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Advantages: A true story of a young woman during WW11 Disadvantages: May be uncomfortable viewing for some
Review of 'Carve Her Name With Pride' DVD
The DVD
First released to cinemas in 1958 and on DVD in 2007. The DVD has a run time of 115 minutes and carries a PG certificate. The DVD is filmed in black and white and there are no special features or extras included.
Cast, Producers, Writers and Directors
Actors: Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Jack Warner, Denise Grey, Alain Saury
Directors: Lewis Gilbert
Writers: Lewis Gilbert, Leo Marks, R.J. Minney, Vernon Harris
Producers: Daniel M. Angel, Earl St. John, Hugh Perceval
The Plot
Carve Her Name With Pride is a dramatic story. It follows the true story of War heroine Violette Szabo. Violette, a fluent French speaker, who after the death of her husband, volunteered during the Second World War to be parachuted into France as a secret agent to re ...
Advantages: One of the best Pertwee stories made Disadvantages: Not many on this DVD
Inferno
I am reviewing the two disk DVD set of the Jon Pertwee Doctor Who story "Inferno"
As I was too young to remember Jon Pertwee as the doctor I managed to watch all of his stories from UK Gold at around 1993. There were some stories that stuck out in my mind that I thought were very good. Inferno was one of them.
The way that this story was thought out and made in 1970 was one of the first times it had been also aimed at an adult audience and with this storyline it was very entertaining. This is a seven part story but with this one you can understand why with all that is going on.
I shall now run through the two disks.
Disk 1 :
Inferno
Plot - The Doctor and UNIT are involved in a top secret project "Inferno" which is a secret drilling operation to the Earth's crust to release a new source of energy. Things start ...
Suki and Linus are lion cubs. They are adventurous and eager to learn what life will have in store for them. Their mother is a patient and loving lioness, part of the pride, peacefully residing in the beautiful landscape of East Africa.
That is, until they are attacked by two Wanderers, male lions who are not part of their pride. The fight results in the death of one of the other lionesses and ignites Suki?s awareness of the rest of the world around her. In fact it ignites her discovery flame so brightly, she wants to see for herself what lies beyond the dangerous crocodile infested river the Wanderers had crossed over from.
Setting out on a journey of self-discovery and natural curiosity, Suki has to take the rough with the smooth in a typical teenage rebellion of defiance and self-importance. This is the journey of her life ...
wendybull 02.06.2007
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