DVD
Horatio Hornblower
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Collector's ed. ; full screen version.
Languages
Closed-captioned.
Performers
Ioan Gruffud, Robert Lindsay, Dorian Healy, Michael Byrne, Robert Bathurst.
Publication Information
[New York] : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video Group, c2005.
Physical Description
8 videodiscs (ca. 13 hr., 20 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Added Uniform Title
Summary
The A&E miniseries based on Forester's novels of Horatio Hornblower, following his career from a reticent midshipman to a self-assured and courageous officer.
Notes
Based on the novels by C.S. Forester.
Originally produced as a television mini-series in 1998 (Vols. 1-4), 2001 (Vols. 5-6), and 2002 (Vols. 7-8).
Special features: exclusive new interview with Ioan Gruffudd; filmmaker commentary on films Loyalty and Duty; 3 bonus programs; about C.S. Forester; nautical terms and definitions; interactive 3D naval cannon; guide to royal warships; C.S. Forester biography; cast and crew biographies; photo gallery.
Contents
- Duel
- Fire ships
- Duchess and the devil
- Wrong war
- Mutiny
- Retribution
- Loyalty
- Duty.