Nicholas Nickleby - 2-DVD Set

Nicholas Nickleby - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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

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

Running Time:
300 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

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

Directed By:
Christopher Barry

Written By:
Charles Dickens
Hugh Leonard

Actors:
Nigel Havers ..... Nicholas Nickleby
Peter Bourke ..... Smike
Kate Nicholls ..... Kate Nickleby
Derek Godfrey ..... Ralph Nickleby
Robert James ..... Newman Noggs
Derek Francis ..... Wackford Squeers
Anne Ridler ..... Mrs. Squeers
Isabelle Amyes ..... Miss Fanny Squeers
Anthony Ainley ..... Sir Mulberry Hawk
Hetty Baynes ..... Matilda Price
Peter Beton ..... Mr. Tix
Patricia Brake ..... Madeline Bray
Michael Brennan ..... Landlord
Osmund Bullock ..... Mr. Snobb
Ray Burdis ..... Master Crummles
Edward Burnham ..... Mr. Lillyvick
Joolia Cappleman ..... Miss Snevellicci
Paul Curran ..... Arthur Gride
John Dunbar ..... Policeman
Tom Durham ..... Mr. Lenville
David Dyke ..... Master Percy Crummles
Dennis Edwards ..... Mr. Walter Bray
Frank Ellis ..... Mr. Scaley
Paul Ellison ..... Bolder
Sheridan Fitzgerald ..... The Intended
John Forbes-Robertson ..... Doctor
Peter Forbes-Robertson ..... Thomas Folair
Gretchen Franklin ..... Miss Knag
Denis Gilmore ..... Wackford Jnr
David Griffin ..... Frank Cheeryble
James Hall ..... Croupier
Ann Hasson ..... The Infant Phenomenon
John Hewer ..... Edwin Cherryble
Nigel Hughes ..... Lord Frederick Verisopht
Freddie Jones ..... Mr. Vincent Crummles
Roger Leach ..... Captain Adams
Jayne Lester ..... Hannah
Pauline Letts ..... Mrs. Crummles
Alec Linstead ..... Mr. Bonney
Preston Lockwood ..... Tim Linkinwater
Gloria Maley ..... Mrs. Lenville (as Gloria Walker)
Pia Martinus ..... Morleena Kenwigs
Hilary Mason ..... Mrs. Nickleby
Raymond Mason ..... Charles Cheeryble
Andrew McCulloch ..... John Browdie
Pauline Moran ..... Miss Petowker
Maureen Morris ..... Mrs. Kenwigs
Roger Ostime ..... Mr. Westwood
John Owens ..... Mr. Pluck
Ken Parry ..... Keeper
Ron Pember ..... Mr. Snawley
Paul Pender ..... Mobbs
Luciano Pigozzi ..... Brooker
Roger Pope ..... Cabbey
Mary Quinn ..... Termagant
Malcolm Reid ..... Mr. Alfred Mantalini
Mark Rogers ..... Graymarsh
Patricia Routledge ..... Madame Mantalini
Patsy Smart ..... Miss La Creevy
Liz Smith ..... Peg Sliderskew
Geoffrey Staines ..... Old Lord
Tony Sympson ..... Old Gentleman
Mark Teale ..... Belling
Philip Trewinnard ..... Waiter
David Whitworth ..... Mr. Pike
Raymond Young ..... Mr. Snevellicci

Synopsis:

After the death of his father, Nicholas Nickleby along with his sister Kate and their mother find themselves in difficult conditions. They relocate to London in the hope that Uncle Ralph Nickleby, a successful businessman, will help them out but he proves to be difficult and cold towards his relatives. Nicholas sets off on a series of adventures starting as a school master for the one-eyed Wackford Squeers. He soon escapes the school and in the company of his new friend Smike, joins a theater group in Portsmouth. Good fortune befalls him when he meets the Cheerybles who offer him stable employment. His uncle has taken a severe dislike to the boy however and goes out of his way to make life difficult for him.

Season 1
Episode #1.1 S1, Ep1 27 Mar. 1977
On the death of his father, Nicholas Nickleby travels to London with his mother and his sister Kate in the hopes that his uncle, Ralph Nickleby, might be in a position to offer them some assistance. Ralph Nickleby had little contact with his brother's family and feels no sense of obligation towards them. He's a hard hearted businessman who isn't at all surprised that his brother died penniless. His offer to Nicholas is to help him secure a teaching position which Nicholas manages to obtain with Mr. Squeers. Conditions are far from ideal however.
Episode #1.2 S1, Ep2 3 Apr. 1977
In London, Kate Nickleby has settled in quite well into her new job. She acts as hostess at her uncle's dinner party but is unprepared for the advances of one of the guests. After his conversation with Nicholas the previous night, Smike has run away from Dotheboys Hall. Nicholas is invited to tea by Miss Fanny Squeers but is shocked when her friend tells him Fanny thinks he's in love with her. When Smike is forcibly brought back to the school and given a severe beating, Nicholas lashes out at giving a severe thrashing.
Episode #1.3 S1, Ep3 10 Apr. 1977
Nicholas seeks out the assistance of his uncle's clerk Newman Noggs who quickly arranges a position for him as a French tutor. With his mother and sister faced with eviction by his Uncle Ralph however, Nicholas opts to leave London. He and Smike head to Portsmouth thinking they may get work on a ship. He soon meets Vincent Crummles who suggests that the handsome young Nicholas consider a career on the stage. In London meanwhile, Kate is making her mark with the Mantalinis but Mr. Mantalini's wastrel ways have finally caught up with him and they go bankrupt.
Episode #1.4 S1, Ep4 17 Apr. 1977
Nicholas and Smike leaves the theater company and return to London. He's no sooner arrived than he hears Sir Mulberry Hawk in a dining hall making objectionable remarks about his sister Kate. An argument ensues and when Hawk tries to leave in his carriage, a accident ensues causing severe injury. Meanwhile, Wackford Squeers and his son Wackford Jr. arrive in London intent on locating Smike. When they find, the poor lad is locked in a pantry.
Episode #1.5 S1, Ep5 24 Apr. 1977
Smike escapes with the help of an old friend and makes his way to Newman Noggs' lodgings where he is reunited with Nicholas. It doesn't stop his Uncle Ralph from trying to force Smike's return to Wackford Squeers. Nicholas is bowled over by the beautiful Madeline Bray who cares for her ill and spendthrift father. Ralph Nickleby is soon party to a scheme to marry off Madeline to a elderly gentleman who will pay all of her father's debts, including the considerable sum owed Ralph. Sir Mulberry Hawk returns to London intent on seeking revenge against Nicholas.
Episode #1.6 S1, Ep6 1 May 1977
Madeline's wedding day arrives and her father is having second thoughts. Ralph Nickleby pushes him to keep his obligations. She is a dutiful daughter and will obey her father, but fate intervenes. Smike is deathly ill and needs to be removed from London, perhaps to the countryside where he could benefit from fresh air and warmth. The doctor warns them however that Smike may never return. Mrs. Nickleby shocks her son by suggesting the Frank Cheeryble has fallen in love with Kate.

Concerned about his sister and mother, Nicholas returns to London with Smike. There he fortunately finds employment with the Cheeryble brothers, in their Counting House. Squeers meets up with Ralph Nickleby and they plot to revenge themselves on Nicholas. Fanny also comes down to London with Matilda and John. Unfortunately Smike accidentally runs into Squeers in the street and is dragged off to the lodgings of the latter and locked in the attic.

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