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Horatio Hornblower(1998)
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Genre | Action & Adventure/Television, Television/British Television |
Format | Box set, Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC |
Contributor | Christopher Fulford, Paul Copley, John Woodvine, Patrick Harbinson, Robert Lindsay, Ioan Gruffudd, Jamie Bamber, Sean Gilder, Jonathan Coy, C.S. Forester, Russell Lewis, Chris Ould, Jean-Yves Berteloot, Ronald Pickup, Simon Sherlock, Cherie Lunghi, Mike Cullen, Andrew Grieve See more |
Language | English |
Number Of Discs | 4 |
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Product Description
The Emmy Award winning epic saga of Horatio Hornblower, the legendary sea-faring hero, comes life in these four films on four DVDs, base on C.S Forester's classic novels. Set against the bloody backdrop of the Napoleonic wars, "Hornblower" charts a course for high adventure, following the recruit as he battles the French, evades capture, and rises through the ranks of the King's Navy. Bonus feature: "England's Royal Warships," hosted Nautical terms & definitions & C.S. Forester biography. (1998) 400 minutes.
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 2.51 x 5.42 x 7.66 inches; 3.2 ounces
- Item model number : Relay Time: 400 min
- Director : Andrew Grieve
- Media Format : Box set, Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC
- Run time : 6 hours and 40 minutes
- Release date : January 4, 2000
- Actors : Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Cherie Lunghi, Christopher Fulford, Ronald Pickup
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1)
- Studio : Lionsgate
- ASIN : B00003OSSO
- Writers : C.S. Forester, Chris Ould, Mike Cullen, Patrick Harbinson, Russell Lewis
- Number of discs : 4
- Best Sellers Rank: #30,004 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #2,997 in Action & Adventure DVDs
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I began watching the first installment. Lo and behold, to my UTTER surprise, there was Ioan unlike the Ioan of Fantastic Four fame, playing the role of a lifetime as the courageous and introspective Horatio Hornblower - and knocking the socks off this single mom (who at that point didn't care how much younger Horatio was). He came across, to me, as being totally in command of the title role - exTREMEly dashing - with a decidedly strong (read: very sexy) masculine appeal and a measure of believability which I think didn't quite come across to the audience when he played Mr. Fantastic. The difference was nothing short of astounding. It was almost as if the Hornblower role was being played by another actor entirely. To date, Ioan Gruffudd has fast become one of my favorite actors, and I now understand why he had been asked to play a superhero: given the right acting role, he truly lives up to the moniker of Mr. Fantastic. Thanks to Ioan, the Horatio Hornblower series is worth watching over and over again...
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Das wirkliche Manko dieser (Mini-)Serie ist, dass sie eben leider nur einen kleinen Teil der Karriere/Geschichte Hornblowers abdeckt.
Klare Empfehlung für Fans von historischen Seekriegsromanen à la C.S. Forester und Alexander Kent; Voraussetzung sind aber ordentliche Englischkenntnisse, da die Serie (bisher) nur im Originalton ohne deutsche Untertitel existiert und einige "seemännische" Ausdrücke sowie die diversen britischen Dialekte eine zusätzliche Herausforderung darstellen - aber eben auch einen guten Anteil des Charmes dieser Produktion ausmachen.
Wer mehr Hornblower möchte, dem bleibt (zumindest nach meinem Kenntnisstand) nur noch Des Königs Admiral , der ebenfalls empfehlenswert ist, jedoch schon aufgrund des Alters (des Films und der Figur des Hornblowers) einen ganz anderen Charme versprüht. ;-)
Edit: Es scheint die Filme inzwischen doch auf Deutsch zu geben: Hornblower: Froschfresser und Rotröcke
1973年ころです。
それが映像化され、シリーズ化されていることを知ったのは、数日前。
じつは、リージョンフリーのDVDプレイヤーを見つけて、重さが670グラムしかないので、大きめのかばんに入れて持ち歩き、英語版のDVDを楽しんでいました。
南北戦争物や、「バンド・オブ・ブラザース」、「パシフィック」など。
そして、ほかにも歴史物、戦記物はないかと探していましたら、これを発見!
驚きました。
しかも4話=4枚のDVDで2800円というコスパは、なんなんでしょう、うれしい悲鳴をあげました。
注文し、3日で届いたのは、Amazonの倉庫に在庫があったからでしょうね。
すぐに観ました。
ホーンブロワー、イケメンですねぇ。
イケメンすぎると思いました。
原作の印象はもっと、ふつうの感じだったので^^;
でも、映像的には、イケメンのほうが共感しやすいですから、これでよいと思います。
ところで、ベストセラー「内向型人間の時代」で議論された「人格の文化」から「性格の文化」への変容を、このホーンブロワー・シリーズを観ながら考えるのも、おもしろいと思います。
本書37ページ。
<「人格の文化」においては、思慮深く、規律正しく、高潔な人物が理想とされる。他人にどんな印象を与えるかよりも、自分がどうふるまうかが重要視される。「性格(personality)」という言葉は18世紀まで英語にはなかったし、「性格がいい(good personality)」という言葉は20世紀になってから広まった考え方だ。
だが、「性格の文化」が広まると、アメリカ人は、他人が自分をどう見るかに注目するようになった。目立つ人物やおもしろい人が人気を得るようになった。「新しい文化において必要とされた社会的な役割は、演技者(パフォーマー)としのて役割だった。すべてのアメリカ人が自己を演技しなければならなくなった」とサスマンは書いた>
18世紀にはなかった「性格」という言葉が、いま、われわれの最大の関心事になっていませんか?
「人格」という言葉は死語になりつつありませんか?
このシリーズの第1話「決闘」を観て、私が痛感したのは、「ここに高潔な人格の男がいた」でした。
学生時代に、ホーンブロワーに熱中したのは、彼の「人格」だったと、いま、わかります。
そんなことを考えながら、このシリーズを楽しみます(^^)