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Rebecca [1997]
from ITV DVD
starring Charles Dance, Emilia Fox, Diana Rigg, Faye Dunaway

Features:

• PAL

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• This little thing called love
  Rebecca, based on the novel written by Daphne Du Maurier, has been adapted many times, and here we are referring to the version directed by Jim O' Brien, starring Charles Dance and Emilia Fox. For those of you who saw the version with Lawrence Olivier, this one is a real improvment, as we may actually emphatize with Dance's character. Shot in Cornwall, the movie is a mixed blend of astonishing beauty and dreadful memories that seem to have taken the best of Maxim De Winter. Just recovering (in a tentative... more info

• Charles Dance/Emilia Fox Version - Disappointing if you've read the book!
  Note: This is a good film, however I only gave it 3 stars because it was not a true adaptation of the book.
  I as well have viewed both this 1997 version and the Hitchcock version and have to say, the Hitchcock has the upper hand. I don't deny that the cast of the 1997 version are very good, however, in my opinion they're not right for these specific parts.
  Overall, I found this version a little disappointing, and, if I dare say, a little insulting to Du Maurier's talents. There were a few... more info

• Concerning both BBC versions and the feature film
  Having viewed this (1997), the Hitchcock, and the older (1979?) BBC versions, and having read the novel umpteen times, I have to vote for the older BBC as the best version.
  As regards the 1997: Charles Dance is certainly a fine actor,as are all the cast, but I found him just a bit too old (Maxim is only 42), and too fair (the second wife comments a number of times on his dark features). Jeremy Brett, the earlier BBC Maxim, was in my opinion the exact embodiment of the character, and gave him the... more info

• A Modern Classic!
  This review relates to the 1997 film starring Charles Dance and Emilia Fox. It is totally puzzling why most of the other reviews concern the original version, but never mind!
  I borrowed this from a library, but was so impressed I have bought a copy for myself. Charles Dance is superb as the brooding, tortured aristocrat, Maxim de Winter, who attempts to find love and contentment with his second wife (Emilia Fox) after the tragic loss of his first spouse, the much admired and beautiful Rebecca. His... more info

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