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The Pillars of the Earth [Blu-ray]
The Pillars of the Earth [Blu-ray]
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- Format: Blu-ray
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Ken Follett’s best-selling novel is brought to life in a star-studded and critically-acclaimed eight-part miniseries. Emerging from the war-torn shadows of England’s Dark Ages, an idealistic mason, Tom Builder (Rufus Sewell, The Holiday) sets out on a quest of erecting a glorious Cathedral bathed in light. But when that light threatens to illuminate the dark secrets of ambitious Bishop Waleran Bigod (Ian McShane, 2005 Golden Globe Best Actor, TV’s Deadwood) and the battling progeny of King Henry, Queen Maud (Alison Pill, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) and King Stephen (Tony Curran, Ondine), they’ll stop at nothing to keep those secrets safe. The epic miniseries event also stars Matthew MacFadyen (Frost/Nixon) as Prior Philip, Hayley Atwell (Love Hate) as the beautiful noblewoman Aliena and Donald Sutherland (TV’s Dirty Sexy Money) as Bartholomew.
The Pillars of the Earth Episode Summaries
Episode 1: “Anarchy”
The death of King Henry’s heir
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Film Fanatic
March 31, 2011 at 5:20 am
The TV series is good, but the book is better,
Early in the series, I was a 5-star fan, but I knocked off a star after there were a few deviations from the plot of the book. Obviously, nearly any book that’s being converted to television/movie must be abbreviated or adapted in some way; Ken Follett’s original work contained a lot of internal monologue that would have been difficult to translate to screen. The show’s strengths are it’s epic scale, incredible level of production (sets/costumes/etc.), and PERFECT cast. I honestly can’t imagine anyone else as Prior Phillip, Jack, Aliena (although she took an episode to grow on me), Waleran Bigod, Remigius, or almost any other character. So, in summary:
PROS:
– Perfect cast
– Amazing production design, locations/sets, costumes, etc.
– Epic scale
CONS:
-Plot differs from the book as the series goes on
My recommendation: enjoy the show for it’s strengths, but do yourself a favor and READ THE BOOK. You will fall in love with this story and these characters!
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