Product Details

• Actors: Ian McKellan, Peter Firth, Joss Ackland, Pauline Collins, Trevor Bannister
• Directors: Barry Davis, John Mackenzie, Richard Martin
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Koch Vision
• DVD Release Date: April 1, 2008
• Run Time: 411 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00124SNJS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115,272 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Country Matters" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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COUNTRY MATTERS - DVD Movie

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Thomas Hardy-esque, September 9, 2008

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A. J Terry - See all my reviews
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Despite the term "heartwarming" in the descriptive copy on the back of the "Country Matters" DVD case, most of the episodes are reminiscent of Thomas Hardy. They are slow, brooding, and mostly focus on rural life as it really was for the poorer classes: Isolated locations; dark, dirty cottages; bare economic survival; few acquaintances; poor verbal communication; and extremely limited options in life. In most episodes, the central character is offered one chance at a better life, usually economic improvement and/or love and/or escape from a bad family. And usually, fails to get it due to either poor choices or bad luck, and then is made to realize how dreary things will be for the rest of his or her life. It's a good series, but don't watch more than one or two episodes in an evening if you want cheerful dreams.

The rural locations are beautiful, the costumes are pretty good, the acting is excellent, in short the production values of this series are high. Except--and it's a big except--for the music. British folk music would have accented the series extremely well. Instead, the music for every single episode consists of a little-varied, much-repeated, rinky-dinky, incongruously upbeat, rather electronic tune which, if memory serves, is also the theme for the BBC "Lovejoy" detective series. If BBC couldn't shell out enough for decent music at the time the series was filmed, they ought to have done it before issuing this DVD.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Mill: one gem in a ton of overburden, May 25, 2009

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neotroglodyte (desert southwest) - See all my reviews

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The Mill is the one gem in the collection, and what a rare gem it is. One hour of movie-making brilliance.
A rough promise carefully sifted from the human sands; separated; graded; properly dopped; beautifully faceted, polished and set.
It is one of the most psychologically brutal pieces ever filmed. Its immediate after-taste left me ashamed of my culture, gender and biological family. This gustatory sensation lingers still, after one viewing and the lapse of some 36+ years.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Country Matters, March 1, 2009

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Patricia A. Houston "MaggieH" (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews
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Th first story was a little slow, but on the whole I thoroughly enjoyed the DVD