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starring: Peter O'Toole, Joanna Lumley, Penelope Keith, Anneliese Uhlig, David McCallumdirected by: Giles Foster
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9781569382882
Format: Box set, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 1569382883
Label: Acorn Media
Manufacturer: Acorn Media
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Acorn Media
Release Date: September 11, 1999
Running Time: 205 minutes
Sales Rank: 24141
Studio: Acorn Media
Theatrical Release Date: 1998
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Description:
Peter O'Toole and Joanna Lumley star in this enchanting period drama, adapted from Rosamunde Pilcher's bestselling novel. A heartwarming story of shared innocence, Coming Home is an epic saga of love, friendship, and the discovery of womanhood. In 1935, Judith Dunbar (Emily Mortimer) is left as a British boarding school while her family is posted overseas. The naive girl makes a lifelong friend in her devil-may-care classmate, Loveday Carey-Lewis, whose wealthy and charismatic family offers Judith a surrogate home at their beautiful Cornish estate, Nancherrow. There, Judith learns about passion, courage and security. But the drama of World War II wrenches her from this privileged life, and Judith is forced to come of age in a tumultuous world...
Amazon.com:
'I've only been to Nancherrow once. I thought it was very beautiful, but somehow not part of the real world,' says the headmistress of St. Ursula's to young Judith. Judith Dunbar, the heroine of Rosamunde Pilcher's Coming Home, starts her journey at this boarding school when her mother and sister leave to join her father in Singapore. It is here that she first gets to know her soon-to-be lifelong friend, Loveday Carey-Lewis. Through Loveday, Judith is welcomed into the Carey-Lewis family and invited to the majestic estate of Nancherrow.
Coming Home truly shows a fairy-tale England. The beautiful coastal scenery and the flawless posh accents of all the characters make this almost unbelievable. Everyone is so kind, so repentant at the first hint of any mistake, and so happy--even the tragedies have their silver lining. Joanna Lumley and Peter O'Toole's roles as the happy Carey-Lewises hardly tax their acting ability, although they portray this frightfully British upper-class couple exactingly.
As the story progresses through World War II, the saga of Judith Dunbar twists and turns. Not without its tragedy, her life is still enchanted by Nancherrow and its charmed residents, as familiar to her as her own family. Coming Home is not part of the real world, but rather an escape that somehow becomes the one place that feels like home. --Amanda Powter
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Good adaptation of the book
Translating a lengthy book to the movie screen is never easy, but this adaptation captures the essence of the story and the times. The scenery chosen and the costumes are great, while the cast is filled with familiar faces you love to see (Peter O'Toole, Joanna Lumley, Susan Hampshire, David McCallum, Penelope Keith). The indepth details/characterizations of the book may be missing - time alone would dictate that - nevertheless, the cast draws you into the story. Like a good book, you don't want ... Read More
Rating:  - Excellent production of a good story
I haven't read the novel, Coming Home, nor any of Pilcher's work, so I can't compare the film to the book. Having read the other viewers' reviews, I gather that true Pilcher novel fans might be disappointed in the film. For others, who just want an entertaining few hours, this might do well. I picked it up because Peter O'Toole's face was on the cover and I figured he wouldn't be a part of anything that was too bad.
The story covers a period in the life of a young girl, Judith Dunbar, ... Read More
Rating:  - Whatever happened to the story line?
I thought the first DVD out of the set was pretty much to the plot of the book. But, whatever happened to Judith's old friend, Heather Warren, from Porthkerris?
On the second DVD from the set I was totally disappointed with how the story went. Why did they keep Edward alive? Why did they portray Walter as a nice guy? And why didn't they ship the Somervilles' out to southwest Asia and so goes for Judith? Also, it was Judith who found Gus in London. Why oh why was it Diana Carey-Lewis? Did ... Read More
Rating: - Coming Home - A Trip back in time
I thoroughly enjoyed the movie of Coming Home. Having read the book a number of times and enjoyed it each time, I was pleased that the movie kept to the story line for the most part.
The actors and actresses who performed were all excellent and filled their roles perfectly.
It is the kind of movie I could and will watch again a number of times.
Rating:  - Booooring!!
Unlike most of the other reviewers I've never read the book nor am I a fan of the author. The only reason for watching this mini series was Peter O'Toole, one of the alltime great actors of our time. He still was a pleasure to watch but even though, I could not bring myself to watch the second disk of this bland, superficial, boring mess. I rather hold out for "Venus" to come out on DVD.
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