There was an article in the Independent newspaper here in the UK a few days ago about the forthcoming movie of George Eliot’s Middlemarch, supposed to be due for release in 2010. Apparently Focus Features, which has made quite a lot of costume dramas including the most recent Pride and Prejudice and Gosford Park, is [...]
Archive for June, 2009
New movie of ‘Middlemarch’
Posted in costume drama, George Eliot, tagged Andrew Davies, Martin Scorsese, Sam Mendes on June 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The Mill on the Floss (1997)
Posted in costume drama, George Eliot, tagged Bernard Hill, Cheryl Campbell, Emily Watson, Graham Theakston, Hugh Stoddart, Ifan Meredith, James Frain, James Weber-Brown, John Scott, Jon Lee, Lucy Borton, Nicholas Gecks, Stefan Weclawek, The Mill on the Floss on June 2, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Continuing my George Eliot theme, in the last few weeks I re-watched the most recent BBC production of The Mill on the Floss, starring Emily Watson as Maggie Tulliver. I know there is also an older (1978) mini-series, and I’d eventually like to see this too to compare the two, but that one is yet [...]
