Screen Adaptations Collection - 8-DVD Box Set ( Emma / Jane Eyre / Northanger Abbey / Mansfield Park / The Black Velvet Gown / A Woman of Substance / The Turn of the Screw / Wuthering Heights )

Screen Adaptations Collection - 8-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

~~$54.99~~ $45.96

Original Title: Emma / Jane Eyre / Northanger Abbey / Mansfield Park / The Black Velvet Gown / A Woman of Substance / The Turn of the Screw / Wuthering Heights
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Emmy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
960 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1984 - 2007 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Diarmuid Lawrence
Robert Young
Jon Jones
Iain B. MacDonald
Norman Stone
Don Sharp
Ben Bolt
David Skynner

Written By:
Jane Austen
Andrew Davies
Charlotte Brontë
Richard Hawley
Maggie Wadey
Catherine Cookson
Gordon Hann
Tom Blomquist
Barbara Taylor Bradford
Nick Dear
Henry James
Emily Brontë
Neil McKay

Actors:
Kate Beckinsale ..... Emma Woodhouse
Bernard Hepton ..... Mr. Woodhouse
Mark Strong ..... Mr. Knightley
Samantha Bond ..... Mrs. Weston
James Hazeldine ..... Mr. Weston
Dominic Rowan ..... Mr. Elton
Samantha Morton ..... Harriet Smith
Prunella Scales ..... Miss Bates
Sylvia Barter ..... Mrs. Bates
Guy Henry ..... John Knightley
Dido Miles ..... Isabella Knightley
Raymond Coulthard ..... Frank Churchill
Olivia Williams ..... Jane Fairfax
Lucy Robinson ..... Mrs. Elton
Peter Howell ..... Mr. Perry
Deborah Findlay ..... Mrs. Reed
Laura Harling ..... Young Jane
Joanna Scanlan ..... Bessie
Ben Sowden ..... John Reed
Barbara Keogh ..... Miss Abbot
David Gant ..... Mr. Brocklehurst
Emily Joyce ..... Miss Temple
Gemma Eglinton ..... Helen Burns
Ruth Mitchell ..... Miss Scatchered
Dominique Belcourt ..... Anna
Samantha Morton ..... Jane Eyre
Gemma Jones ..... Mrs. Fairfax
Timia Berthome ..... Adele
Hermione Gulliford ..... Sophie
Ciarán Hinds ..... Edward Rochester
Geraldine James ..... Jane Austen
Felicity Jones ..... Catherine Morland
JJ Feild ..... Henry Tilney
Sylvestra Le Touzel ..... Mrs. Allen
Desmond Barrit ..... Mr. Allen
Carey Mulligan ..... Isabella Thorpe
Hugh O'Conor ..... James Morland
Catherine Walker ..... Eleanor Tilney
Liam Cunningham ..... General Tilney
Bernadette McKenna ..... Mrs. Thorpe
William Beck ..... John Thorpe
Mark Dymond ..... Captain Frederick Tilney
Julia Dearden ..... Mrs. Morland
Gerry O'Brien ..... Mr. Morland
Liam McMahon ..... Sedley
Julia Joyce ..... Young Fanny
Douglas Hodge ..... Sir Thomas Bertram
Maggie O'Neill ..... Mrs. Norris
Tara Berwin ..... Young Maria
Lucy Hurst ..... Young Julia
Zachary Elliott-Hatton ..... Young Tom
Greg Sheffield ..... Young Edmund
Billie Piper ..... Fanny Price
Blake Ritson ..... Edmund Bertram
James D'Arcy ..... Tom Bertram
Michelle Ryan ..... Maria Bertram
Rory Kinnear ..... Rushworth
Catherine Steadman ..... Julia Bertram
Hayley Atwell ..... Mary Crawford
Joseph Beattie ..... Henry Crawford
Bob Peck ..... Percival Miller
Janet McTeer ..... Riah Millican
Geraldine Somerville ..... Biddy Millican
Brendan P. Healy ..... Tol Briston
Jean Anderson ..... Madame Gallmington
Christopher Benjamin ..... Anthony Gallington
Wendy Williams ..... Grace Gallmington
David Hunt ..... Laurence Gallmington
Aran Bell ..... Stephen Gallmington
Jonathan Firth ..... Paul Gallmington
Louise Lombard ..... Lucy Gallmington
Madeleine Moffat ..... Jessie Hobson
Val McLane ..... Annie Griston
James Garbutt ..... Doctor Pritchard
Donald Bisset ..... Mr. Morgan
Jenny Seagrove ..... Young Emma Harte
Barry Bostwick ..... Maj. Paul McGill (3 episodes, 1985)
Deborah Kerr ..... Emma Harte
Diane Baker ..... Laura O'Neill (3 episodes, 1985)
George Baker ..... Bruce McGill (3 episodes, 1985)
Peter Chelsom ..... Edwin Fairley (3 episodes, 1985)
Peter Egan ..... Adam Fairley (3 episodes, 1985)
Mick Ford ..... Frank Harte (3 episodes, 1985)
Christopher Gable ..... Arthur Ainsley (3 episodes, 1985)
Christopher Guard ..... Gerald Fairley (3 episodes, 1985)
Dominic Guard ..... Winston Harte (3 episodes, 1985)
Liam Neeson ..... Blackie O'Neill (3 episodes, 1985)
Joris Stuyck ..... David Kallinski (3 episodes, 1985)
John Duttine ..... Joe Lowther (2 episodes, 1985)
Del Henney ..... Jack Harte (2 episodes, 1985)
Gayle Hunnicutt ..... Olivia Wainwright (2 episodes, 1985)
Harry Landis ..... Abraham Kallinski (2 episodes, 1985)
John Mills ..... Henry Rossiter (2 episodes, 1985)
Barry Morse ..... Murgatroyd (2 episodes, 1985)
Miranda Richardson ..... Paula McGill Amory (2 episodes, 1985)
Caroline Pegg ..... Miss Jessel
Jodhi May ..... Miss
Colin Firth ..... Master
Pam Ferris ..... Mrs Grose
Grace Robinson ..... Flora
Jenny Howe ..... Cook
Jason Salkey ..... Quint
Joe Sowerbutts ..... Miles
Robert Cavanah ..... Heathcliff
Peter Davison ..... Joseph Lockwood
Orla Brady ..... Cathy
Tom Georgeson ..... Joseph
Matthew Macfadyen ..... Hareton Earnshaw
Sarah Smart ..... Catherine Linton
Kadie Savage ..... Young Cathy
Ken Kitson ..... Mr. Earnshaw
Kevin Knapman ..... Young Hindley
Terry Clynes ..... Young Heathcliff
Polly Hemingway ..... Nelly Dean
Ian Shaw ..... Hindley
Catherine Chesire ..... Frances
Flora Montgomery ..... Isabella
David Maybrick ..... Gaddick

Synopsis:

Emma (1996)
Emma Woodhouse (Kate Beckinsale) is a clever young woman from a wealthy family who fancies herself a matchmaker and tries to find a husband for her shy friend Harriet (Samantha Morton).

Jane Eyre (1997)
The story of the Yorkshire orphan who becomes a governess to a young French girl and finds love with the brooding lord of the.

Northanger Abbey (2007)
Catherine Morland is taken to Bath, England by the wealthy Mr. and Mrs. Allen and introduces her to Georgian society.

Mansfield Park (2007)
At age 10, Fanny Price is sent by her destitute mother to live with her aunt and uncle, Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram.

The Black Velvet Gown (1991)
The story begins in 1834; Riah Millican (Janet McTeer), left penniless by her husband's death, is evicted from her home along with her children.

A Woman of Substance (1984)
The life of Emma Harte from kitchen maid at the beginning of the 20th Century to respected business woman and Grandmother in the 1980's.

The Turn of the Screw (1999)
This adaptation stars Jodhi May as Miss, a young woman hired as a governess by the Master (Colin Firth), a charming but mysterious...

Wuthering Heights (1998)
Cathy (Orla Brady) is the daughter of the goodhearted Hareton Earnshaw (Matthew MacFadyen), who allows a lost soul, Heathcliff (Robert Cavanah), to move into their home.

Emma (1996)
In this made-for-TV adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel, Emma Woodhouse (Kate Beckinsale) is a clever young woman from a wealthy family who fancies herself a matchmaker and tries to find a husband for her shy friend Harriet (Samantha Morton). However, Emma's skills in bringing romances together are not all she imagines them to be, which causes no small annoyance for Harriet. What's more, Emma's interest in the affairs of others nearly causes her to miss out on the love of her life. This adaptation of Emma was first shown in the U.S. on the A&E cable network; it followed both Douglas McGrath's acclaimed film version starring Gwyneth Paltrow, and Amy Heckerling's considerably updated variation on the story, Clueless.

Jane Eyre (1997)
Charlotte Bronte's classic novel is filmed yet again. The story of the Yorkshire orphan who becomes a governess to a young French girl and finds love with the brooding lord of the manor is given a standard romantic flare, but sparks do not seem to happen between the two leads in this version.

Northanger Abbey (2007)
Catherine Morland is taken to Bath, England by the wealthy Mr. and Mrs. Allen and introduces her to Georgian society. There she meets the social-climbing Isabella and John Thorpe, the handsome Henry Tilney and elegant Eleanor Tilney. After making an impression on Henry and Eleanor's father, the Tilneys invite her to their country mansion, Northanger Abbey. Catherine falls in love with Henry but realizes that love can be fickle and that money - and not just love - is an important consideration in the marriage business. The story is based on Jane Austen's novel of the same name, 'Northanger Abbey.'

Mansfield Park (2007)
At age 10, Fanny Price is sent by her destitute mother to live with her aunt and uncle, Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram. As a child she was often made to feel that she was the poor relation but by the time she reaches 18, and in the absence of her uncle who leaves on a business trip for an extended period, she begins to enjoy herself. When Henry Crawford and his sister Mary become neighbors to the Bertrams, opportunities abound. Edmond Bertram falls in love with Mary but she wants to marry a man with money, not someone destined to life as a clergyman. Meanwhile, Fanny's love for her cousin Edmond prevents her from accepting Mr. Crawford's proposal of marriage.

The Black Velvet Gown (1991)
Filmed for British television in 1991, Black Velvet Gown is a two-part adaptation of Catherine Cookson's novel. The story begins in 1834; Riah Millican (Janet McTeer), left penniless by her husband's death, is evicted from her home along with her children. She takes a job as housekeeper for Percival Miller (Bob Peck), the reclusive master of Gulmington Mansion. Soon Riah is ruling the roost, as it were, and is in a position to hire and fire servants on her own. Part Two involves the arrival of illiterate serving girl Biddy (Geraldine Somerville), and the ensuing consequences. Black Velvet Gown was telecast in the US in 1993 on PBS' Masterpiece Theatre.

A Woman of Substance (1984)
A Woman of Substance charts the life of Emma Harte, from kitchen maid at the beginning of the 20th Century, to respected business woman and Grandmother in the 1980's. From humble beginnings Emma Harte starts her business with a small shop, but over the next twenty years she expands her stores and invests in the growing textile industry in Leeds. By the time of World War 2, Emma is the head of a major retail and manufacturing empire, but she has struggled all her life to find love. After an illegitimate daughter and two marriages, she finally meets the love of her life, Paul McGill, but their affair is cut short by a tragic accident, leaving Emma with his daughter. In the 1980's Emma faces one of her biggest tests - her children's attempt to remove her as head of her company, but Emma is far from the senile old woman they think she is - she is determined to stop them at all costs.

The Turn of the Screw (1999)
This adaptation of the classic novel by Henry James, produced for British television and shown in the United States as part of PBS's Masterpiece Theatre series, stars Jodhi May as Miss, a young woman hired as a governess by the Master (Colin Firth), a charming but mysterious man who wants Miss to care for his two children, with the unusual stipulation that she have no contact with him. Despite this edict, Miss becomes infatuated with the Master and comes to enjoy her work; the children are good-natured and fun to care for, and she makes a good friend in housekeeper Mrs. Grose (Pam Ferris). But, one day, she sees something strange in the house: the ghost of Peter Quint (Jason Salkey), the Master's former valet, who died under mysterious circumstances. Miss learns that her predecessor as governess, Miss Jessel (Caroline Pegg), also drowned, in an incident that raised many questions, with some believing the Master to blame. Miss learns that the children can see the ghosts too, though most adults cannot, and she fears that she has fallen into a situation of grave danger. The Turn of the Screw was directed by Ben Bolt, whose previous television experience includes the series Prime Suspect and An Unsuitable Job for a Woman.

Wuthering Heights (1998)
Emily Bronte's enduring tale of a love struggling against all odds is brought to the screen once again in this adaptation created for British television. Cathy (Orla Brady) is the daughter of the goodhearted Hareton Earnshaw (Matthew MacFadyen), who allows a lost soul, Heathcliff (Robert Cavanah), to move into their home. While Cathy and Heathcliff outwardly appear to have little in common, they soon feel a strong attraction to one another, and Heathcliff pledges his undying love to her. However, circumstances conspire to keep them apart; Cathy's brother doesn't want Heathcliff to see her, her wealthy family sees a marriage between them as unthinkable, and in time Cathy agrees to an arranged marriage with Edgar Linton (Crispin Bonham-Carter). But none of this changes the desire Heathcliff feels for the woman he loves. Wuthering Heights first aired in the United States as part of the award-winning anthology series Masterpiece Theatre.

This beautiful box contains eight legendary book adaptations. Impressive classics written by famous authors. Include Jane Austen, Catherine Cookson, Charlotte Bronte and Barbara Taylor Bradford's take you into the wonderful film versions of acclaimed bestsellers, such as:
1. Emma
2. Jane Eyre
3. Northanger Abbey
4. Mansfield Park
5. The Black Velvet Gown
6. A Woman Of Substance
7. The Turn Of The Screw
8. Wuthering Heights

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 25 October, 2011.