REMAKE THIS FILM!!

This is a fantastic version, but it DOES have some faults.

The biggest, IMO, is that Noel Strachan is too young. In the book, he is meant to be elderly, old enough to be Jean's father (or grandfather!). Whilst he secretly loves Jean (wishing he'd met her forty years previously), we're never meant to see him as a rival to Joe. The mini-series sees him rushing to Australia to bring Jean back home, but this never happens in the book. In fact, he doesn't visit Australia until well after Jean's marriage.

The other thing that niggles me is the row that Jean and Joe have during their engagement. Pure fabrication.

Still, as I said, an otherwise terrific adaptation.





Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!