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| The Jewel in the Crown (25th Anniversary Edition) | 
 enlarge | Actors: Peggy Ashcroft, Charles Dance, Art Malik
Studio: AE Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $39.95
Buy New: $19.82
You Save: $20.13 (50%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (58 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2400
Format: Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 778 minutes
Number Of Items: 4
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 1.3
MPN: AAED134570D
UPC: 733961134575
EAN: 0733961134575
ASIN: B001AXL67W
Release Date: September 30, 2008
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Album Description
Adapted from Paul Scott's The Raj Quartet, The Jewel In The Crown focuses on the human and cultural entanglements of the men and women struggling to adjust to the drastic changes brought about by the end of the colonial regime. From Gandhi's call on the British to "Quit India" to the birth of an independent nation, this magnificent eight-part series is brought to life through intricate storylines and a sterling British cast including Academy Award-winning, legendary British actress Dame Peggy Ashcroft (A Passage to India) and Emmyr nominee Charles Dance (Alien).Filmed on location in England, Wales, and India, and rich in mid-twentieth-century historical detail, this best-selling series narrates a stirring finale to the British Empire in India.
Amazon.com
IThe Jewel in the Crown/I, adapted from Paul Scott's IRaj Quartet/I novels, tells the story of the final years before India gained independence in 1947. It is rare for a filmed adaptation to successfully preserve the richness and complexity of a great novel, but this epic miniseries succeeds both as personal drama and historical panorama.p In 1942 Daphne Manners, a naive young woman newly arrived in the town of Mayapore, befriends Hari Kumar, an Indian-born journalist who has spent most of his life in England. With his dark skin and educated English accent, Hari feels like an outsider wherever he goes, but Daphne understands his plight and they become romantically involved. Their developing relationship is jealously observed by local police chief Ronald Merrick, a man haunted by his own demons. When the lovers are attacked in the gardens of the ruined Bibighar palace and Daphne is raped, Merrick seizes his opportunity, pins the crime on Hari, and has the young man jailed. Distraught, Daphne flees to her aunt's home in Kashmir, where she dies giving birth to a half-caste child. The focus then shifts to Sarah Layton, a young Englishwoman who becomes fascinated by the story of Daphne and Hari, and who will have her own encounter with Ronald Merrick.p The events in the Bibighar gardens become a symbol of the violent struggle for Indian independence, and other symbols--Daphne's bicycle, a length of butterfly lace, a picture of Queen Victoria on an Indian throne--appear and reappear, linking people and events. This helps to give coherence to the plot even as it spans five years and expands to include many characters whose lives intersect in complex and unexpected ways.p With a huge cast and breathtaking location photography, IThe Jewel in the Crown/I was an enormous undertaking when it was made in the early 1980s. Twenty years later it has lost none of its power, and it remains one of the best films ever made for television. I--Simon Leake/I
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 Oldie but Goodie January 7, 2009
I hadn't seen this series since it originally came out. It was better than I remembered, and despite its age, it hasn't aged at all. The series gives a great glimpse at English imperialism and attitudes of the day, as well as insight into the troubles between India and Pakistan that started at that time. This is a series that will hold your interest from beginning to end and is well worth the time to watch it.
 adjust your sets December 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great great story and presentation. For those of you unhappy with the picture quality you have to adjust your sets...contrast, color saturation, sharpness etc etc. and the picture is very watchable.br /br /I don't know why AE didn't update the picture quality so you don't have to adjust your set...especially with their ballhoed ANNIVERSARY edition. The earlier DVD and this current version are the same...just repackaged.br /br /I had the Videos but have forgotten how they looked.
Jewel In The Crown December 15, 2008
I watched the original presentation of Jewel In The Crown on PBS, subsequently purchased a VHS copy of the series, and have now replaced it with the updated DVD version. In addition, I purchased a copy of "The Raj - An Eyewitness History of the British In India" text edited by Roger Hudson with introduction by Raleigh Trevelyan on which the series is based. The production, direction and acting participants of the characters of the text were most excellently chosen, as was the editing condensation of the lengthy text on which the series is based. The series lends an excellent retrospective understanding for the viewer of today of the political, economic, social, and religious evolution of India under the "gift" of the British Raj or Rule.
 Terrible story November 24, 2008
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
DO NOT BUY this series! After hearing for years about the vaunted "Jewel in the Crown" series, my wife and I checked out the tapes from the library and watched the whole thing. It was awful. The best DVD reproduction in the world couldn't save this film. br /br /We thought maybe we'd learn a little history while getting caught up in the stories of the characters, but we were wrong on both counts. Maybe if you knew some of the history of India's emerging independence, the story would make sense to you, but to us, it was all muddled and obscure. And the characters and their stories were equally disappointing. About the only person you get to know is Merrick, and he's so reprehensible that you wish he would just go away. br /br /We kept watching episode after episode, hoping that the endless mess of loose ends would get tied up in the end, but it never happened. Too often, at the end of a scene or an episode, we'd look at each other and say, "Huh?" That's probably not the reaction a filmmaker is looking for from his audience. Characters we cared about just disappeared from the story, with little or no explanation. Others who were thrown in for no apparent reason stayed on screen way too long. And what's with the author's obsession with homosexuality?br /br /All in all, it was a huge waste of our time. Good thing we didn't pay any money for the experience.
Nothing Compares November 23, 2008
It's now 10:30 in the morning. I started watching The Jewel In The Crown via Amazon's Video On Demand around 8pm last night and I just finished up. I literally could not stop watching this fascinating story of India's independence and how the actions and reactions (and non-reactions) of a huge cast of characters are interwoven with beauty and dignity. The casting was superb, the filming was beautiful, and the stories were mesmerizing. To top it all off, I saved about $15 off the DVD price. You can read other people's reviews to find out more about the story and the cast...just, whatever you do, watch this series!
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