The beautiful Keira Knightly stars along with Hans Matheson and Sam Neil in this PBS TV mini-series, now on DVD. I found the story far more absorbing than the David Lean feature film, which I have never gotten real close to despite several viewings (I'm now going to give it another shot). The film makers here overcome the lower budget by periodic skillful use of archival footage of events during the Russian Revolution. The Siberian house here is much more believable than in the feature film, as are all the settings. The overall effect is a more realistic grittiness. This is a top notch production, one not to be missed.
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Topic - "Dr. Zhivago" - rico 08:16:41 04/01/05 (19)
- Horrid thing! Totally fake. One of three movies I've walked out on. - clarkjohnsen 07:17:15 04/06/05 (0)
- Re: "Dr. Zhivago" - patrickU 10:12:18 04/01/05 (8)
- Bravo, Patrick! Your - tinear 04:36:17 04/02/05 (7)
- I will differ slightly with you two - Victor Khomenko 05:42:13 04/02/05 (5)
- I like your honest response to this .. - Corbu 18:51:20 04/03/05 (1)
- Re: I like your honest response to this .. - Victor Khomenko 19:04:17 04/03/05 (0)
- Re: Count the music of this film... - patrickU 07:21:21 04/02/05 (2)
- He-he is right... - Victor Khomenko 07:25:14 04/02/05 (1)
- Re: You see you can rely on He-he... - patrickU 07:50:47 04/02/05 (0)
- Re: Bravo, Patrick! Your - patrickU 05:24:51 04/02/05 (0)
- I really have no idea why film makers bother with that mediocre work... - Victor Khomenko 08:40:16 04/01/05 (8)
- Re: It is possible - rico 07:10:55 04/02/05 (1)
- Re: It is possible - Victor Khomenko 07:22:07 04/02/05 (0)
- Re: I really have no idea why film makers bother with that mediocre work... - rico 12:23:42 04/01/05 (1)
- Re: I really have no idea why film makers bother with that mediocre work... - Victor Khomenko 12:54:01 04/01/05 (0)
- Let's get Michael Moore to give the revolution his treatment and see just who the bad guys were. * - mr grits 11:56:10 04/01/05 (0)
- Re: I think Nabakov would agree with you, Victor... - Gee LP 10:59:23 04/01/05 (2)
- Ah, Nabokov. One of a very few novelists - tinear 04:38:37 04/02/05 (0)
- Re: I think Nabakov would agree with you, Victor... - Victor Khomenko 16:28:32 04/01/05 (0)