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Summary: DVD Please
Review: I'm not going to write a review, because there are lots of good reviews here already. I'm glad to see everyone concurs that this series deserves 5 STARS. I'm quite sure that if 10 STARS were available, that is what Flambards would be awarded. I live in Singapore and I have the series on VHS tape. Unfortunately due to the humidity, magnetic media here go moldy / mouldy after a year or three. Please can someone put this fabulous series onto DVD. Please Please Please.
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Summary: A return to adolescence and memories of times forgotton
Review: I, like many of the other reviewers, stopped everything, to the annoyance of my parents, to watch this mimi-series when it aired almost 20 years ago on PBS! That it is now available on Video is bringing back to me a lost part of my coming of Age. The Trails and Travails of Christina, the Heroine, who loves the Bookish brother but foollishly falls for his Cad brother Mark, tells the story of all women everywhere who are tempted by dash and bravado only to realize too late that it is the quiet adventurers of th mind that we really love. When she finally comes around to realize that her groundbreaking Aviator is the one she loves, our hearts sang with relief until he is lost.. LOST! in World War One, and then we must get on with our broken hearts as Christina does to learn harder lessons of adulthood. Oh.. I hear the music now as I write. I had a cassette of the unforgettable soundtrack that finally broke with overuse and never managed to replace it. "I'll sing me a song of Christina, christina, christina, I'll sing me a song of Christina, Christina AT FLAMBARDS! La, la la la, la la la" For those of you with daughters over age 10, buy this classic and watch it with them. Perhaps they too will become as obsessed as we were with antique Edwardian clothing, horses, Biplanes and READING. There are worse things for girls to obsess about! Also then, refer your darling daughters to the original books, also available here at Amazon and let them see what wonderful stories brought tears to their mothers' eyes when they were young and what stories made them dream.
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Summary: DVD
Review: In March I posted a message entitled DVD please. To my amazement, it is now June and I already have Flambards on DVD - from ... of course. The packaging is nice, thoughI would say the quality of the DVD image is not as good as a new VHS tape, but in this humid climate it is wonderful to have Flambards on a more permanent medium.
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Summary: I agree, this IS the greatest mini series ever made.
Review: Like most other reviewers, I first saw Flambards on PBS well over 20 years ago. It seems to be PBS's best kept secret as no one outside my own family has seen it. I would watch each episode three times per week, as Maine's PBS would air it twice and NH PBS once. About 8 or 9 years ago I received a mail order catalog that featured many PBS series on video. I was thrilled to find Flambards and paid [quite a lot of money]...without batting an eye. I will never loan this set out for fear someone's VCR will eat one of the tapes! [Amazon's price is very good]....
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Summary: Flambards
Review: Like the other reviewers here, Flambards formed a part of my life as a young teenager and that of some of my friends. I watched captivated from the first episode, and have read through the trilogy and the sequel "Flambards Divided" to the very last line many times since. The beautiful music of David Fanshawe has stuck in my mind ever since. I never forgot it. Since recently purchasing the videos (and aquiring a video recorder with US playback) to view them, I looked at the early episodes as an adult for the first time after 13 years. There is definitely something for everyone in this beautiful series, child and adult alike. It is such a pity that not many people remember or know of the series. It is great to read others' appreciation of Flambards. Spread the word...
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Summary: Fun For Die-Hard Mini Series Lovers
Review: No, its not very good, but its a lot of fun. The music is dreadful, most of the time you can't understand what the actors are saying, but still, I ejoyed it.
It is the story of Christina, a beautiful young orphan who is sent to live with her very eccentiric relatives in a delaplilated country manor called "Flambards". She lives with her coldhearted, crippled uncle, a crude cousin who spends his time either with a woman or a horse, and her other cousin, an interospective thinker. In a whrilwind of horses, airplanes, hunting, world war, and more airplanes Christina finds love, fortune, and family.
For those who feel the need to see all the 1970's masterpiece theater shows, this is mandatory viewing. Yes it dated, Yes the music is bad, but it is a lot of fun
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Summary: Still, the best dramatic television film ever! Now on DVD!!!
Review: The best dramatic series ever aired on television, December 2, 1998 Reviewer: A viewer from Phoenix, Arizona This is the headline from the review I wrote on December 2, 1998, and left anonymous. It was my first review on Amazon.com. I haven't done many to date, but the reason I started came from the joy and inspiration from this fine television series. Those who know this series are passionate in their praise. Years after seeing it, most remember the scenes, faces, and music from this show more vividly than almost any other film experience they've had. Many agree that they "lived" the show moment by moment, as if it were really happening. This kind of power in cinema comes from true artistic performance, across the board; the writing, the acting, the settings, the music, were as perfect as could be. Lovers of this series of books and TV episodes cried out for tape versions and reprints. They have been overjoyed when the VHS set was released and re-released. But now the series has been released on DVD, for any videophile, the preferred medium for video archive. Is the DVD set what you would expect? Well, it is not perfect. The blemishes of an old film master show less forgivingly on DVD, particularly in some early episodes. Sometimes, there is a flicker or a scene that seems a little blurry. Sometimes, the up and down sound master also requires the DVD sound remote to be close at hand. DVD sparkles on new technology-driven movie masters. For a 22+ year old film set, without a pure master, the DVD images are less crisp and the sound has less punch. But for those who know and love Flambards, this DVD set is still a blessing, worth every bit of its price. I hope through this DVD release (long overdue) more people can discover and experience the overwhelming beauty of this fine series.
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Summary: Flambards Trilog;y
Review: The Flambards Trilogy is a wonderful adaptation of the books by the same name. They take the viewer through the lives of an English family and their experiences with class distinctions and the Great War.
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Summary: Happy Endings
Review: There were moments when I thought I might have to return the unused portions of this video for a refund. I wasn't sure it was going to turn out the way I wanted it to (or the way I thought it should). I don't want to give anything about the ultimate ending away, so let me just say all ended according to my wishes. About the plot: Christina moves in with her half-uncle and two male cousins. They're an embittered trio of men who are divided between love of horses and hunting and love of a new invention called the airplane and flying (aeronautics). Christina, as most heroines, touches the lives of her two cousins and her riding instructor-servant-first love Dick Wright (who has the brightest, blondest hair I've ever seen in my life and...he's cute). Anyway, twists and turns lead you through love, happiness, friendships, pain, death, tragedy and lessons learned. It's a good movie, though it requires a minor time commitment in order to watch it in its entirety which is what I did, and I strongly recommend it to anyone who loves a period-piece chick flick.
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Summary: I never forgot this!
Review: This miniseries has stayed in my mind since I saw it about 20 years or so ago. I love every second of it. The scenery is gorgeous,the storyline engrossing, the music haunting ( I haven't seen it in a few years but can still hum the music!), and the acting superb(I still have a thing for Steve Grives, Mark). God, I love this series!
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