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Rumpole Of The Bailey: The Complete Series [DVD]
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Genre | Drama |
Format | Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Box set |
Contributor | Robert Tronson, Leo McKern, Brian Farnham, Graham Evans, Roger Bamford, Rodney Bennett, Martyn Friend, Donald McWhinnie, Jonathan Coy, Julian Curry, Mike Vardy, Herbert Wise, John Gorrie, Robert Knights, Julian Amyes See more |
Language | English |
Number Of Discs | 14 |
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Product Description
Finally, all 42 episodes of the acclaimed courtroom drama have been united into one collectible DVD set!
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 0.7 x 5.4 inches; 2.08 ounces
- Item model number : RUMP450
- Director : Donald McWhinnie, Roger Bamford, Julian Amyes, Robert Tronson, Graham Evans
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Box set
- Run time : 35 hours
- Release date : October 5, 2010
- Actors : Leo McKern, Jonathan Coy, Julian Curry
- Studio : Lions Gate Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B003X2P9B2
- Number of discs : 14
- Best Sellers Rank: #71,882 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #12,093 in Drama DVDs
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Now the deal you get here for your money is actually a good one: All the original episodes--but one--the Lost Episode--is included. And while I think the quality of the production was fairly good for the period---please remember we're talking British Television of some 20-30 years ago---it was a taped show...Thank God for the digital revolution.....Just think: those original tapes might have mouldered away by now if they hadn't been digitized and preserved.
The scripts and plots do appear as relevant today as they ever were. There may be mild language issues and a bit of tasteful nudity included which might offend some households--but you know who you are.
Horace Rumpole is a truly original character and John Mortimer was an extremely clever writer who appears to have cooked up the perfect role for Leo McKern. He's an old avuncular kind of guy who has lent enormous dignity to every role he's played.
While I might criticize the lack of foreign language options--it's english or nothing, folks--but to me, the deal is still a good one. The boxed set is attractive enough on a shelf. The disks were totally without defects and play well enough. The cast is first rate--Patricia Hodge, Peter Bowles, and Jonathan Coy all shine in their performances as well. And Abigail McKern--Leo's own daughter, also acquits herself nicely a bit later in the show as Rumpole's feisty and formidable junior lawyer. All in all, it was a wonderful assemblege of talent that had rare chemistry on the T.V. screen. John Mortimer, the author, was gracious enough to introduce each episode with a brief outline where he offers a few charming insights into the filming of the show.
But I have to tell you it's gratifying simply to have such a large body of Leo Mckern's work available at all. You know, I've looked for copies of some of his early work---for example, his first starring film role---Travelling North--without much success--unless you care for VHS cassettes. Leo seemed to prefer the stage to Television or even movies....His film work almost exclusively casts him in much smaller, though important supporting roles. The Shoes of the Fisherman being my favorite although he also did a very poigniant documentary on the Battle of the Somme--in 1976--if you care to catch a glimpse of old Leo without his stock makeup.
But it is a remarkably short series--sadly, only 44 episodes....Fact is, if you had a chance to see Leo Mckern live onstage, you can count yourself blessed. Because much of his best work apparently was unrecorded as it was in live theater productions--so all we have is the choice bits of film work that he did consent to perform with which to remember the man by.
Not that he didn't perform his few film roles flawlessly, it's just that you'd think Hollywood would have taken adavantage of his potential a bit more than they did. And let's not forget this is a man who suffered from terrible stagefright. It's a wonder he ever went into the profession---given that he was scaring and stressing himself half to death--while delighting his fans---with each and every performance.
So, here's to you, Leo. We clearly took you for granted for far too many years....We all regret that now, I assure you. But we thoroughly enjoyed every minute of your onscreen performances whenever you did manage to pop up....
And you will be sorely missed, you dear old Bailey Hack. But thanks, at least,
for leaving us this smigeon of great performance art to remember you by. I would recommend this collection as a gift to anyone who cherishes short, fat, balding, cigar-chomping men who so audaciously and eloquently defend the rights of common people everywhere--armed only with their wits, a crumpled hat, and their ever trusty umbrella.
Will there ever be another actor like Leo Mckern? Not likely, old darlings. Not in our lifetimes....Which in my view is reason enough to add this unique series to your own fine film collection.
Rumpole of the Bailey, staring Leo McKern and written by Sir John Mortimer, is a very enjoyable series of shows. You will love watching every one of the 42 episodes. Horace Rumpole is the essence of being "an Old Bailey Hack". He loves being in court exchanging banter with a red judge. It's all seems easy going until you realize that Rumpole is deadly serious and is only happy when he succeeds in getting a "Not Guilty" ruling from the jury of twelve, tried and true members. Horace Rumpole does not agree that being on trial implies guilt; it is the prosecutions job to prove, using factual arguments and evidence, that the accused is guilty beyond all reasonable doubt. He enjoys nothing more than skillful cross examination. He is a staunch believer in the presumption of innocence and the "Golden Thread of British Justice. Rumpole is very proud of his success as a junior in the Penge Bungalow Murders case where he put on the defense as a white wig, alone and without a leader.
In chambers the bright and witty barrister Horace Rumpole, who often includes fragments of poetry from Arthur Quiller-Couch's Oxford Book of English Verse, or William Wordsworth, in his conversations enjoys friendly interchanges with other chambers members: Guthrie Featherstone (Peter Bowles) a Q.C. (Queen's Counsel), and later a Red Judge, Samuel Ballard (Peter Blythe), Rumpole refers to him in private as "Soapy Sam", was head of chambers in several episodes. Claude Erskine-Browne (Julian Curry), an opera buff with a preference for Wagner, who eventually became a Q.C. amid comments of "They must be handing out silk gowns with pounds of tea nowadays!" and Phyllida Trant (Patricia Hodge) called "Portia" in chambers, were finally married after starting their family ahead of going to the alter. Portia later became a Q. C., a Recorder, and then a Judge. Fiona Allways (Rosalyn Landor) and Miz Liz Probert (Samantha Bond) were the new young stars in chambers. Dave Inchcape (Michael Grandage) added a new promising young man, who later had a stormy and occasionally romantic relationship with Miz Liz. Rumpole referred to him as the Inchcape Rock. Ballard brought Charles Hearthstoke: (Nicholas Gecks) in to reorganize and streamline the clerk's office. Rumpole called him "Hearthrug". The role of Rumpole's wife Hilda, "She Who Must Be Obeyed", was played in early episodes by Peggy Thorpe-Bates and later by Marion Mathie.
Almost Every day Rumpole walked over to "Pommeroy's" wine bar on Fleet Street, which is also within walking distance of the Old Bailey. There he could order glasses of his favorite red wine, "Pommeroy's Plonk" or "Chateau Thames Embankment" on the slate. He could also have a chat with other members of chambers: Portia's husband Erskine-Brown or perhaps chamber's clerk, Henry Trench (Jonathan Coy). Henry was efficient, unhappily married, and an amateur dramatics enthusiast, frequently appearing in works by Noël Coward.
Such is the everyday environment of The Old Bailey Hack, Rumpole of the Bailey. I can't recommend him more heartily. Treat yourself and your family to many happy evenings reveling in Rumpole's life at chambers and his days at the Old Bailey sparing with the lovely old judges.
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