Thank you so much for the feedback. I do have them on DVD (Judi Dench Collection). Have to confess though that the process of converting, splitting, uploading has not been easy (I'm not very skilled) and the result is far from perfect but at least it's satisfactory. Hope you enjoy these films as much as I have.
Madame Ranevsky (Dame Judi Dench) is a spoiled aging aristocratic lady, who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage. In denial, she continues living in the past, deluding herself and her family, while the beautiful cherry trees are being axed down by the re-possessor Lopakhin (Bill Paterson), her former serf, who has his own agenda. - from imdb
wonder what nationality/person or computer translates the words for written on almost all the movies not only this one....the words are never what the person said. I keep my sound low cause I have no problem hearing but choose to see the words as I hear it so as not to miss anything.....
Haha; love the way you phrased that. We definitely see the pessimism and darkness in his themes; Chekhov wasn't much for looking on the brighter side of existence to be sure. My high school English teacher used to say, "performances to slit your wrists by."
virtuous Chekhov, observant Chekhov, dutiful, innovative, trustworthy man! you built theatrical structure for the 20th century still haunting us, reminding us of our loss.
Pedantic I know, but bible is not the right word; that would be biblia in Russian. An Abbe is not likely to have carried a bible. It would more likely have been his breviary.
Yes, it is Timothy Spall. Judi Dench ... Mme. Ranevsky Bill Paterson ... Lopakhin Anton Lesser ... Trofimov Harriet Walter ... Varya Suzanne Burden ... Anya Frederick Treves ... Gayev Timothy Spall ... Epikhodov Frances Low ... Dunyasha David Rintoul ... Yasha Anna Massey ... Charlotte Paul Curran ... Firs Wensley Pithey ... Pischik Richard Vanstone ... Passer-By David Blake Kelly ... Station Master
Some good things, but when in the world are we going to have it done as the comedy ("almost a farce" in his words) that Chekhov wrote? This play is built for speed, and has rarely been taken at the right clip. (See 'Chekhov the Dramatist' by the late David Magarshack for all the reasons this really should be done as a knockabout.)
Nice to see Barry and Ali Fraser share a scene together , years before AWP . Glad both actors found better stuff to act in .In the years that followed .
