Joseph Andrews ( 1977 )

Joseph Andrews ( 1977 ) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Golden Globes

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

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
95 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1977 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Tony Richardson

Written By:
Tony Richardson
Allan Scott

Actors:
Ann-Margret ..... Lady Booby alias 'Belle'
Peter Firth ..... Joseph Andrews
Michael Hordern ..... Parson Adams
Beryl Reid ..... Mrs. Slipslop
Jim Dale ..... The pedlar
Natalie Ogle ..... Fanny Goodwill
Peter Bull ..... Sir Thomas Booby
Kenneth Cranham ..... The Wicked Squire
Karen Dotrice ..... Pamela
James Villiers ..... Mr. Booby
Norman Rossington ..... Gaffer Andrews
Patsy Rowlands ..... Gammer Andrews
Murray Melvin ..... Beau Didapper
Ronald Pickup ..... Mr. Wilson
Penelope Wilton ..... Mrs. Wilson

Synopsis:

In Tony Richardson's stunning adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic novel, the pure-hearted Joseph (Peter Firth) is employed as a servant in the household of Sir Thomas Booby (Peter Bull), and in love with fair housemaid Fanny Goodwill (Natalie Ogle). But he is plagued by the unwanted attentions of the copiously endowed Lady Booby (Ann-Margret), who becomes even more insistent after the death of her husband. After refusing his employers impious advances, Joseph is thrown out and before long his bad luck continues and he is beaten by a gang of highway men and left for dead. He finally reunites with Parson Adams (Michael Hordern) and Fanny and the virtuous trio getinto a surprising number of increasingly bizarre scrapes. Meanwhile, the insatiable Lady Booby, scheming to ensure that the marriage of the young couple never occurs, has Fanny framed and arrested for robbery. Will Joseph and Fanny ever escape the endless scandal and turmoil... will the chaste pair ever wed?

Lady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph Andrews, a Latin pupil and protégé of parson Adams, and makes him their footman. Joseph's heart belongs to a country girl, foundling Fanny Goodwill, but his masters take him on a fashionable trip to Bath, where the spoiled society comes mainly to see and be seen, yet Sir Thomas really seeks relief for his sick foot, but drowns in the famous Roman baths. When the all but grieving lady finds Joseph's Christian virtue and true love resist her lusting passes just as well as the many ladies who fancy her footman, she fires the boy. On his way back on foot, he falls prey to highwaymen who rob him of everything, even the cloths on his back. He's found and nursed by an innkeeper's maid, which stirs lusts there, again besides his honorable conduct, but is found by the good parson. Meawnhile the lady consents to her cousin marrying below their station when learning the fiancée is Joseph's sister, Pamela. The parson barely escapes a wicked gentleman's totally unjust, all but gentle justice after being accused of the attempted rape committed by a squire he actually prevented and comes to learn ever more about a relevant child-theft by gypsies, but meanwhile he, Joseph and Fanny fall prey again to the rapist's utter debauchery...

Tony Richardson attempts to re-create the glory days of Tom Jones in this adaptation of the 1742 Henry Fielding novel. Peter Firth stars in this picaresque tale as Joseph Andrews, a young servant switched at birth who undergoes a series of romantic escapades. Joseph even has the fortune of becoming the personal footman to Lady Booby (Ann-Margaret). Joseph's romantic peccadilloes cause consternation among a collection of stuffy noblemen and women in 18th-century England.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 08 October, 2015.