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5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful treat!, July 10 2002

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Marcy Gomez (Kansas City, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Buccaneers (VHS Tape)

My sister and I adore this mini-series which was shown in Masterpiece Theater many years ago. Anyone who enjoys turn-of-the-century films such as The Age of Innocence, House of Mirth, The Golden Bowl, A Room With A View and Howard's End or stories of the Astors and Vanderbilts will find themselves enraptured with this tale of 4 beautiful American women who find themselves being courted by sons of the British nobility.

In the center of the story are Nan (Carla Gugino) and Virginia St. George (Alison Eliott), and their friends Conchita Closson (Mira Sorvino) and Lizzy Elmsworth (Rya Kihlstedt) - four young women living in turn-of-the-century America, when social status and wealth were the most important considerations in a woman's life (these were the days of the Astors and Vanderbilts, after all). Early in the story we find Conchita married to Lord Marable and begins her new life with the English nobility. Spurned in Newport and New York social circles because they are considered "new money," Nan, Virginia and Lizzy travel to England to visit Conchita and hopefully try their luck there. With the help of 2 enterprising older women, they soon become the toast of the town and are courted by many handsome, wealthy young men. Virginia and Lizzy vie for the attentions of Lord Seadown (Mark Tandy) who is not quite what he seems. Nan is pursued by the humble but ambitious Guy Thwaite (Greg Wise from "Sense and Sensibility") and the wealthy and reserved Julius, the Duke of Trevenick (James Frain).

The mini-series offers beautiful scenery and costumes, great acting from members of the cast (including veterans Cherie Lunghi, Jenny Agutter, Michael Kitchen and Rosemary Leach) and a thoroughly engaging story. I loved the fantastic mansions, palaces and castles in Newport and England alike and the wonderful intertwining of the American and British sensibilities in the plot. It has "one foot in America and another foot in England," as Masterpiece Theater narrator Russell Baker aptly explains. I highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys top-notch romance/drama!

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth seeing... if you ignore Mira Sorvino's accent, Mar 21 2006

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A Victorian look into the lives of the wealthy and aristocratic from New England to Old. Right up there with North & South and Wives & Daughters as some of the best BBC productions in recent years. Carla Gugino and Greg Wise are amazing as is the English countryside used for locations. You won't be able to turn this one off. Too bad Wharton never finished the novel as the ending leaves you longing for more.

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful....if you ignore Mira Sorvino's accent, Mar 21 2006

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Jenny Allworthy (WATERLOO, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

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This is right up there with North & South and Wives & Daughters as one of the best BBC productions in recent years (although this one goes back a while). Carla Gugino and Greg Wise are amazing, as are the English scenery and locations. Mira Sorvino is over the top but kind of fun anyway as a South American Heiress. Too bad the novel was unfinished as the miniseries sort of leaves you wishing for more...

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