Production Year: 1993 - Action/Adventure - Director: Tom Clegg - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Abigail Cruttenden more
Richard Sharpe (Sean Bean) is a brash young commander in the Napoleonic Wars who finds himself in charge of an inexperienced battalion. This collection, based on the novels of... more
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novels by Bernard Cornwell. Originally broadcast between 1993 and 97, they follow the adventures of the titular soldier during the later years of the Napoleonic Wars, ...
plotting in which the reader is kept engaged not just by a central conflict but by a whole host of subplots handled as adeptly as his main narrative. How does Bernard Cornwell maintain such a high standard in his tales of historical derring-do and danger? The genre is a touch overcrowded these days, but Cornwell is unquestionably in the upper echelons, with a consistency that must give most of his rivals pause. It isn't just the formula that makes these books work so well (high-powered, vividly described action, conflicted protagonists risking both their lives and careers, impressive historical detail), it is another factor that has distinguished the author's books since his early work.The year is 1807; Lieutenant Richard Sharpe is planning to leave the army. Against his better judgment, he is persuaded to accompany the Hon John Lavisser to Copenhagen in what is essentially an act of political skulduggery: they are to deliver a bribe and (hopefully) avert a war. But with the French ensuring that Europe remains at boiling point, Sharpe finds himself protecting his charge against French agents and struggling to ensure that the Danish battle fleet is not used to replace every French ship destroyed at Trafalgar. Sharpe is a character we know well and like, and his customary characteristics (tenacity, bloody-mindedness) are well to the fore here, but, as always, the other characters are equally strikingly drawn: Lavisser is a splendidly complex figure, as are several of Sharpe's nemeses. But it's that wonderfully adroit orchestration of action and plot that keeps the pulse racing, with the bombardment of Copenhagen and the massive bloodshed resulting in a truly impressive set piece:Sharpe, from his vantage point on the dune, could see the smoke wreathing the wall. The city's copper spires and red roofs showed above the churning cloud. A dozen houses were burning there, fired by the Danish shells that hissed across the canal. Three windmills had their sales tethered against the blustering wind that blew the smoke westwards and fretted the moored fleet to the north of Copenhagen.--Barry Forshaw
as well as 'Sharpe The Legend' a look at Richard Sharpe's remarkable career as seen by his fellow rifleman Cooper and 'Sharpe's Shooting' which provides an exclusive look behind-the-scenes. Includes: 1. Sharpe's Rifles 2. Sharpe's Eagle 3. Sharpe's Company 4. Sharpe's Enemy 5. Sharpe's Honour 6. Sharpe's Gold 7. Sharpe's Battle 8. Sharpe's Sword 9. Sharpe's Regiment 10. Sharpe's Siege 11. Sharpe's Mission 12. Sharpe's Revenge 13. Sharpe's Justice 14. Sharpe's Waterloo
Production Year: 2000 - Action/Adventure - Director: Joseph McGinty - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bill Murray, Kelly Lynch, Tim Curry, Sam Rockwell, Crispin Glover
Action/Adventure - Director: Tom Clegg - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - StarringPadma Lakshmi, Toby Stephens, Daragh O'Malley, Sean Bean
Production Year: 1993 - Action/Adventure - Director: Tom Clegg - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Sean Bean, Brian Cox, Daragh O'Malley, Assumpta Serna, David Troughton
Advantages: Complete series of historical drama, with good mix of action and humour. Reasonable extras Disadvantages: Price a little high.
...I'd been trying to watch Sharpe on UKTV Gold, and was getting quite addicted, and started to create my own copies of each episode on DVD (so that I could watch them whenever I liked without those annoying advert breaks). But not only did UKTV Gold decide to only show the first six episodes, but my own copies turned out to be what could only be described as reasonable quality (at best). So I decided to have a look at how much it would cost to buy ... ...it.
---The Story---
Sharpe is based on a series of historical novels, written by Bernard Cornwell. I say based on, as opposed to faithful to, as I've read that there are some quite major differences. I must admit, I've never actually read the books, so I can't say whether this is true or not.
The first film begins with Sharpe (a sergeant) saving the life of the future Duke of Wellington (Sir Arthur Wellesley) after he is ambushed by three French ...
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Advantages: Historically accurate with terrific battle scenes. Disadvantages: Not much in the way of dvd extras.
Sharpe is based on the novels by Bernard Cornwell. He is a young infantry soldier in the napoleonic war who gets raised from the ranks by the Duke of Wellington after saving his life. There are 14 dvd's in the box set but there are very few extras. The programme is about the troubles and the battles he faces as a officer raised from the ranks the series concludes with the battle of waterloo. Because the programme was made in the nineties the picture ...
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Advantages: One of it's kind, the best of it's kind Disadvantages: Special effects not brilliant
...This boxset comes with the completeSharpe series that have been released on DVD, bar the latest adventure in India, which I believe was released after this boxset, so you can't really blame them. In the boxset I got, there was a free map of 'Sharpe's battles', a good thing for any Sharpe fan I'm sure. Also you get a 'chronicles booklet' which is basically a fans guide to behind the scenes Sharpe and actors profiles.
Now, for those who have never watched Sharpe before, think off Hornblower, only on land, the ladies love him, his beloved rifles love him, you'll end up loving him as well. The DVD's are set in the Penisular wars of the early 1800's. There's 15 DVD's in total, including a 'Sharpes Legend' DVD, a sort of documentary by one of his riflemen analysing Sharpe and his life.
The characters themselves are brilliantly...
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Actor(s): Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Abigail Cruttenden
Director(s): Tom Clegg
Genre: Action & Adventure - Romantic
Classification: 15 years and over
Production Year: 1993
Running Time: 16 hours 39 minutes
Video Category: Television
Plot: All fourteen feature-length episodes in one box set.
DVD Description
Richard Sharpe (Sean Bean) is a brash young commander in the Napoleonic Wars who finds himself in charge of an inexperienced battalion. This collection, based on the novels of Bernard Cornwell, contains all 14 SHARPE adventures, covering all of Sharpe's battles, both personal and professional.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): ITV DVD; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Release date: 28/10/2002
No of Discs: 4
Catalogue No: 37115 03793
Barcode: 5037115037930
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Languages
Main Language: English
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