The Thorn Birds (2-DVD) - Television on DVD (1983) Starring Richard Chamberlain; Rachel Ward; Barbara Stanwyck; Jean Simmons; Ken Howard; Christopher Plummer; Richard Kiley; Mare Winningham; Sydney Penny & Piper Laurie; Directed by Daryl Duke; Warner Home Video : OLDIES.com

The Thorn Birds

(2-DVD)

Starring: Richard Chamberlain; Rachel Ward; Barbara Stanwyck; Jean Simmons; Ken Howard; Christopher Plummer; Richard Kiley; Mare Winningham; Sydney Penny & Piper Laurie Director: Daryl Duke

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Item Number:
WHV 31624D

DVD Features:

Encoding: Region 1; USA & Canada
2-Disc Boxed Set
Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

Dolby Digital Mono - English

Product Description:

Based on Colleen McCullough's book, this is the Emmy-winning story of forbidden love. Over the course of four decades, a friendship between a boy and a girl turns sultry and stormy as they mature into adults. The boy becomes a priest and the girl becomes a wife. While Father Ralph is a model of piety, Meggie Cleary is a mother with a family. Though they have separate devotions--God for Father Ralph, a husband for Meggie--their unspoken allegiance is to each other. Will the twosome's longings overpower their better judgment? Or will they give in to their forbidden passions and risk destroying the lives around them and quite possibly their own?

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Production Notes:

ABC originally broadcast this mini-series -- already controversial because it concerns an adulterous clergyman -- during Holy Week, 1983.
Filmmakers used the Los Angeles City Hall and Saint Andrew's Church in Pasadena to serve as the interior and exterior of the Vatican, respectively. In addition, the Drogheda ranch was built in Simi Valley, California for $2,000,000. The entire production cost $20,000,000.

Cast and Crew:

Starring		Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Barbara Stanwyck, Jean Simmons, Ken Howard, Christopher Plummer, Richard Kiley, Mare Winningham, Sydney Penny & Piper Laurie
Directed by		Daryl Duke
Produced by		Stan Margulies
Edited by		David Saxon, C. Timothy O'Meara & Robert F. Shugrue
Costume Designer by		Travilla
Director of Photography		Bill Butler
Performer		Vidal Peterson, Chard Hayward, Lucinda Dooling, Holly Palance, Rance Howard, Bryan Brown, Nan Martin & Wally Dalton
Executive Production by		Edward Lewis & David L. Wolper
Art Direction by		Robert C. MacKichan
Source Writer		Colleen McCullough

DVD Details:

Label: Warner Home Video
Originally Released in: 1983
Number of Discs: 2
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 8 hours, 7 minutes
Video: Color
Region: Region 1 encoding; USA & Canada.
Release Date: February 3, 2004
OLDIES.com Sales Rank: 1,471
Item UPC: 085393162429
Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx); Counts as 2 item(s) for International Shipping.

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