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    Default Re: Costume dramas and Period films... do you like them and which do you recommend?

    +1 Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola)
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    Also: Stardust (early 2000's) Princess Bride (late 1980's) and anything Shakespeare (Except for Ethan Hawke's Hamlet, costumes are modern).

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    Default Re: Costume dramas and Period films... do you like them and which do you recommend?

    Hamlet with Mel Gibson. Also, book is a favorite.

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    Harem Suare and The Last Emperor, yay!

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    Default Re: Costume dramas and Period films... do you like them and which do you recommend?

    I was also going to suggest The Tudors and Barry Lyndon. Anyone watching Wolf Hall on PBS right now?I would recommend that. They're already into the 5 th episode. Only a few left. It's a mini series. Amazing acting, cast, script and costumes. Damien Lewis, Mark Rylance and many actors from other British Productions. You might also want to watch a movie with Mark Rylance called Angels and Insects. There are beautiful costumes and it's an interesting movie. Also, maybe Rome the series from about ten years ago from HBO.
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    Also, The French Lieutenents Woman. One of my many fave movies with the "best" actors, Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep. And a wonderful French movie named Ridicule taken place during the French Revolution.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nyla19 View Post
    I was also going to suggest The Tudors and Barry Lyndon. Anyone watching Wolf Hall on PBS right now?I would recommend that. They're already into the 5 th episode. Only a few left. It's a mini series. Amazing acting, cast, script and costumes. Damien Lewis, Mark Rylance and many actors from other British Productions. You might also want to watch a movie with Mark Rylance called Angels and Insects. There are beautiful costumes and it's an interesting movie. Also, maybe Rome the series from about ten years ago from HBO.
    Rome was EXCELLENT !

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    Default Re: Costume dramas and Period films... do you like them and which do you recommend?

    How did I miss this thread?! Awesome sauce!

    Some of these were already named, but my faves are:

    The Other Boleyn Girl
    The Hours
    The Piano
    From Hell
    The Secret Garden
    A Little Princess
    Count of Monte Cristo
    Black Beauty
    Midnight in Paris
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    Hitchcock's "Rebecca" - so good you won't mind it's in black and white. Stays close to the plot of the book. It's a story about how someone's evil can live from beyond the grave, without any supernatural aspect.

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    What!?! No one has mentioned Outlander?? That series is amazing!

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    I watched on you tube, Rise & Fall of Versailles parts I, II, & III. Part III is about Marie Antoinette.


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    An updated version of " Poldark " is now showing on PBS. Fortunately I get 3 different PBS stations ( NYC , Long Island and N.J. ) so although I missed it last night to watch
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    A little Chaos: brilliant. I wasn't expecting much from how the preview was edited but it was fantastic. For once, Rickman didn't steal the show.
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    Every single Jane Austen novel made into a movie..

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    Every single Jane Austen novel made into a movie..
    "Clueless" was "Emma" from Jane Austin, just an updated version. A lot of the reason why it's a classic, it can just speak to anyone, trappings if era be damned.
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    "Clueless" was "Emma" from Jane Austin, just an updated version. A lot of the reason why it's a classic, it can just speak to anyone, trappings if era be damned.


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    "Man for All Seasons", maybe the best movie I've ever seen, and that's saying something about personal integrity. Four Stars.
    I thought "Becket" was better with a fun and interesting plot on 'you know the whole transforming of a man based on "honour of God" themes rather than his boss (the king). I also dig Peter O'Toole in it. Awesome actor back in his heyday doing period pieces. Really liked him in 'The Lion in Winter' as well with Katharine Hepburn as Queen Eleanor.

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    My favorites are:
    The Illusionist
    The Prestige
    Neverland (2011, 2 episode mini series, while not technically a period piece, it is a great take on the Peter Pan origin story)
    Doctor Who (While not entirely historically accurate, they favor Victorian Era England and the costumes are awesome)

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    I watched Beckett last night, great movie.


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    I made it through the first part of "Lawrence of Arabia". What a great movie!! It's so epic.

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    Recently watched the first series of The Knick, set in New York in 1900. It's good! Ignore Clive Owens dodgy accent and its very good... looking forward to the second series.

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    If you're down for a TV series, Magnificent Century is a cool multi-season Turkish soap-opera about Hurrem Sultana (Roxelana).

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