Product Details
Format : NTSC
Binding : VHS Tape
EAN : 9781578077076
Product Group : Video
Release Date : 2003-03-03
Studio : Paradox
UPC : 783421339637
ASIN : B00005JHBX
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Wilkie Collins is hot. One of the most underrated Victorian mystery writers, Collins offers up eerie, evocative tales. While The Moonstone may be his best-known novel (it was made into a 1996 telefilm starring Sense and Sensibility's Greg Wise), The Woman in White is an equally affecting and engaging tale. A timeless gothic story, it is told from the perspective of Marian (Tara Fitzgerald), who's staying at a villa with her cousin Laura (Justine Waddell). The women become involved with a sympathetic painter and a slew of duplicitous aristocrats, including one played by James Wilby. Then there's that woman (who looks a lot like Laura), cloaked in white, who keeps running around the garden grounds at night. Fitzgerald is far too gorgeous to be the plain Marian, heroine of the novel, but costumers make a valiant--if unsuccessful--attempt to make her look dowdy and less attractive than Waddell. Fitzgerald is so lovely and likable that audiences are easily drawn into her predicament. Who is the mysterious woman in white? How and why has Laura disappeared? Simon Callow is particularly notable as the suave Count Fosco, who may or may not be who he seems to be. The Woman in White was made into a 1982 miniseries and five other film versions. Trivia note: Ian Richardson appears in both the 1982 version and this one. --N.F. Mendoza
Customer Reviews
disappointing! (2004-06-02)  This movie is so disappointing. I understand they had to adapt it but why all the changes? The changes made the movie more confusing and unbelievable. Don't waste your money on this.
A great disappointment (2004-05-15) This is truly one of the worst movies I have ever seen. After loving the book I was greatly disappointed to find that they had done little else to keep the spirit of the book other than the title and character names. Practically every character's personality was completely changed, along with the fact of there being nothing to show that there was an attempt to even try to include the same or similar scenes in the transition from book to movie. Some of this would be forgiveable if the plot and characters they introduced in it's stead were somewhat interesting. Please do yourself a favor and read the book which is far superior.
The worst adaptation of this great novel (2004-05-07) If you know absolutely nothing about Wilkie Collins's novel, you might like this movie--although even so, you would likely be irritated by the late 20th-century suspense movies cliches forced back on this tale of the 19th century. (...) If you do know Collins's great, complex novel, this movie will break your heart, because the plot is so reduced and simplified and altered that you get only the barest glimmer of it. I wish the 1970s BBC miniseries, which aired on Masterpiece Theatre in 1982, would be released on video or DVD. That miniseries had 5 hour-long episodes and was really excellent.
Great Mystery (2003-11-24)  For those of you who love period movies...you'll love this movie of intrigue and romance. The actors do a superb job, especially Justine Waddell. If you liked this movie, I'd reccommend "Great Epectations".
Cinematic Delight (2003-09-17)  The film adaption of William Wilkie Collins' THE WOMAN IN WHITE was horrible only in the sense that it failed to adequately portray the written word visibly. On the hand, the film version of the story was an entertaining piece of work. It was well-acted, especially by Tara Fitzgerald (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall), though there seems to be a lack of explanation ofr character's interest in the story, such as Count Fosco. It is a whirlwind sort of a film, not quite romance, nor adventure. The story follows two sisters and their artist tutor through the wiles provided by a duplicious baronet from the south country of England who seeks to woo the younger sister to take her money. Faked death, burning alive, and triumphant love bring the characters to a more mature view of the world and closer together. Despite literary accuracy, it was a fine motion picture.
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