney), Gillian Kearney (June), Amanda Root (Winifred), Ben Miles (Dartie), John Carlisle (James), Barbara Flynn (Emily), Judy Campbell (Aunt Ann), Wendy Craig (Aunt Juley), Ann Bell (Aunt Hester). |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Sue Gibson, Alan Almond ; film editor, Tony Cranstoun, Anthony Ham ; composer, Geoffrey Burgon ; captioning by Media Access Group at WGBH. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast on October 6, 13, 20 and 27 and November 3, 10 and 17 of 2002, as episodes of the PBS television program Masterpiece Theatre. |
| Summary |
It is late in the Victorian era, and two branches of an upper-crust family--the "good" Forsytes, headed by well-meaning Old Jolyon, and the "bad" Forsytes, headed by crusty barrister James--are at odds, eternally squabbling. The 'saga' focuses on the younger generations - Young Jolyon, Soames, Winifred, June - and their struggles with emotional repression, the rejection of Victorian mores, and the sea changes taking place as a less repressive society emerged. Every family may indeed have its vicissitudes, but few have as many as John Galsworthy's Forsytes. |
| Contents |
Disc 1 Vol. 1 Episode one -- Bedside manner -- Sketchy trust -- Final words -- Chance meeting -- Bonds of a family -- Proposals -- Chemistry -- Build a future (75 min.) -- Episode two -- Reunions -- Hidden dealing -- Truth revealed -- Surprise visit -- High tensions -- Duty served -- Rejections -- Cuckolded (70 min.). |
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Disc 2 Vol. 2 Episode three -- Robin Hill -- Courting peril -- Worrying news -- Settling scores -- Rising pain -- Day in court -- Judgment -- Loss of life (70 min.) -- Episode four -- Rings of fate -- Ashes to ashes -- Familial home -- Irene's return -- Lifting spirits -- Release -- Sudden loss -- Farewells (69 min.). |
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Disc 3 Vol. 3 Episode five -- Passage of time -- Shirts lost -- Morning after -- Education -- Legal property -- Pursuit -- Family ties -- Paris meeting (70 min.) Episode six -- Complications -- Bounding back -- Shipping off -- Revelations -- Degradation -- Children arrive -- New beginning -- Grave choice (72 min.). |
| Note |
Special features: Making of 'The Forsyte Saga' [featurette] (21 min.); Behind-the-scenes photo gallery ; John Galsworthy biography [text feature]; Cast biographies [text feature]. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933 -- Film adaptations.
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Forsyte family (Fictitious characters) -- Drama.
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England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama.
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Marriage -- England -- 20th century -- Drama.
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Families -- England -- Drama.
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Middle class -- England -- Drama.
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Women -- England -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Television programs -- Great Britain.
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Television adaptations.
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Films for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Williams, Sita.
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Mallatratt, Stephen.
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McVerry, Jan.
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Menaul, Christopher.
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Moore, David.
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Lewis, Damian, 1971-
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Graves, Rupert, 1963-
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McKee, Gina, 1964-
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Redgrave, Corin.
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Gruffudd, Ioan.
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Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933.
Forsyte chronicles.
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Granada Television.
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Acorn Media (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1569385289 set |
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9781569385289 set |
| Standard No. |
054961528998 |
| Music No. |
AMP-5289 Acorn Media |
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