The Thorn Birds: With Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Christopher Plummer, Bryan Brown. In the arid 1920s Australian Outback, a Catholic priest and the beautiful niece of a vast sheep station owner stand powerless before God's will, tormented by desire
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Probably The Greatest Mini-Series Ever As great as the original ROOTS was, this sequel was even better. Boasting more top-line established movie greats than the original, such as Marlon Brando (who received an Emmy), Henry Fonda and Olivia De Havilland, it was just better made. Of course ...
Title is listed in IMDb twice: as a TV miniseries (a stretch, as it was made available for streaming piecemeal at the website, not a conventional television series like "Roots" or "The Thornbirds") and as a 2-disc DVD release. Helpful•2 0 lor_ Feb 28, 2021 Permalink...
Along the way, there are loves, friendships, triumphs, and tragedy. Through it all, John Duttine is a marvel of sensitive and compelling acting, as are many of his cast-mates. Be forewarned that the series was produced in 1980 on videotape and with a limited budget (reportedly less than ...
I am embarrassed to admit that as an African-American I am just now seeing the mini-series Roots for the first time in my late twenties. BET recently ...
Former child star Sydney Penny, who played a young Meggie on The Thorn Birds, and who later became a familiar face to soap opera fans, most notably as Julia on All My Children, is sharing on social media that her husband has passed away. “I’m heartbroken to have to share the news...
Saunders, Dusty
Having failed to bring down the government, we were looking for fresh challenges - and saw in the mini-series an opportunity to make a key contribution to the cultural fabric of the nation - after all, The Thornbirds had just proved to be the nail in Alasdair Milne's coffin at the BBC...
I viewed what IMDb lists as a duplicate here in the TV mini-series category on a Girlfriends DVD release instead. It is not a mini-series at all, as "Christmas Wish" is separate and putting the two together hardly qualifies them as a "Thornbirds" or "Roots", true TV mini-series fro...