I just ordered North and South from Ebay
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I just ordered North and South from Ebay
Laura11103 | Monday, February 10, 2003 - 07:58 am     I was told that North and South, a very long mini-series from the 80's with Patrick Swazie (sp?), is phenomenal. So, I just ordered it from ebay, it came to $130 ($14 for shipping)... I just bought it from the seller rather than doing the whole auction thing (didn't wanna wait), so I got a decent price I think. It's Book I and Book II that I ordered, 6 vhs tapes each, each book is 9 1/2 hours so I figured it's a lot of tape so also worth it. So has anyone seen it? Is it as phenomenal as they say it is? I hope so cuz I'm looking forward to something to watch during these cold winter months. |
Crazydog | Monday, February 10, 2003 - 08:11 am     A truly grand, epic mini-series. One of my favorites. Great performances all around, including many by now-familiar names like Patrick Swayze, Genie Francis, Jonathan Frakes, Parker Stevenson and Kirstie Alley. They also adapted Book 3 in the trilogy, "Heaven and Hell" as a miniseries maybe ten years later or so, but it was nowhere nearly as well-received as the first two. |
Conejo | Monday, February 10, 2003 - 09:32 am     Laura, I don't think you will be disappointed. I loved this mini-series when it was on. Kristie Alley gives an outstanding performance as well as the rest of the cast! |
Laura11103 | Monday, February 10, 2003 - 11:02 am     Great! I'm so psyched to get this, hopefully will have it by the end of the week... thanks for the info! |
Fabnsab | Monday, February 10, 2003 - 11:06 am     That was a great miniseries. The tv movies and miniseries of the 80's are truly the best. WE channel plays alot of them. They have played Lace with Phoebe Cates, Bare Essence with Genie FRancis--all the good ones. North and South is second to Thorn Birds for my faves. You'll love it. |
Hummingbird | Monday, February 10, 2003 - 11:59 am     I remember this mini-series. Patrick Swayze's career really took off after this aired. Someone beautiful was in this movie also and I can't think of her name. I think she played Patick's wife. She was sick a lot and became addicted to laudanum.(In the mini-series, not in real life.) Does anyone remember who that was? |
Conejo | Monday, February 10, 2003 - 12:07 pm     I believe it was Olivia DeHaviland (sp)Hummingbird, but I can't remember the name of her character. Patrick Swayze played Orry Maine I believe. |
Crazydog | Monday, February 10, 2003 - 12:11 pm     That would be Lesley-Anne Down, who played Madeline. I don't want to spoil it for Laura, but Madeline has quite a bumpy ride! I believe three real-life marriages came out of this miniseries: James Read (George Hazard) and Wendy Kilbourne (Constance Flynn), Genie Francis (Brett Main) and Jonathan Frakes (Stanley Hazard), and Lesley-Anne Down (Madeline Fabray LaMotte) and a production guy. |
Crazydog | Monday, February 10, 2003 - 12:19 pm     Olivia de Havilland shows up in "Book II". Big names who make cameo appearances in "Book I" are Elizabeth Taylor, Gene Kelly, Robert Mitchum and Johnny Cash. In "Book II", other big names you'll see are Jimmy Stewart, Linda Evans, Lloyd Bridges and Jean Simmons. Other trivia - for "Book II", Billy Hazard, played by John Stockwell in "Book I", was played by Parker Stevenson - then the real-life husband of Kirstie Alley (Virgilia Hazard) |
Hummingbird | Monday, February 10, 2003 - 08:16 pm     Olivia DeHavilland is way to old to play Swayze's wife, Conejo. She was young back in Gone With the Wind days. It was Lesley-Anne Down, who was also terrific in the "Upstairs Downstairs" series back in the eighties. |
Laura11103 | Tuesday, February 11, 2003 - 11:34 am     Yeah Fahnsab, I remember Lace and the Thorn Birds, both excellent... |
Kellee | Monday, February 24, 2003 - 09:42 pm     I was actually able to get this series for a steal on ebay...$28 US for the whole set of 12 videos...granted they were gently used..but it was quite the savings as I was looking at having to pay $200 Canadian to get them orginally...(I know I know doesnt that equal $25 US..*LOL*)...anyways...I have ALWAYS loved this series..since I was young..my father had it on tapes I would watch it over and over again... I totally love every moment..from the love stories..the historical battles...to the cameos from big stars... you could totally play six degrees of seperation using this film series cause the cast is sooooooo stellar...everyone from Johnny Cash to Jimmy Stewart.... |
Marysafan | Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 12:15 pm     WOW! Kellee...that IS steal! I am sure will enjoy them. I have never been able to watch the actor that played Elkanah Bent ever since. I hated that man so much! I read all the books ...and had some problems with the difference between the book and the series. It was hard to reconcile sometimes. there were parts that were MUCH different and I did not see that coming...and cried like a baby! (I didn't want to give anything away and ruin it for others who maybe haven't read the books but might want to). |
Crazydog | Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 12:37 pm     I agree with you Marysafan. I read the books first and parts were very different. One of the biggest differences is the complete absence of Orry's brother, I think his name was Cooper. Also, there's a part in "Love and War" (Book II) where Billy gets captured and thrown into a Confederate prison for months. For some reason they changed it to George for the miniseries. |
Marysafan | Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 02:59 pm     YES! Crazydog! You are right about the prison incident. That was a big problem for me. Also I believe in the book Orry was missing an arm...in the series he had in injured leg. |
Ericka1012 | Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 10:28 pm     Maryafan, you are right about the arm and leg thing...I remember when I first watched the miniseries my mom and I commented on the fact that Patrick Swayze was a dancer (this was way before he did Dirty Dancing and was well known as a dancer) and it was ironic that they gave him a leg problem instead of him having a missing or at least a arm problem. |
Crazydog | Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 10:47 am     The whole Billy prison incident bothered me as well, because in the book I thought his best friend Charles Main rescued him. It really showed how much of a bond the two of them had even though they were on opposite sides. I can't remember who rescues George in the movie. It was probably changed to George to give James Read a bigger part. Also, didn't someone have a son who died at sea after a shipwreck? I think that was Cooper Main, right? |
Marysafan | Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 12:38 pm     Forgive me...because it has been a long time since I have read the books....(but the were memorable) ...Wasn't Cooper Main involved in the development of the Hundley...the confederate submarine? I don't remember the son who died at sea after a shipwreck...but that could be my memory fading. It's been known to do that. |
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