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Advantages: Patrick Swayze in an early role
Disadvantages: No DVD extras

...reviewed the first boxset of North and South separately on: (http://dvd.ciao.co.uk/NorthAndSouthSeason1DVDReview5604842) (I know it's a plug!). ***The DVD*** Book 1 was really the introduction into the lives of the Main family in the Southern States and the Hazard family in the North and how these two families related to each other and how their relationships intertwined in the run up to the American Civil War. Our two main characters ...
...Charmed!). Swayze plays Orry Main, the plantation owner's son from Mont Royal plantation and Read plays George Hazard, and industrialist's son from Leigh High Station in Pennsylvania. Main and Hazard first meet on the way to the famous West Point Military Academy in the first box-set and the story continues ..... Hazard is now married to Constance Flynn (Wendy Kilbourne) and a high ranking officer in the Yankee army, while Main is still single and ... Read review

Advantages: Patrick Swayze in an early role
Disadvantages: Not completely historically correct

...war breaks out between the North and South (hence the title!) Will they remain friends, or will the war tear them apart? Will Orry and Madeline marry or will her father Nicholas Fabray (Lee Bergere) get his way and marry Madeline off to Justin? What will happen to the friendship of the families, and how will the younger members fare as war breaks out? Ha ha - not telling! Book 1 really follows the lives of the two families up till the start of ...
...lives of the two families and how they intertwine following the friendship of the two main characters. ***My Opinion*** As period dramas go, this has to rank up with the best of them. The costumes are really authentic and the attitudes are portrayed brilliantly, even down to the fervour with which the anti-slavery abolitionists consider the people from the South, who own slaves and fully believe in slavery. Well, if you haven't guessed it by now ... Read review

Advantages: Good value set for a fan
Disadvantages: Only 2 are excellent films, Giant is not as strong

...legend in the making. East of Eden is based on John Steinbecks classic novel - it is a powerful performance. Rebel is by far the most exciting as a film, and is also filmed in colour. The character is much like Jimmy's own character in real life. Jimmy Dean had a difficult relatonship with his father and had lost his mother. The movie Giant is my least favourite, but worth seeing if you are a fan. Jimmy plays a small part, but has a really funny ... Read review

Advantages: Great acting performances, brilliant cinematography, good transfer of stage to screen.
Disadvantages: Sometimes you are reminded it is an old film.

...And that by Maggie the cat bearing the heat for a while, she can accomplish just that. The only downside is that from the film work and the set design you are reminded that this is a piece which was made in previous decades - but the story is transferrable to today - and should it be made today, not a lot except the quality of fil would change. Recommended to all as a classic piece of acting, writing and film making from an original script. ... Read review

Advantages: Outstanding film with excellent Bonus Features
Disadvantages: None

...to take the part of Cleopatra she said "yes, for one million dollars"; to everyones amazement, the studio agreed. The original film budget was only $2 million but by the time the film was finished in 1963 this had soared to $35 million. It is still the most expensive film ever made in real terms (when you take inflation correction into account). Not withstanding the amazing historical story of Cleoptra's rise and fall; the film has an amazing story ...
...making their mark (or not); tempestous actors and actresses shouting at each other and anyone who disagreed with them in the offset lot. The film certainly inspired passion in everyone who was involved. The film started in Italy but was moved to England when the Rome Olmpics started to interfere with filming. Film shooting also stopped & started part-way through for eight months while Elizabeth Taylor suffered a major illness (mostly she claimed ... Read review