precious bane
Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the movie Precious Bane a made for TV movie. I would prefer it on DVD
shareI've been looking for it myself for years and have finally found it on e--bay for $64.99. The only thing is-- it's on VHS and it is Canadian, so I am not sure if it will play on American VCR's. I, personally, am going to wait to see if the price goes down. But you may wish to check it out.
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I,too, have been looking for Precious Bane for the last fifteen years. I tried to record it when it was on PBS, but Part 1 didn't record, and Part 2 was an extremely poor quality recording. Then I accidently recorded over it except for the very end when her brother's farm is being auctioned and they try to drown her. I still have that tape and cannot bear to part with it until it comes on TV again so I can record it, or it comes out on its own dvd/vhs. If any one can help locate it please let me know.
Ramona
PS. I didn't see that one on ebay. Was it someone's home recording or was it an actual licensed, for sale, in-a-box dvd/vhs? It doesn't matter to me which, but I agree that $65 is too steep.
>have been looking for Precious Bane for the last fifteen years.
Me too. I did tape it, good quality, but the tape broke! I've been hanging onto it, hoping maybe it can be spliced somehow...
I better make a copy of the tape I made so that doesn't happen to me too! I have watched this movie so many times it must be getting weak....
shareI am lucky enough to have a copy of my VHS on DVD, a film that changed my life.
This story has resonated with me since my mother gave me the book when I was 14. This movie is beyond description, the performances haunting... I will *never* forget it.
If you can't find VHS/DVD, read the book. Pure poetry.
***Spooki****
Hi, Would it be possible for me to buy a copy from you on either DVD or VHS? It does not seem to be commercially available anywhere and I would love to have it.
shareIt can be viewed for free on Youtube in 13 parts, you can also download it from you tube by using the following page that enables you to download from youtube to your hard drive: http://keepvid.com/
You just highlight the link at the top of youtube and paste it into the required space on the keepvide.com page
Hope this helps all you fans of the film untill the BBC get there act together and release it.
Clickable link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FwYx01XZg0&feature=related
That's good news, phil. The quality is fantastic.
I do hope it gets lots of views. The trouble is, this is a forgotten masterpiece. I've told so many people about it and they've never heard of it. Shame on the BBC.
I have a DVD that I bought on the internet (quality OK) and one that I made myself from my old VHS recording. But this one on youtube seems better, so I might have a go at downloading that as you suggest.
Thankyou phil!
"Pray, do not use it ill. It fought at Waterloo".
I watched this over Christmas. What a great film! Janet McTeer is amazing. (When is she not? I recently saw her in Songcatcher -- such talent.)
shareHi RM!
However did you get to see this? Was it shown on TV in your neck of the woods?
Isn't it amazing? One of my absolute favourites. It's so atmospheric and evocative. Janet Mcteer is wonderful, of course (as is that prosthetic harelip!) And John Bowe is fantastic as the principled and courageous Kester Woodseaves. Don't you just love the way he acts at the bull-baiting?
Who knows where the time goes?
I found it uploaded on the Internet and watched it online. I love John Bowe's character; he reminds me of someone (another literary character), but I just can't think of who.
shareHi RM.
The aforementioned Youtube upload seems to have been removed, but I've found a new one (cryptically titled to avoid the copyright police!):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJBLPE2KJWs
Is this the one you watched, RM? I love John Bowe's rendering of Kester. What a hero! Lol. John Bowe has had a varied career since, but he was his most dashing in PB.
Who knows where the time goes?
That's where I watched it. (Love that yt account. great uploads.)
share I am writing you this from Canada, to tell you that anything on a tape or dvd will play in Canada just the same as it will in the U.S. Tapes and I think dvds are different in Europe and will not play in North America, but just as you are able to bring a lamp across the border going either way, you can bring tapes and dvds.