The Secret Garden

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Product Details

Director : Alan Grint
Actor : Gennie James, Barret Oliver, Jadrien Steele, Michael Hordern, Billie Whitelaw
Format : Import, NTSC
Binding : VHS Tape
EAN : 9781574922684
Product Group : Video
Release Date : 1999-01-12
UPC : 707729852834

ASIN : 1574922688

Customer Reviews

the secret garden (Full secren) (2004-12-28)

boujours j'aimerais savoir si le dvd que je vous ai noter es que on peux le mettre en français.et es que c'est la première version de se film.merci beaucoup à bientotN.Meier

Le Jardin Secret / The Secret Garden (2004-07-12)

J'aimerais bien me procurer le film en vidéo , Hallmark Hall of Fame, Le Jardin Secret version française, qui a été fait en 1987 . Merci de votre collaboration.Louise Lepitre

Disappointing Turn/Otherwise Good Production (2004-06-12)

Although Hallmark makes outstanding movies, and I know this movie won an award, I cannot embrace this version because of the liberties the producers took with the storyline. One of the most integral parts of the story, the fact that Colin & Mary are cousins, was changed so that they could have Colin propose to Mary at the end of the movie. I also didn't like what they did with the Dickon character in this "future" scene. I think most of us always imagined that Dickon & Mary would get together eventually based on the words that Burnett wrote. Dickon & Mary were kindred spirits, but Colin & Mary were like siblings in the real story. I gave this movie away at a yard sale because I was so unhappy with the way the story was handled.

The Secret Garden has always been one of my favourite stories and I have an extensive collection of movie presentations. My two favourite ones are the classic MGM version with Margaret O'Brien & Dean Stockwell, and the 1984 BBC production (the most true to the novel) with Sarah Hollis Andrews & David Patterson. The 1993 Warner Brothers production also takes liberties, but is preferable to this Hallmark version in my opinion. It's too bad the producers did decide to change this detail in the Hallmark version, making the purists like myself unhappy, because otherwise they did a good job of it.

A magnificent array of hope! (2004-03-26)

An excellent story made especially for those of you who dream. This version may differ a bit from the book, but it is still a must see. You will not be dissapointed!

A Wonderful Childhood Memory (2004-01-11)

This movie (granted, not on dvd) was not only the first Secret Garden movie I ever saw, but my first exposure to The Secret Garden, period. It wasn't until later that I read the book.

I don't know how fairly I can review this, because just thinking about I find myself thinking about a million other parts of my childhood. This movie was so important to me that it means childhood, and it takes a good movie to do that.

I love the cast. The actress who plays Mary is a bit stiff, but it fits well with her character. Derek Jacobi is wonderful, tragic, and when necessary, frightening as Archibald. The soundtrack is haunting, and I occasionally find myself humming it, even though I haven't seen the movie in at least a year and a half.

The movie follows the tone of the book, even with the occasional added scene. I don't know what devotees of the book would think of the frame with Mary as an adult, but since I knew the movie long before I ever read the book I love it. It doesn't take away from what the book has, and I think it contributes something to it. Plus it has Colin Firth in it, and who can argue with that?

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