Drama - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring: Sean Bean, Imelda Staunton, Liz Smith, Bob Peck, Bill Nighy, Tim McInnery, Richard Griffiths, Robert Lindsay more
Animated adaptation of Geoffrey Chaucer's classic collection. Features ten tales, including: 'The Squire's Tale', 'The Miller's Tale', 'The Knight's Tale', 'The Wife Of Bath's... more
collection of nine animated tales is cleverly and faithfully adapted from one of the most audacious and astonishing works in English literature. Via cel animation cl...
The Canterbury Tales
One spring day 30 pilgrims set off from an inn in Southwark for a shrine in Canterbury. ... more
The inn keeper offers a free dinner on their return to the person who can tell the best story. So begins an assortment of tales from such varied characters as the Knight the Wife of Bath and the Miller.
The Canterbury Tales
In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature ... more
a masterly collection of chivalric romances moral allegories and low farce. A story-telling competition between a group of pilgrims from all walks of life is the occasion for a series of tales that range from the Knight's account of courtly love and the ebullient Wife of Bath's Arthurian legend to the ribald anecdotes of the Miller and the Cook.
The Canterbury Tales
Earning a nomination at the Academy Awards and winning the BAFTA for Best Animated Short ... more
Film in 1998, this collection of 10 animated tales is cleverly and faithfully adapted from one of the most audacious and astonishing works in English literature. Via cel animation, clay animation and impressionistic drawings, the viewer is transported on a vivid journey to medieval times taking in chivalry, love, lust, the Black Death, rape, deception and... chickens.Introducing a group of men and women from various strands of society on a pilgrimage from London to St. Thomas a Becket's shrine at Canterbury. The Canterbury Tales recounts the stories they decide to tell one another to pass the time on the long journey. The powerful characterisation of each adaptation, from the earthy wife of Bath to the gentlemanly knight, brings Chaucer's prose alive for the viewer and the resulting work is an outstanding melding of supreme artistic talents with a master storyteller and literary craftsman.Acclaimed when it was shown on BBC2 and featuring the voice talents of Sean Bean, Robert Lindsay, Richard Griffiths, Haydn Gwynne, Tim McInnery, Bill Nighy, Bob Peck, Liz Smith and Imelda Staunton this much loved 10 part animated series is making its debut on DVD.The Squire's Tale.The Canon's Servant's Tale.The Miller's Tale.The Reeve's Tale.The Nun's Priest's Tale.The Knight's Tale.The Wife Of Bath's Tale.The Merchant's Tale.The Pardoner's Tale.The Franklin's Tale.
The Canterbury Tales
About this book: Geoffey Chaucer (c.1340-1400) was one of the finest storytellers in the ... more
English language as well as being a great poet and an accomplished prose writer. The Canterbury Tales although incomplete at the time of Chaucer's death is generally regarded as his greatest work. The Canterbury Tales tells the story of 30 pilgrims who meet by chance at the Tabard Inn in Southwark London and journey together to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket in Canterbury cathedral. To pass the time along the way they tell stories to one another. The Tales themselves range from the exemplary saints' lives told by the nuns to the bawdy comic tales of the miller and the reeve always shot through with Chaucer's cunning wit and dry humour. Chaucer leaves his readers with the impression that the whole of medieval society has passed before their eyes. This new transcription and edition is taken from British Library MS Harley 7334 a beautifully decorated volume produced within ten years of Chaucer's death.The aim of the present edition with its 'on-page' notes and glosses is to enable readers with little or no previous experience of medieval English to read and enjoy this landmark in English Literature.
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A review by Martinscholes on Canterbury Tales (Animated) (DVD) October 12th, 2005
Author's product rating:
Did you enjoy it?
Loved it
Story
Outstanding
Characters / Performances
Outstanding
Special Effects
Outstanding
How does it compare to similar films?
Outstanding
Advantages:
First rate entertainment
Disadvantages:
Not a single one !
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
I do not think that we laughed so much in ages! The animated Canterbury Tales is a masterful and extremely well done re-telling of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
The animation is better than first rate. The animations were undertaken by some of the top animators in Europe, made in Wales and Russia the production values were exceedingly good. It was almost possible to forget that they were animations, sometimes, the work was so exquisite.
The Canterbury Tales were written by Geoffrey Chaucer who was a scholar, a gentleman, a diplomat and also something of a 14th century secret agent. The Canterbury Tales was not entirely finished, but must be one of the most enduring pieces of fiction ever written in England.
The characters of the pilgrims who were taking part in the pilgrimage form London to Thomas a Becket's shrine in Canterbury really come to life, especially through the medium of this DVD.
The characters are in turns venal, crass, rude, diplomatic, churlish, bombastic, chivalrous, angry and friendly as they each tell their own tales on the long trek that made up the pilgrimage. And they are all vividly and sharply drawn. From life, or so it seems. We both seemed to recognise the characters in people that we know or knew at one time or another.
The vocal talents are provided by the crème de la crème of British acting of stage, cinema screen and television. Sean Bean, Richard Griffiths, Robert Lindsay, Tim McInnery, Bill Nighy, Bob Peck, Liz Smith and Imelda Staunton all feature on this superlative DVD.
The tales shown on the DVD are: The Squire's tale, the Cannon's Servant's tale, the Miller's tale, The Reeve's tale, The Nun's Priest's tale, The Knight's tale, The Wife of Bath's tale, The Merchant's Tale, The Pardoner's tale and the Franklin's tale.
All are extremely entertaining. Some are amusing, some are moving, and some are both amusing and moving. There are tales of chivalrous Knights, of chivalrous alchemists, of drunken students and of fast friends who become dangerous and deadly foes.
Amongst my favourite tales is that of Chanticleer and Pertelote. Chanticleer is a proud cock and Pertolete the love of his life. Along with the other six ladies in his harem, of course! Both Chanticleer, Pertelote and a fox learn several valuable lessons.
There is also a written biography of Geoffrey Chaucer on the DVD. I feel it would have been preferable to have had this read by the actors who appeared on the DVD, but that is a minor quibble as this is probably one of the best films I have seen (animated or otherwise) for a long time.
It earned a Oscar nomination and won the BAFTA for best animated short film in 1998. It was shown on BBC2.
Plot: Animated adaptation of Geoffrey Chaucer's classic collection. Features ten tales, including: 'The Squire's Tale', 'The Miller's Tale', 'The Knight's Tale', 'The Wife Of Bath's Tale', 'The Merchant's Tale' and 'The Franklin's Tale'.
DVD Description
Animated adaptation of Geoffrey Chaucer's classic collection. Features ten tales, including: 'The Squire's Tale', 'The Miller's Tale', 'The Knight's Tale', 'The Wife Of Bath's Tale', 'The Merchant's Tale' and 'The Franklin's Tale'.
Release details
DVD Region: DVD
Studio(s): METRODOME DISTRIBUTION; DELUXE VIDEO SERVICE - METRODOME
Release date: 23/05/2005
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: MTD 5194
Barcode: 5055002551949
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Languages
Main Language: English
Technical information
Special Features: Geoffrey Chaucer Biography
Animated: Animated
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