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The Thorn Birds Complete [DVD]
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52 of 52 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I watched the series many years ago and it was good to revisit this on DVD with a more mature eye. It was a hit miniseries then and it is still riveting to watch. I have always considered this to be one of the saddest but poignant movies of our time largely because of the subject matter, forbidden love, ambition and manipulative cruelty. It follows the trials of the Cleary family between the years 1915 to 1969 in a fictional sheep station called Drogheda. Here we find a young priest Father Ralph De Bricassart (Richard Chamberlain) exiled to the Australian outback because he insulted a bishop, befriending the wealthy patriarch of the Cleary family Mary Carson hoping that a bequest from her will help him advance his career in Rome, while at the same time rejecting her desire for him. He in turn mentors Mary's young niece Meggie Cleary and as she bloosoms into womanhood everyone especially Mary could see they were falling in love. However the manipulative matriarch Mary devised a plan to separate the two by changing her will and bequeathing her estate to the Catholic church with Father Ralph as the executor. Will he do the decent thing and destroy the new will thus allowing the rightful heirs their inheritance or will his ambition to be a cardinal override his love for Meggie? Woven against a background of church politics, family secrets, social changes, wealth, poverty and of course forbidden desire, this is a compelling story and one that was beautifully translated onto to the screen by an all star cast of Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Barbara Stanwyck, Jean Simmons, Christopher Plummer, Bryan Brown, Mare Winningham, and Richard Kiely to mention a few. The Australian outback setting of the movie and the music with its evocative tones really conveys a feeling of melancholy that captures the essence of the movie.
This new release contains the original dvd The Thorn Birds and the dvd The Thorn birds the Missing years. The Missing years stars Amanda Donahue as Meggie Cleary and Richard Chamberlain reprises his role as father Ralph, but none of the other original cast members are seen here. It tells the story of the missing chapter during the war years.Good value for money.
This new release contains the original dvd The Thorn Birds and the dvd The Thorn birds the Missing years. The Missing years stars Amanda Donahue as Meggie Cleary and Richard Chamberlain reprises his role as father Ralph, but none of the other original cast members are seen here. It tells the story of the missing chapter during the war years.Good value for money.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
the thornbirds is a favorite movie of mine from the first release all those years ago but I'm sorry to say they have spoilt the experience with having to sit through the extra footage at the beginning which is totally uneccessary, if you haven't seen it before they show the outline of the whole film at the beginning, which ruined the veiwing for me, basically they show excerpts of the whole film if I had known this I would never have bought it. I would recommend the movie but without the extra content at the beginning,it almost like watching it twice cause you know whats going to happen before you get to it.
69 of 74 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is advertised as The Thorn Birds Complete but each disc has great chunks missing off the end - the first disc ends after Mary Carsons funeral missing out the bush fire and Meggies meeting with Luke O'Neill and deciding to marry him. The second disc starts with Ralph in The Vatican and Meggies marriage to Luke and ends before Meggies son becomes a priest and completely misses out Ralphs discovery that he has a son and his death.
The missing parts are shown in preview at the start of each disc. I had this as a VHS Video and it was complete so I think someone needs to answer the question why is so much of this story missing?
The missing parts are shown in preview at the start of each disc. I had this as a VHS Video and it was complete so I think someone needs to answer the question why is so much of this story missing?
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Great to see again.
Always loved Chamberlain and still do! Hadn't seen this drama since it's first showing on the beeb & it was lovely to watch again. Read more
Published 12 days ago by sandyjan
Thornbirds complete DVD
The trilogy was as great as I remember, however DON'T watch the missing years as it spoils everything. Read more
Published 25 days ago by Debs
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Product arrived on time and just as described.It was tested and found to be satisfactory and I would be happy to use this service again.
Published 1 month ago by Mel Griffiths
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The Thorn Birds was a memorable TV series and well recorded on this double DVD. A very good quality product
Published 2 months ago by MK
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I purchased the Thornbirds Complete boxset for my wife as it's remained her favourite series for many years. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Lawrence
A Little bit of nostalgia
I purchased the set as a stocking filler for my wife, as I knew she thoroughly enjoyed the series the first time round, needless to say she was delighted and could'nt wait to... Read more
Published 4 months ago by D. Stevenson
As expected but read the box about the discs
It does say on the box that the DVDs are double sided (something I haven't come across before)
My mother is thrilled to bits with the set.
My mother is thrilled to bits with the set.
Published 4 months ago by David Petchey
Disappointing product description
Although this was shown as "The Thorn Birds Complete", it didn't mention that it also included a "Missing Years" DVD which is normally sold separately! Read more
Published 5 months ago by Chugger
Timeless Entertainment
What a wonderful story and I remember it so well from the T.V. You have the full story here but I must be honest and say that I was dis-appointed with the "Missing Years". Read more
Published 10 months ago by Shazbaz
Double sided discs - be aware
I loved this series on TV the first time around and always wanted to buy the DVD set. However, I didn't realise they were double sided DVDs, so watched the series out of sequence. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Ms. E. Christie
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