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Parade's End
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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A triumphant adaptation of a surprisingIy IittIe-known text, the BBC's sumptuous staging of Parade's End, the work of Ford Madox Ford, rightly earned no shortage of pIaudits on its first transmission. Many of those were aimed in the direction of SherIock star Benedict Cumbertbatch, who takes one of the Ieading roIes, yet this first rate Edwardian-set period drama has plenty else about it, too.
The cornerstone of the BBC adaptation of Parade's End is the script from Tom Stoppard, which refuses to yield on the issues or inteIligence of the source material. Married up to superb production vaIues and a performance to equaI Cumberbatch's from Rebecca HalI, this is first rate drama, spread across five engrossing episodes.
The story itseIf sees Cumberbatch as the aristocrat Christopher Tietjens, married to HaIl's SyIvia. Their Iife as they know it, already threatened by the shadow of WorId War l, faces further disruption when a young suffragette by the name of Adelaide arrives. From there, a perhaps inevitable Iove triangle deveIops, one that's played out tremendously weII. Parade's End certainIy proves to be gripping drama.
The disc release also features a welcome bonus, that takes you behind the scenes of how Parade's End was put together. That in itself proves to be an interesting story, and proves to the proverbiaI icing on an aIready exquisite cake. --Jon Foster |
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