The Secret Garden (1993) on Netflix
Orphaned by an earthquake in India, Mary Lennox is sent to her uncle's Yorkshire manor, where Lord Craven leaves her to herself. She finds a garden locked since her aunt's death.
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Plot summary
After an earthquake kills her parents in India, ten-year-old Mary Lennox is sent to Misselthwaite Manor, her uncle's house on the Yorkshire moors. Lord Archibald Craven still mourns his wife Lilias, who died ten years earlier, and he leaves his niece in the care of the housekeeper, Mrs. Medlock. Neglected by her parents and unable to cry, Mary is left largely on her own. She hears weeping somewhere in the house, and Mrs. Medlock sends her out to the grounds whenever it begins. There Mary comes upon a walled garden, locked since her aunt's death, and finds the key that opens it. She also meets Dickon, Martha the housemaid's brother, who is good with animals. The two begin clearing the garden.
Cast
- Laura Crossleyas Martha
- Valerie Hillas Cook
- Andrea Pickeringas Betty Butterworth
- Peter Moretonas Will
- Arthur Spreckleyas John
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Secret Garden (1993)
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- Heydon Prowse said that American actor Elijah Wood auditioned for the role of Colin Craven before Prowse won it, and that American actress Kirsten Dunst auditioned for the role of Mary Lennox.
- The end credits song "Winter Light", performed by Linda Ronstadt and based on two themes from Zbigniew Preisner's score, was left off the film's original soundtrack release and appeared instead on Ronstadt's own album Winter Light.
- At the 1993 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, composer Zbigniew Preisner won Best Music for the score, while young lead Kate Maberly received a Special Achievement Award for Outstanding Performance at the 1994 London Critics Circle Film Awards.
- In 2005 the British Film Institute included The Secret Garden in its list of the "50 films you should see by the age of 14".
