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6.3/10   229 votes
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Director:
Graham Theakston
Writers:
Hugh Stoddart (screenplay) and
George Eliot (novel)
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Release Date:
January 1997 (UK) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
A magnificent new production of George Elliot's classic tale of one womens struggle for freedom and love
Plot:
Lawyer Wakem takes away the mill on the river Floss from Edward Tulliver, whose ancestors owned it for 300 years... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
Good if not impressive more (7 total)

Cast

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Emily Watson ... Maggie Tulliver
Cheryl Campbell ... Bessy Tulliver

James Frain ... Philip Wakem

Bernard Hill ... Edward Tulliver
Joanna David ... Sophy Deane
Nicholas Gecks ... Lawyer Wakem
Shenagh Govan ... Aunt Gritty
Peter Gunn ... Rev. Stelling
Will Knightley ... Mr. Glegg
Ifan Meredith ... Tom Tulliver
Paul Ridley ... Mr. Deane
Jessica Turner ... Jane Glegg

James Weber-Brown ... Stephen Guest
Lucy Whybrow ... Lucy Deane
Lucy Borton ... Young Maggie
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
90 min | Canada:110 min (Ontario)
Country:
UK | France
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Certification:
Iceland:L | UK:PG
Filming Locations:
AUS Tank, London, England, UK more
Company:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) more

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Movie Connections:
Version of The Mill on the Floss (1915) more

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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Good if not impressive, 4 August 2000
6/10
Author: stills-6 from california

Great locations, beautiful shots, good if not impressive acting (except for the exceptional Watson). The only thing this movie suffers from is the story itself. The script necessarily pares down the story to its essence - but a good deal is lost in the translation. George Eliot's intelligence has been all but wrung out in favor of a questionable love story between Maggie and her brother Tom.

This is the kind of production that takes the points of the plot and hits you with them scene by scene - bang bang bang. At the beginning, we are promised a truly artistic treatment with shots of the mill itself and the beautiful English countryside. But by the end we are bombarded with events without reflection and character motivations that are baffling. It's like watching someone write a sentence out on lined paper - realizing that there won't be room to fit it all on one line, the letters get smashed together towards the end so there is no punctuation, no style, and no white space at all.

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