Horatio Hornblower - The New Adventures (Loyalty / Duty) |  | Director: Andrew Grieve
Actors: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Paul McGann, Lorcan Cranitch, Tony Haygarth
Studio: A&E Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 13787
Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 200 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 1.3
MPN: AAED71070D
ISBN: 0767058739
UPC: 733961710700
EAN: 9780767058735
ASIN: B0000DJZAC
Theatrical Release Date: December 3, 2003
Release Date: December 16, 2003
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Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 12/09/2003 Run time: 200 minutes Rating: Nr
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Dashing Ioan Gruffud stars as dashing Horatio Hornblower, unparalleled British naval hero, in two more delightful episodes from the A&E series. In Loyalty, a peace with France has left Hornblower decommissioned and short on funds. Only the help of his landlady's daughter Maria (heartbreaking Julie Sawalha, Absolutely Fabulous) keeps him from being kicked out into the street. Fortunately for our hero, Napoleon's armies are afoot, and Hornblower soon finds himself sailing to France in command of the Hotspur, grappling with Irish traitors and French skullduggery. Duty picks up where Loyalty leaves off; Hornblower marries Maria with some ambivalence, but the day after his wedding sails for the coast of France to find a missing ship. After rescuing a supposedly Swiss man and his American wife in a storm, Hornblower finds himself caught between an old foe in France and diplomats in England. Though the derring-do is sometimes melodramatic, Horatio Hornblower swiftly becomes engrossing and suspenseful. Credit is due to smart scripts, efficient direction, Gruffud's heroically curly hair, and a superb supporting cast, including Robert Lindsay and Paul McGann (Withnail and I). --Bret Fetzer
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 Only regret that this seems to be the end January 7, 2010
David F. Jackson (Lawrenceville, GA USA)
This is the third installment (2 episodes/tapes) of the made-for-TV movies based on the first 3 of C.S. Forester's novels (The second 2 episodes are "The Adventure Continues," the first 4 simply called "Horatio Hornblower" - note that the whole set of 8 is available on DVD as "Collector's Edition" and that the DVD entitled "Boxed Set" is, misleadingly, only the first 4). The whole series is superbly done and I only regret that they stopped producing them at this point, as there were plenty more good books left.
The costumes and settings are very well done and the casting and acting are wonderful - Hornblower, Captain/Admiral Pellew, Maria and Bush are just as I pictured them from the books. The actors playing the "foremast jacks" are also great, and the characters of the two most prominent, Matthews and Styles, are very well developed, really even more so than in the books, I thought. By the accustomed standards of books-made-into-movies, these videos take very few liberties with the original story lines (as is typical, a few subplots and minor details are dropped), although the screenplays do change the specific dialogue in a few noticeable scenes, and the tone/style of voice is a bit different than I envisioned for some characters, notably Bush and Wolfe.
As for the obvious and frequent comparison to the Aubrey/Maturin novels of Patrick O'Brian and the more recent movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, I would have to agree with most people that the Hornblower books are not nearly as good but these TV shows are probably better than that movie. (I haven't seen the old Gregory Peck movie, which I understand covers roughly the same period of fictional time as this entire set.) It is pretty rare that people who have read the book(s) actually think that the movie is not only OK, but actually better - in my case, the only other instance of this I can cite is the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Overall, certainly very highly recommended!
Great Adventure August 16, 2009
S. Goslee (Ellsworth, MI USA)
We had the earlier DVD's of the Horatio Hornblower series from A&E and we have really enjoyed watching them over and over. The New Adventures DVDs are a great addition to our collection.
Hornblower the adventure continues June 15, 2009
John H. Price (Maryland,USA)
The whole Hornblower series is great One can only wish the continue the series to Admiral.
Hornblower February 14, 2009
John P. (Louisville, KY)
One of the best series ever....AMC deserves credit for such a fine product. I would love to see this series continued!
Horatio Hornblower DVD's July 6, 2008
J. Doughtie (Suffolk, VA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Although these episodes are a bit old, we didn't have them in our collection. This series of stories are awesome! Even for the women to enjoy! Ioan Gruffudd is HOT!
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