A Tale of Two Cities |  | Actors: Ian Bannen, Alfie Bass, Dirk Bogarde, Dominique Boschero, Rosalie Crutchley
Studio: Castaway Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  2 reviews
Format: Black & White, Subtitled, Import, NTSC
Languages: Chinese (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 0
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 4897007032259
Theatrical Release Date: 1958
Release Date: September 30, 2008
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 chinese/cinemasie/hk flix = the castaways pictures September 2, 2009
Dr R. J. Lofaro (AL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I saw this in TV; I am a great fan of Dirk Bogarde and thought he made a superb Sidney Carton...so, I order this DVD.
It has chinese subtitles...so, I wend my way thru the companies involved in producing it....The Castaways Pictures seems to be bound up with Cinemasie and also with HK Flix...be nice if the ad specified it was an Asian production. I bought an Asian DVD of Song Without End/Dirk Bogarde...it had scenes deleted, was grainy and sound was poor at times...in fact, I went and got another copy of the VHS I had given my sister when I got the DVD. So, with fear and trepidation, I sat down to watch this DVD...it was not of the quality that you expect from a DVD. But, seems to be the only version of this adaptation available.
 Putting his neck on the line May 27, 2009
Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth)
Dickens' A TALE OF TWO CITIES has been made into no less than 13 motion pictures, shorts and TV mini-series. This 1958 UK version is only slightly less popular than the '35 Hollywood edition starring Ronald Colman. The cast here includes fright film faves C. Lee and D. Pleasence.
For any Charles Dickens fan, the plot is a familiar one. British attorney Sydney Carton (Bogarde) loves Lucie Manette (Tutin), but she marries Charles Damay. The couple leave for Paris, which is in the throes of the Revolution. Damay tries rescuing a jailed aquaintance and is himself arrested and condemned to die. Barrister Carton, ever-devoted to Lucie, comes to the aid of the Damays through an act of genuine self-sacrifice.
Other movies with a French Revolution theme:
MARIE ANTOINETTE (1938) was the last project of MGM's great producer, Irving Thalberg. With Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power and John Barrymore.
REIGN OF TERROR (1949) concerns a plot against Robespierre. Stars Robert Cummings and Richard Basehart.
START THE REVOLUTION WITHOUT ME (1970) is directed by Bud Yorkin and features Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland and Hugh Griffith. It's a comedy about two peasants who are mistaken for the swashbuckling Corsican Brothers.
JEFFERSON IN PARIS (1995) explores Thomas Jefferson's 1784-89 career as American ambassador at Versailles. Nick Nolte portrays T.J.
Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 viewer poll rating found at a film resource website.
(7.2) A Tale of Two Cities (UK-1958) - Dirke Bogarde/Dorothy Tutin/Ian Bannen/Cecil Parker/Alfie Bass/Christopher Lee/Donald Pleasence
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