favourite part - A Woman of Substance (1984) Discussion

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[–] daftdeb69 18 years ago

i like "get this woman out of my house" that full scene is great then when she says she is going to turn it into a park great and i like the end when she tells her kids "these are not gifts by the way im buying you" and there are loads more great scenes but they are my two favourites

lifes whats happening while we are busy making plans

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[–] daftdeb69 18 years ago

which part have you got to km

lifes whats happening while we are busy making plans

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[–] daftdeb69 18 years ago

i agree a woman of substance was great the second one was not as good so i did not watch the third one

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[–] daftdeb69 18 years ago

i agree but i feel barbra taylor bradford had made them too glamourised or had she become too glamourized?????

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[–] tiffygirl 16 years ago

yes i like these scenes too, also when Blackie asks Emma to marry him, and when Emma says goodbye to Joe at the train station, and when Emma announces her last will & testament.

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[–] Caitlin 17 years ago

My favorite scene is actually near the beginning, Blackie's second visit to Fairley Hall, when he and Emma are sitting at the table in the kitchen with Mrs. Turner and Blackie is talking abou this dream home. Emma finally has a friend who has big dreams like she does and you can see the lighbulb go on in her head about pursuing her dreams in Leeds. Actually most of the scenes that are just Emma & Blackie are very well done.

I also really like the scene where Edwin tells his father the truth about what happened with Emma.

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[–] itsmeladyp 17 years ago

my little blue bow, made of glass

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[–] highpriestess32 17 years ago

I like it all - maybe my favourite bit is the first time you hear Emma's voice more refined as she opens up her Emporium and directs some customers to the toilet. She is dressed like 'a proper lady' as she would once have said. Edward looks on in amazement as he pretends to buy perfume but is too scared to approach her. That was a powerful scene.

I also love it when she beats Gerald in the auction for the mills and the delay in her voice when she says "Twenty......THOUSAND!" then throwing Gerald a sort of 'Yes, you were saying?' look
I love to cook with wine, sometimes I even put some in the food!

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[–] TrentinaNE 17 years ago

My favorite bit is when her grown children rip Emma from limb to limb when she writes them out of her will.

Oops, that only happened in my imagination.

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[–] Hag_Sibylle 16 years ago

I also think all scenes between Emma and Blackie are fantastic. That is one feature the sequel "Hold the Dream" has in common with "A Woman of Substance", and it's one of the few things that make the sequal worth watching.

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[–] deem714 15 years ago

When anyone of lesser power or of lesser nerves tells off a bully...

Mum and Gerald: "Do you know what they do to murdurers Gerald?? They hang them by the necks until they're dead!!" Rock on, M'Lady!!

Cook and Murgatroyed "You nasty buggar!! IT was only an accident she didn't do it on purpose! If you hit her again I won't telk the Squire, I'll tell her father!! And you know what's in store for you if Big Jach Harte gets his hands on you!"

Emma and Gerald: (with a knife in her hand)I'll slit your throat!! GET OUT OF MY SHOP!

Emma and the stone boys: Get out or i'll pitch the wall!! how about a taste of your own medicine! Officer! Down Here!!

Emma and Gerald all grown up in the house: Oh, I forgot to tell you... I own EMREM, too!!

Edwin and Gerald: STOP GAMBLING! CUT DOWN on personal expendature and build up the one mill you have left!

You're laborers, you're supposed to be laboring! That's what you get for not having an education!!

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[–] taylorje 15 years ago

Like others, I love the part where Gerald realizes Emma is the one who has ruined him financially. But as she tells him, he really did it himself, she just helped him along.

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[–] R_U_Spongeworthy 14 years ago

I love the auction where she's bidding against the Fairleys. The best part is where Adam turns around to verify that "Mrs. Harte" is his one-time servant Emma, and she looks directly at him and narrows her eyes. She says a thousand things with that one look. Love it.

"Four fried chickens and a Coke." "And some dry white toast, please."

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[–] taylorje 11 years ago

That same scene, which is longer in the book. "I am Deerfield Estates!" delivered in a voice of steel.

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