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Minette Walters Collection [DVD]

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  • Actors: Daniel Craig, Virginia McKenna, Joely Richardson, Clive Owen, Anton Lesser
  • Directors: Tim Fywell, David Thacker, Diarmuid Lawrence, Graham Theakston, Stuart Orme
  • Format: Box set, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 5
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: 2 Entertain Video
  • DVD Release Date: 20 Jun 2005
  • Run Time: 830 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0007ZD6XG
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,016 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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DVD Description
This boxset contains five dramatisations of Minette Walters stories, featuring: The Ice House; The Scolds Bridle; The Echo; The Dark Room and The Sculptress What is it like to kill? What drives a man or a woman to such extremes? The stories journey through a kaleidoscope of human emotions: anger, hatred, bitterness, remorse, guilt, horror. In this psychological study of humanity on the edge of an abyss, some of the series' murderers get away with it, some of them don't. Amongst the subject matter is euthanasia, accidental murder, contract killing, revenge and even a sleepwalker who knows she's done something but not what or to whom.

Synopsis
Four features: 'The Ice House', 'The Scold's Bridle', 'The Echo', 'The Dark Room' and 'The Sculptress' which tells the story of convicted murderess, Olive Martin, who was nicknamed 'The Sculptress' because of the way she killed and dismembered her mother and sister. A journalist, visiting Olive in jail, for book research, becomes more and more convinced of her innocence.

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19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Chillingly good, 15 Aug 2005
By A Customer
Excellent adaptation of five Minette Walters novels.
I am not a great fan of her books, but the series has
brought them to life with excellent direction and acting.
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9 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The Sculptress, 14 Aug 2006
By Ms. L. H. Macrae "Lindsay" (Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK) - See all my reviews
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Its been quite a number of years ago now but I do remember seeing the TV Adaptation of The Sculptress on BBC1.

I think the acting by Pauline Quirke, who played Olive Martin, was quite chilling and showed that she could move away from the role of Sharon she played in Birds of a Feather and other comedic roles she was used to. You were also convinced of Olive's innocence within the film.

But I do look forward to reading the novel version of The Sculptress to make comparisons between the TV Adaptation and the novel quite soon.
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4 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars The Dark Room, 8 Jun 2006
By Janey (Scotland) - See all my reviews
After I enjoyed Minette Walters' novel (like all her other books) I was looking forward to watching The Dark Room DVD as I had missed it on tv previously. I was sorely disappointed, I know not all novels are adapted well onto the screen but I had been rather impressed with the excellent 'Ice House'. I found the script for the Dark Room rather poor and many of the acting performances were wooden. I initally thought casting Dervla Kirwan as Jinks was a very good choice but the script rarely allowed her to portray her as the likeable quick witted character that the book portrays. Overall disappointing considering how well the story plays out in the book.
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