Charles Dickens' Hard times / adaptated by Arthur Hopcraft ; producer, Peter Eckersley ; directed by John Irvin ; a co-production by Granada Television and WNET/13.

Local MP and schoolmaster Thomas Gradgrind raises his children, Louisa and Tom, in the utilitarian fashion, stressing reason and fact and dismissing imagination and emotion. Under his influence, Louisa grows cold while Tom turns to a secret life of drinking and gambling. To be nearer her brother, Lo...

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Uniform Title:Hard times (Television program : 1977)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Granada Television
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Acorn Media (Firm)
Other Authors: Hopcraft, Arthur (Screenwriter)
Eckersley, Peter (Producer)
Irvin, John (Director)
Allen, Patrick, 1927-2006 (Actor)
West, Timothy (Actor)
Dobie, Alan (Actor)
Tong, Jacqueline, 1951- (Actor)
Wren, Richard (Actor)
Fox, Edward, 1937- (Actor)
Language:English
Published: [United States] : Acorn Media, 2007.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870 > Television adaptations.
Families > Drama.
Marriage > Drama.
London (England) > Social life and customs > 19th century > Drama.
Television programs > Great Britain.
Television programs > United States.
Made-for-TV movies.
Television mini-series.
Social problem > Television mini-series.
Drama.
Television adaptations.
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870.
1800 - 1899
Families.
Manners and customs.
Marriage.
England > London.
Genre:
Television adaptations.
Drama.
Television programs
Made-for-TV movies.
Television mini-series.
Social problem
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (203 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Hard times.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Local MP and schoolmaster Thomas Gradgrind raises his children, Louisa and Tom, in the utilitarian fashion, stressing reason and fact and dismissing imagination and emotion. Under his influence, Louisa grows cold while Tom turns to a secret life of drinking and gambling. To be nearer her brother, Louisa accepts an offer of marriage from his boss, the self-made, self-important banker Josiah Bounderby, though she does not love him. But she soon finds herself succumbing to the attentions of the lothario James Harthouse. All the while, Mrs. Sparsit, a former aristocrat who now works for Bounderby, obsessively watches as the drama unfolds, longing for Louisa's downfall.
Note:Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
Special features: Charles Dickens bio ; cast filmographies.
Originally broadcast in 1977.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CQ9 D0080487 VideoDVD
ISBN:1569389179
9781569389171
Credits:Editor, Anthony Ham.
System Details:DVD, region 1, Dolby Digital, full screen.
Cast:
Patrick Allen, Timothy West, Alan Dobie, Jacqueline Tong, Richard Wren, Edward Fox, Rosalie Crutchley, Michelle Dibnah.