- Actors: Helen Morse, Bryan Brown, Gordon Jackson
- Directors: David Stevens
- Format: NTSC
- Language English
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00187YFU0
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 884 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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This is the second version of A TOWN LIKE ALICE made for T.V and starring Bryan Brown and Helen Morse.The film is approx.5 hours 3minutes long and was available on 3 different formats. The most common was the 3 tape box set but issued mostly on the American NTSC system. Also issued was the 2 tape set and a single tape which is on long play.Never released onto DVD this was a very collectable video at one time.
Filmed in Australia the picture quality lacks sharpness and is quite a light film. Still one of the best war/love stories to come out of Australia and must rank amongst the best.
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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
My well-used VHS tape of the 1981 version finally bit the dust, and I find now it has never been placed on DVD. This miniseries is a treasure, and a wonderfully accurate adaptation of Shute's 1950 book (only with his rather open prejudices against Malayan and eastern cultures replaced with Jean's clear respect for those differences, as seen through her eyes in this series). You can almost smell the cooking fires and feel the heat of the sun beating down, and the raw courage of people whose personal World War II battles remained too little known in the aftermath of that war, and are becoming even more forgotten today. Shute based his story on an actual encounter with a Dutch woman who survived such an ordeal among a group of women and children "prisoners of war," according to him with the same grace so evidenced by Jean's character. Jean's subsequent encounter with 1950's Australian outback life, romance, and healing is unsentimental yet wonderfully uplifting to watch. That story deserves to be made accessible again on DVD!
33 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
This version of A Town Like Alice the second adapted screen offering of the 1950 novel by the English author Nevil Shute.
In 1981, A Town Like Alice was adapted into a popular television miniseries, starring Helen Morse and Bryan Brown(with the late Gordon Jackson as Noel Strachan). It was broadcast internationally: in the United States, it was shown as part of the PBS series Masterpiece Theatre.
Previously filmed in 1956 with Virginia McKenna and Peter Finch.
This is now considered one of the best aussie dramas of the 80's and has yet to be put onto DVD....
In 1981, A Town Like Alice was adapted into a popular television miniseries, starring Helen Morse and Bryan Brown(with the late Gordon Jackson as Noel Strachan). It was broadcast internationally: in the United States, it was shown as part of the PBS series Masterpiece Theatre.
Previously filmed in 1956 with Virginia McKenna and Peter Finch.
This is now considered one of the best aussie dramas of the 80's and has yet to be put onto DVD....
31 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
The book is very good and quite a romantic story set in harsh times. Although the movie of the fifties is quite good, I find this Australian production even better. It would be great to have it on DVD suitable for various regions, so that we all can enjoy this excellent aussie classic. I did ask the ABC shops, they knew the story, but it was not in stock, or available in any form.
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fab adaptation
I have loved this version of the novel for thirty years - I still have my precious vhs tapes, but am almost too afraid to play them, in case they bite the dust. Read more
Published 1 hour ago by Knitting Nellie
A Nevil Shute Classic, unaltered by TV
This version is unfortunately very rare, which is a great pity. The original Nevil Shute novel was a classic and needed absolutely no "improvements" at the hands of a movie... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Barry Stobart-Hook
A plea!
Please, please will someone put this absolutely fantastic version of 'A Town Like Alice' on DVD. It's superb in every way.
Published 11 months ago by Mrs. Allison Allen
Long time, no see
With the amount of rubbish on TV that is put onto DVD within minutes of broadcasting, why hasn't this classic ever been put onto DVD or even Blu-Ray? Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mrs. Penelope J. Jaquet
A Town Like Alice TV version
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE put this wonderful version of A Town Like Alice on DVD. What's the problem with doing that?
Published 15 months ago by Mick
Who do I have to write to to get this put on DVD?!!!!
This is a wonderful tale wonderfully told with Bryan Brown perfect as Joe, a fantastic romantic tale in the true sense of the word with the protagonists overcoming terrible... Read more
Published 15 months ago by perfect occasion
helen@manchester
I can't agree more with all the comments written. This has always been one of my favourite books. I loved the Brian Brown version of A Town Like Alice far more than the Virginia... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Helen
customer's opinion ?? rubbish !!!
I watched this version on TV while living in England. Not being able a few years back to get it on DVD, I just got hold of the film starring Peter Finch and Co. Read more
Published on 6 April 2010 by liseba
hope to get dvd soon!
the book was one of the first novels I have read in English while studying in UK and loved the story. Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2010 by Zehra Genc
U.S. Margaret in France
Why the hang up putting this 5 star masterpiece on DVD? I have the VHS tapes I've lovingly replayed over the years, would give a whoopee to have it preserved on DVD, please. Read more
Published on 26 Oct 2009 by Margaret Jane Merrell
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