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Little Dorrit. by Walsh, Dearbhla,film director.; Serkis, Andy,actor.; Foy, Claire,actor.; Marsan, Eddie,actor.; Macfadyen, Matthew,actor.; Tovey, Russell,actor.; Courtenay, Tom,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Andy Serkis, Claire Foy, Eddie Marsan, Matthew Macfadyen, Russell Tovey, Tom CourtenayOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2008.This gripping adaptation by Andrew Davies brings to life Dickens' powerful story of struggle and hardship in 1820s London. When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, his curiosity is piqued by the presence in his mother's house of a young seamstress, Amy Dorrit. The cold and forbidding Mrs Clennam isn't usually given to charity, so why has she made an exception in taking on Amy? Arthur's quest to discover the truth takes him to the Marshalsea Prison for Debt. Here he meets and befriends Amy's father, William Dorrit, who is the prison's longest serving inmate.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Romance.; Historical films.; Detective and mystery films.; Television series--Great Britain.;
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Little Dorrit [videorecording] / by Courtenay, Tom.; Davies, Andrew,1936-; Dickens, Charles,1812-1870.Little Dorrit.Videorecording.; Foy, Claire.; Lawrence, Diarmuid.; Macfadyen, Matthew,1974-; Osborne, Lisa.; Smith, Adam,director.; Walsh, Dearbhla.; 2 Entertain (Firm); BBC Video (Firm); BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.); Warner Home Video (Firm);
Claire Foy, Matthew Macfadyen, Tom Courtenay, Alun Armstrong, Judy Parfitt, Emma Pierson, Ruth Jones, Sue Johnston, Bill Paterson, Andy Serkis, James Fleet, Freema Agyeman.A man returns from abroad and finds himself intrigued by a seamstress working for his mother; his interest leads him to discover the hard truths about debt and deceit in 1820's London.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.; Marshalsea Prison (Southwark, London, England); Children of prisoners; Inheritance and succession; Love; Man-woman relationships; Prisons; Social classes; Television adaptations.; Television mini-series.; Young women;
© c2009., BBC Video ; Distributed by Warner Home Video,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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