Bleak House
by Charles Dickens; a BBC-TV production in association with The Arts and Entertainment Network
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Creation:
- 1985
- Publication:
- Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2005?]
- Related Series:
Availability
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- Summary:
- "At the court of Chancery, the Jarndyce and Jarndyce case grinds on for years with no end in sight. Entangled in the lawsuit are a growing number of innocent victims: Ada Clare and Richard Carstone, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a child with mysterious parentage; and even Jo, the destitute little crossing-sweeper. As the case staggers onward, yet more people become embroiled in the furious legal battle, including the proud Lady Dedlock, who finds herself persecuted by the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn, then hunted by the determined Inspector Bucket, one of the first detectives to appear in English literature. A savage, but often comic, indictment of a society that is rotten to the core [...]"--Container.
- Contributors:
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
In English. - Main Work:
- Related Works:
- Motion picture adaptation of: Bleak House [by Dickens, C.]
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- Alternate Titles:
- Title on container: Bleak House by Charles Dickens
- Subjects:
- Genres:
- System Details:
- DVD.
- Performers:
- Cast: Diana Rigg, Denholm Elliott, Robin Bailey, Peter Vaughan, Kathy Burke.
- Production Credits:
- Dramatization, Arthur Hopcraft ; director, Ross Devenish ; music, Geoffrey Burgon ; producers, John Harris, Betty Willingale.
- General Notes:
- Originally produced for television in 1985 as episodes of the television series, Masterpiece Theatre.
Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
Episodes 1-4 on side A and episodes 5-8 on side B.
"BBC VIdeo"--Container. - Audience:
- MPAA rating: Not rated.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (418 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; polychrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- BLE 1985 DVD
- ISBNs:
- 1419814494
- Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 794051233523
Publisher Number, Warner Home Video: E2335 - OCLC Numbers:
- 1053053134
61406130 [Invalid]
