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Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky [Blu-ray]
enlarge	Director: Simon Curtis Actors: Bryan Dick, Sally Hawkins, Zoe Tapper, Phil Davis Studio: 2 Entertain Video Category: DVD List Price: ~~£19.99~~ Buy New: £5.93 as of 10/9/2010 18:32 BST details You Save: £14.06 (70%) New (14) Used (5) from £5.93 Seller: Amazon.co.uk Rating: 9 reviews Sales Rank: 17007 Format: Colour, Import, PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Media: Blu-ray Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 149 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 MPN: BBCD0013 EAN: 5051561000133 ASIN: B000VA3J3O Release Date: November 12, 2007 Shipping: Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours


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Editorial Reviews: Product Description Bryan Dick, Sally Hawkins, Zoe Tapper, Phil DavisDirectors: Simon Curtis

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 9 1 2 Next » Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky June 19, 2009 Marion L. Quarrell (Australia) 7 out of 7 found this review helpful I bought this DVD based on the reviews I read on Amazon. I was not disappointed. I thoroughly enjoyed the series which I had not seen before. I'm not sure if it has been shown here. I thought the characters were very believable and depicted true to the time the series was set in i.e. the Thirties. Ifelt sorry for Bob for the way Jenny used him , but also sorry for Jenny as she too was a victim of the time she lived in. Ella was not strong enough to tell Bob how she felt so lost out as well. The series was well written and left you wanting to know what happened. You really needed to sit and watch all three episodes at the one time. If you like period drama I would thoroughly recommend this one. Heartbreaking story with great inner truth and superb performances July 21, 2010 Minerva (UK) 3 out of 3 found this review helpful You have to have a heart of flint not to be in some way touched by this remarkable portrait of the sadness of very ordinary lives. Shot through with poignant 1930s popular song (but not intrusively so) and filmed in muted colours that add to the melancholy atmosphere; this is indeed faithful to Patrick's Hamilton trilogy. The dialogue is vividly naturalistic and is supported by a wealth of subtle, insightful performances including Phil Davis' Mr. Eccles, whose thwarted courtship of Ella is itself a performance of searing loneliness, and Zoe Tapper as the feckless, easily led Jenny in drink fuelled free fall. Special mention must, however, be given to Sally Hawkins as Ella, enduring the agonies of living in close proximity to the subject of her unrequited love. Her remarkably expressive face captures psychological depth and turmoil to an extraordinary degree and the omission of this performance from the Baftas show that they have ceased to be anything more than marketing events. This is a heartbreaking story but there is also a warmth and wonderful humour (as well as a sharp ear for ordinary dialogue)that makes this considerably more than a period piece. Quite wonderful - I would also recommend the book . The best television drama of the decade. July 26, 2007 Paul2002 29 out of 33 found this review helpful Made on a small budget, though it doesn't show, this is as good as you get from television drama. Subtle, intimate and telling. One of the saddest stories ever told! January 19, 2009 S. Väpnargård (Skåne Sweden) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful Bittersweet is the word that sums this lovely film up in one! Unrequited love, hope and broken dreams all around for the three young characters in this wonderful film set in London between the two wars. The waiter, the barmaid and the prostitute all tell their side of a very cleverly entwined story. Sad and beautiful-heartbreaking and sweet, romantic yet so disturbing. A film about life and how brittle circumstances can be as to wich direction a young life can take! A must see-fantastic acting and the set is great too! Faithful adaption of a wonderful novel May 28, 2010 N. Townsend (Bristol) 1 out of 2 found this review helpful An extremely faithful TV production of a wonderful book.The three overlapping stories of the main characters are well done. The characters are believable and it's probably as close as you can get to a representation of London working class life in the Thirties. It is easy to empathise with the characters, and although this is a period piece the stories have a timeless quality. The acting is superb and the sets are extremely well done. The film also does a wonderful job of representing Hamilton's dialogue. In fact the dialogue worked better for me in the film than in the novel. A very interesting commentary by the makes is included on the DVD Showing reviews 1-5 of 9 1 2 Next »

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