Literary classic collection. Volume 1.

Contributor(s): Gainsbourg, Charlotte, 1971- [actor.] | Chamberlain, Richard, 1935- [actor.] | Dance, Charles [actor.]Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: VVE555 | Via Vision EntertainmentDistributor: [Southbank, Victoria] : Via Vision Entertainment [distributor], [2014]Description: 5 DVD-videos (675 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cmContent type: two-dimensional moving image Media type: video Carrier type: videodiscOther title: Literary classic collection. Volume oneUniform titles: Jane Eyre (Motion picture : 1996) | Rebecca (Television program : 1997) Related works: Motion picture adaptation of (work): Bronte, Charlotte, 1816-1855. Jane Eyre | Television adaptation of (work): McCullough, Colleen, 1937- Thorn birds | Motion picture adaptation of (work): Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989. Rebecca | Motion picture adaptation of (work): Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Little men | Motion picture adaptation of (work): Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. InheritanceSubject(s): Man-woman relationships -- Drama | Orphans -- DramaGenre/Form: Feature films. | Made-for-TV movies.
Contents:
Charlotte's Bronte's Jane Eyre (116 min.) -- Colleen McCullough's The Thorn Birds - the missing years (179 min.) -- Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca (189 min.) -- Louisa May Alcott's Little men (98 min.) -- Louisa May Alcott's The Inheritance (93 min.)
Cast: Charlotte's Jane Eyre: Charlotte Gainsbourg.Cast: Colleen McCullough's The Thorn Birds - the missing years: Richard Chamberlain.Cast: Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca : Charles Dance.Cast: Louisa May Alcott's Little men : Mariel Hemmingway.Cast: Louisa May Alcott's The Inheritance : Cari Shayne.Summary: Charlotte's Jane Eyre (1996) : Based on Charlotte Bronte's classic novel of a young orphaned girl who takes the position of governess to the daughter of the mysterious Edward Rochester.Summary: Colleen McCullough's The Thorn Birds - the missing years (1996) : Picks up the story of the thorn birds from the German occupation of Rome and the Allied landing in Sicily. It follows his eventual return to the endless miles of the Australian outback where he must confront his passion, faith and his ultimate fate.Summary: Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca (1997) : Rebecca is a classic tale of love and hate. Shortly after the death of the wonderfully talented, and widely loved, Rebecca, Maxim De Winter marries a woman half his age. Maxim's bride finds herself in a hostile and aristocratic social world with enemies who despise her for no other reason than resenting her presence in place of Rebecca. Behind the beautiful gates of Manderley, a darkness of the past dwells, tainting the present, and threatening the future.Summary: Louisa May Alcott's Little men (1997) : Based on the Louisa May Alcott novel, Little Men follows the character of Jo Bhaer, the grown up Jo March from Little Women, who runs the Plumfield School for Young Orphaned Boys with her husband Professor Fritz Bhaer.Summary: Louisa May Alcott's The Inheritance (1997) : Beautiful orphan Edith Adelton came to the United States as a child to be a companion and tutor to the Hamilton family's young daughter Amy. Though Edith's parentage is a mystery, she has found great happiness with the Hamiltons. When the family's cousin Ida comes to visit, Mrs. Hamilton enlists Edith in a matchmaking plan involving two suitors for Ida. But both men fall for the lovely Edith. As Ida sees her chances fade, she schemes to discredit Edith, leading the family to a crisis of loyalties. Are Ida's accusations enough to dissolve the family's trust in Edith? Or is there a secret truth below the surface, beyond the evidence ... within the heart?
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"VVE555."

A collection of 5 fantastic films adapted from 5 classic novels including Jane Eyre, Rebecca, Little Men, The Thorn Birds - Missing Years and The Inheritance.

Rated: M.

DVD.

In English.

Charlotte's Bronte's Jane Eyre (116 min.) -- Colleen McCullough's The Thorn Birds - the missing years (179 min.) -- Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca (189 min.) -- Louisa May Alcott's Little men (98 min.) -- Louisa May Alcott's The Inheritance (93 min.)

Charlotte's Jane Eyre (1996) : Based on Charlotte Bronte's classic novel of a young orphaned girl who takes the position of governess to the daughter of the mysterious Edward Rochester.

Colleen McCullough's The Thorn Birds - the missing years (1996) : Picks up the story of the thorn birds from the German occupation of Rome and the Allied landing in Sicily. It follows his eventual return to the endless miles of the Australian outback where he must confront his passion, faith and his ultimate fate.

Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca (1997) : Rebecca is a classic tale of love and hate. Shortly after the death of the wonderfully talented, and widely loved, Rebecca, Maxim De Winter marries a woman half his age. Maxim's bride finds herself in a hostile and aristocratic social world with enemies who despise her for no other reason than resenting her presence in place of Rebecca. Behind the beautiful gates of Manderley, a darkness of the past dwells, tainting the present, and threatening the future.

Louisa May Alcott's Little men (1997) : Based on the Louisa May Alcott novel, Little Men follows the character of Jo Bhaer, the grown up Jo March from Little Women, who runs the Plumfield School for Young Orphaned Boys with her husband Professor Fritz Bhaer.

Louisa May Alcott's The Inheritance (1997) : Beautiful orphan Edith Adelton came to the United States as a child to be a companion and tutor to the Hamilton family's young daughter Amy. Though Edith's parentage is a mystery, she has found great happiness with the Hamiltons. When the family's cousin Ida comes to visit, Mrs. Hamilton enlists Edith in a matchmaking plan involving two suitors for Ida. But both men fall for the lovely Edith. As Ida sees her chances fade, she schemes to discredit Edith, leading the family to a crisis of loyalties. Are Ida's accusations enough to dissolve the family's trust in Edith? Or is there a secret truth below the surface, beyond the evidence ... within the heart?

Charlotte's Jane Eyre: Charlotte Gainsbourg.

Colleen McCullough's The Thorn Birds - the missing years: Richard Chamberlain.

Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca : Charles Dance.

Louisa May Alcott's Little men : Mariel Hemmingway.

Louisa May Alcott's The Inheritance : Cari Shayne.

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