North & South | 
| Actors: Daniela Denby-ashe, Richard Armitage, Tim Pigott-smith, Sinead Cusack, Brendan Coyle
Studio: BBC Warner
Category: DVD
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Rating:  402 reviews
Sales Rank: 1010
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 233 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WARDE2453D
ISBN: 1419821008
UPC: 794051245328
EAN: 9781419821004
ASIN: B000AYEL6U
Theatrical Release Date: July 2, 2005
Release Date: November 15, 2005
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North & South is a splendid, four-hour adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's 19th century novel about an unlikely, and somewhat star-crossed, love between a middle-class young woman from England's cultivated south and an intemperate if misunderstood industrialist in a hardscrabble, northern city. Daniela Denby-Ashe plays Margaret Hale, forthright and strong-willed daughter of a former vicar (Tim Pigott-Smith) who relocates his family from a pastoral village outside London to unforgiving, largely illiterate Milton, a factory town where John Thornton (Richard Armitage) and his mother (Sinead Cusack), survivors of poverty, rule their cotton mill with an iron hand. Thornton befriends Margaret's father but incurs her wrath for his severity with his workers. What she doesn't notice is Thornton's core sense of responsibility for his employees' welfare. On the other hand, he misinterprets some of Margaret's own actions and intentions. Equally stubborn, the two drag out their obvious attraction over many painful months and events. North & South's two leads are both very good, though Armitage's brooding, penetrating performance may very well be considered a classic one day. There are other wonders in the cast: Cusack and Pigott-Smith are superb, and Brendan Coyle is memorable as a firebrand union organizer who ultimately becomes an ally to a softening Thornton. The miniseries script by Sandy Welch is a persuasive mix of historical context and character study. Brian Percival's direction is full of moments that linger in the imagination, such as the winter-dream look of a busy cotton mill, with thousands of snowy fibers floating in the air. --Tom Keogh
Product Description
As the daughter of a middle-class parson Margaret Hale has enjoyed a privileged upbringing in rural southern England. When her father uproots the family to take work in the northern mill town of Milton Margaret is shocked by the dirt the noise and the gruffness of the people but she reserves her highest contempt for the charismatic mill-owner John Thornton.Running Time: 233 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 794051245328
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North & South July 4, 2009
Carolyn S. Morrow (OH USA)
I loved this story. Besides being interesting in it's historical content, it is a wonderful love story that ends "just right". The struggle between the employer and employee is true to today (although things are much better now). Life was especially difficult back then for the poor.
 North? South? June 25, 2009
E. Torp (New Jersey)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
It was a "nice" story - certainly not a great one. If I had missed an installment, well - se la vie.
I knew who were the good guys and who were the not so good, as well as knowing how it would end long before the characters knew. However, I still don't understand why the emphasis on the title was as it was. It really wasn't that important. It was a family that had moved from one part of England to another - as simple as that.
As I said before, it was a nice story, but not much more.
*Sigh* June 18, 2009
Alyssa Zulueta (San Francisco, CA, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Everything about this production is first-rate. Terrific cast all-around, beautiful music, and a great adaptation.
This is not only a beautiful love story (the look on his face when she kisses his hand at the train station is heart-breakingly sweet), it's a fascinating look at the industrial revolution and how it affected everyday people. It's not a dry history lesson; rather it feels immediate and contemporary.
Love it, love it, love it, and will watch it over and over with family and friends who haven't seen it yet.
 Not true to book! June 17, 2009
anon (central Calif.)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
If I hadn't recently read the book the movie might seem great. After reading the book I was very disappointed in the movie. Neither Mr. Thornton or Margaret are so haughty as portrayed in the movie but they are quietly strong willed in their own ways. It's the subtlety that causes you to like them both and ache for Mr. Thornton as he keeps trying to win Margaret's favor. Also, Mr. Thornton, his mother, and sister all have differing accents in the movie. Weird. Read the book! It's one of Elizabeth Gaskell's best works.
How To Make Two Lovers Of Enemies June 17, 2009
SORE EYES (Boulder/Wellington)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
**Mild Spoiler Alert**
Margaret Hale (Daniela Denby-Ashe) is uprooted from her beloved home in the south of England by her idealistic clergy father to the industrial town of Milton in the north. There she meets John Thornton (Richard Armitage) the owner of a cotton mill struggling with labor problems. When Margaret meets John she immediately takes a dislike to him because he is in the process of brutally dismissing a worker who is smoking in his factory. Unaware of his motives-he's concerned about the factory burning and killing his employees-she marks him as dark and brutish. John begins taking lessons from Margaret's father and slowly develops a crush on her. He proposes marriage, she refuses. She overcomes her prejudices against John after learning more about him, but he succumbs to gossip about her and convinces himself he no longer loves her. And so the back and forth of missed connections continues through five titillating episodes of will they or won't they. Will they overcome their pride and confess their affection? Will they listen to gossip or follow their heart? Will Margaret learn to love Milton and come to understand John's values? The romantic push and pull is played out most interestingly against the backdrop of turn of the century labor struggles in England.
Anyone intrigued with the type of romantic chemistry found in movies like When Harry Met Sally and Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics) will be head over heels in love with North and South. Two sworn enemies begin brewing with passion and affection for eachother...it's the most satisfying sort of girl porn. John Milton is played most passionately and affectionately by Richard Armitage. Dark, brooding, but decisive and oh so sexy...he's the perfect hero of this romantic masterpiece. I don't usually like dark haired men, but he's butter. Delightful.
If you like the romantic element of this series, I'd highly recommend the BBC production of Pride and Prejudice - The Special Edition (A&E, 1996). If you end up liking the BBC production, I'd also recommend House of Cards Trilogy (House of Cards / To Play the King / The Final Cut). It's a different sort of story altogether, but the BBC did an excellent job with this book to movie production as well.
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