The Forsyte saga (DVD) [videorecording] / British Broadcasting Corporation ; Turner Entertainment Co. ; an AOL Time Warner Company ; produced and dramatised by Donald Wilson ; directed by David Giles and James Cellan Jones.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Distributed in the US and Canada under license from BBC Worldwide Americas by Warner Home Video,
Kenneth More, Eric Porter, Nyree Dawn Porter, Joseph O'Conor. Originally released as a television mini-series in 1967. "The complete series"--Container. Duration: discs 1-6 each ca. 200 min. ; disc 7 ca. 100 min. ; bonus features on disc 7 ca. 2 hr. Bonus features over 2 hours: from the rehearsal room ; interviews behind the scenes ; Soames vs. Irene ; the Forsyte phenomenon ; deleted and alternate scenes ; outtakes ; cast bios.
Contents:
disc 1. episodes 1-4. A family festival ; A family scandal ; The pursuit of happinesss ; Dinner at Swithin's -- disc 2. episodes 5-8. A man of property ; Decisions ; Into the dark ; Indian summer of a Forsyte -- disc 3 episodes 9-12. In Chancery ; The challenge ; In the web ; Bith of a Forsyte -- disc 4 episodes 13-16. Encounter ; Conflict ; To let ; A family wedding -- disc 5. episodes 17-20. The white monkey ; Afternoon of a Dryad ; No retreat ; A silent wooing -- disc 6. episode 21-24. Action for Libel ; The silver spoon ; Strike ; Afternoon at Ascot -- disc 7. episodes 25-26. Portrait of Fleur ; Swan song ; Bonus features.
Summary:
BBC television adaptation of John Galsworthy's work, chronicling nearly 50 turbulent years of a wealthy English family.
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