The thorn birds

DVD 2003

The epic story of a priest torn between God and human passion and a beautiful girl desiring only what she cannot have, spanning five decades of ambition, fear, longing and revenge, and set against the vast horizons of Australia's Outback.

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Australia Drama

Catholic Church Australia Clergy Drama

Man-woman relationships Australia Drama

Man-woman relationships Drama

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ISBN:

0790787512

Edition:

Fullscreen edition

Description:

2 videodiscs (487 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
mixed
video file
DVD video

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video rating : 14A

Notes:

Originally released as a television miniseries in 1983
Based on the novel by Colleen McCullough
Special features: the thorn birds: old friends, new stories, documentary
Teleplay, Carmen Culver ; photography, Bill Butler ; production design, Robert MacKichan ; music, Henry Mancini ; editor, Robert F. Shugrue, C. Timothy O'Meara
Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Jean Simmons, Ken Howard, Mare Winningham, Piper Laurie, Richard Kiley, Earl Holliman, Bryan Brown, Philip Anglim, Christopher Plummer, Barbara Stanwyck
DVD
English language track; English, French or Spanish subtitles; Closed-captioned

Control Number:

523265

UPC:

085393162429

Other Authors:

Brown, Bryan, 1947-
Chamberlain, Richard, 1934-2025
Duke, Daryl
Edward Lewis Productions
McCullough, Colleen, 1937-2015. Thorn birds
Plummer, Christopher
Stanwyck, Barbara, 1907-1990
Ward, Rachel, 1957-
Warner Home Video (Firm)

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