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...
Uniform Title: | Hard times (Television program : 1977)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies. |
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Language: | English |
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[United States] :
Acorn Media,
2007.
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Series: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (203 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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Hard times. |
Format: | Video DVD |
Contents:
- vol. 1. Ep. 1; ep. 2
- Vol. 2. Ep. 3; ep. 4.