Hi all! This is my first message on these boards and I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed "The Canterville Ghost". Saw it for the first time in the late 80's and immediately fell in love with Alyssa Milano, (She's still a wet dream ;) ) Also Sir Gielgod was brilliant and made me laugh on some occations and cringe with fear on others... especially when he "introduces" himself... scary... Anyway, hope you anjoyed it as much as I did and live peacefully ever after...
shareYES - SOMEONE HAS FINALLY FOUND THIS WONDERFUL LITTLE MOVIE THAT SHOUDL GET RELEASED ONTO DVD STRAIGHT AWAY........NOW!!!!!!!!!!!
BEST VERSION WITH OUT A DOUBT
Puh leeze i fell asleep at the first five muntes of the movie. I love allyssa milano but this movie sucked. But hey... it's just an opinion :)
shareI agree. This is without a doubt the absolute best version of the Wilde Classic...and it does seem to be in demand (check out the amazon vhs page for it!) It really should be on DVD NOW! I miss being able to watch this film....
shareI love this film! Cant wait to get it and show my young family what I used to watch when I was younger - Even now rabbit slippers have a special place in my heart - any news of a dvd release date????
I'll trade with anyone who has a jaccuzzi!!!!
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I have to agree it is my favorite film of all time. Watched when I was about seven and I was hooked was looking for it for bout 10 years then three copies turned up at once! I managed to even get the musical score and a press kit. Though I have a good DVD and Ipod transfer IT SHOULD BE ON DVD THEN MY COLLECTION WILL BE COMPLETE. So glad to see there are others out there that apreciated the film :)
shareIt's my favorite version as well, it was actually on Comcast OnDemand a few months back and I got a great recording of it on DVD.
If you expect the unexpected doesn't the unexpected then become the expected?
Glad to finally find some one who appreciates this film as much as I do lets hope that one day the DVD release will see the light of day. when I graduate in June I will try to put up the English version so you can see the difference.
shareSony released a manufactured-on-demand DVD-R of the film last September.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0048NWPBM/dvdaficionado
I finally managed to get myself a copy, had to download it from YouTube as the only dvd version is Region 1, which doesn't play on my dvd players.
This film brought back so many memories for me. Furthermore, I watched it with my other half who had never seen it before.
Have to say that I have only seen one other version and that was the Patrick Stewart version, this is far superior
I'll trade with anyone who has a jaccuzzi!!!!
It's 'just' a TV movie with TV stars of the time, but it's amazing how many folks agree that this is the best version.
The first I know of had Charles Laughton as the Ghost (The Canterville Ghost (1944)), also staring Robert Young and Margaret O'Brien. That version had a cast with more star power, but I've never been able to make it all the way through.
With the exception of Sir John, this version is all B-list casting, but the film works so well that it they might as well be A-list. The scenes with Milano and Sir John have real emotion in them, and you can't help but be touched. The ending has me in tears.
I'll likely order this recently available DVD version in the near future.
Yes, Milano is adorable here.
And the zoom-into-painting-ending does it better than The Shining :)