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Sharpe's Devil

posted 15 years ago by ergomane
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I personally would like to see Sharpe's Devil as a next (and final) Sharpe movie. The movie should feel like Sharpe's Justice where Richard headed to Yorkshire and was not so much about army and war. And in chronologically it would fit too, since Sharpe's Challenge is in year 1817 or so and Sharpe's Peril a bit later.

The movie should begin with Sharpe returning to England from India and given a last mission to go south America. And also he should find about about his daughter Antonia as a subplot.

Here's link to wikipedia about the novel. I haven't read the book, but the story feels quite interesting and definately have some good material, though screenwriting and editing is needed to make it fit in.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Devil_(novel)

[–] ianl-4 15 years ago

I agree. Sharpe's Devil should make a perfect ending to the series.

Just for fun: who would you like to see cast in the movie (when it comes to the characters appearing only in this story)? Who should be Bautista? Or Thomas Cochrane? Or (if they include her) Antonia Sharpe?

As for the old/familiar characters, I hope they can get back Simon Andreu as Blas Vivar.

It would also be nice if they bring back Michael Mears as Rifleman Cooper (who is still alive, according to the clip show/special Sharpe: The Legend).

[–] dsrelf 15 years ago

Sharpe's Devil was a great read, and takes place in 1820. An older Sharpe and Harper meet an exiled Napoleon on their way to Chile to help out an old friend. Plenty of naval action as it chronicles Cochrane's privateering adventures in South America. Patrick O'Brien wrote a similar adventure for his character Jack Aubrey, who of course was based on Cochrane.

[–] summerbreez 15 years ago

I've always thought that Sharpe's Devil should be turned into a movie. I haven't read the book but have the cassette with Sean Bean reading. It's a great adventure story and I'd love to see the sea battle and the meeting with Napoleon. I'd hope for the old cast to return as well. Cochrane, good question. Definitely a Scot. Maybe John Hannah.

[–] Sensei_Tohru 14 years ago

I agree, it has a lot of cinematic potential. Though I doubt that it's really a possibility when a television production company has the rights to the series. I just hope it gets made soon.

[–] The_Toker 14 years ago

The Toker disagrees, Devil is one of the weaker books. They would also have to re-hash the start as the whole premise is that Blas Vivar's wife (Sharpe's hook-up in the book Rifles, who left Sharpe to be with Blas Vivar in the end of the book, none of which was mentioned in the TV show) asks Sharpe to find him in S. America

What's orange and sounds like a parrot?
A Carrot.

[–] madmonkey01 14 years ago

they could replace vivars wife, if antonia, and sharpe could go on a rescue mission for her after her aunty and uncle send a message to sharpe.