Silas Marner : the weaver of Raveloe

Format:

Video disc

Title:

Silas Marner : the weaver of Raveloe

Other title(s):

George Eliot's Silas Marner

Uniform Title:

Silas Marner (Television program : 1985)

ISBN:

9781419848735

9781419848797

Distribution:

[London, U.K.] : Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas ; Burbank, CA : Distributed in USA and Canada by Warner Home Video

Publication:

[London, U.K.] : 2 entertain : BBC Video, [2007]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Series title(s):

BBC Video classics.

General Note:

Based on the novel by George Eliot.

DVD release of the original 1985 BBC television broadcast.

"BBC video classics"--Container.

Also issued in 5-disc set: The George Eliot collection.

Special features: "George Eliot: a scandalous life."

Summary:

Silas Marner was a man who had everything, until he lost it all. Falsely accused of theft and driven out of his town, Silas starts life anew. One day, upon arriving home, he discovers a child asleep on the hearth.

Personal Subject:

Eliot, George, 1819-1880

Eliot, George, 1819-1880-Film and video adaptations.

Subject(s):

Country life -- England -- Drama.

Weavers -- England -- Drama.

Fathers and daughters -- Drama.

Adopted children -- Drama.

Foundlings -- Drama.

England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama.

England -- Drama.

Geographic Term:

England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama.

Genre:

Fiction television programs

Film adaptations

Historical films

Melodrama

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Feature films.

Film adaptations.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Melodrama -- Feature.

Adaptation -- Feature.

Added Author:

Jones, Freddie, 1927-2019,

Scott, Gerry, 1944-2007,

Television adaptation of (work): Eliot, George, 1819-1880. Silas Marner.

Added Corporate Author:

2 Entertain Video (Firm),

2 Entertain (Firm),

BBC Video (Firm),

BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.,

Warner Home Video (Firm),

Holds:

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Library	Call Number	Status
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Summary

This TV adaptation of George Elliot's 1861 novel Silas Marner was one of the rare single-episode presentations of PBS' Masterpiece Theatre. Ben Kingsley plays Silas Marner, who after being falsely accused of a crime and banished from his own town, becomes a miserly recluse in the small British community of Raveloe. When his precious cache of money is stolen by the town wastrel (Jonathan Coy) Silas can see no reason for going on with life. He is transformed from misanthrope to rehabilitated human being through the love of Eppie, an orphaned child left in his care. Patsy Kensit is featured as the grown-up Eppie. Originally taped in 1985 for the BBC, Silas Marner was first shown in the US on March 15, 1987. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi