Product Details

• Actors: Maggie Smith, Avril Angers, Tom Baker, Peter Barkworth, John Garrie
• Directors: William Slater
• Writers: George Bernard Shaw
• Producers: Cedric Messina
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: BBC Worldwide
• DVD Release Date: May 16, 2006
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000E8JNQU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #100,185 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Millionairess" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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MILLIONAIRESS (GEORGE BERNARD SHAW) - DVD Movie

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74 of 75 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Maggie Smith steals the Show., August 23, 2006

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Gerard D. Launay (Berkeley, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Millionairess (DVD)

When one gets tired of the violence, sex, and quite frankly,
impermissible bad language in modern films, it's nice to go back to someone who knows how to use language. eg. George Bernard Shaw. This movie was done (poorly) with Sophia Loren and
Peter Sellers...but I adored the play with Maggie Smith. Oh...how she dominates her role. At once, we understand how magnificent a star she is. She plays the richest woman in England who is obsessed with getting what she wants, and having the cash to do it. She is beautiful and arrogant yet brilliant in the ways of capitalism. When she is given the challenge of
getting a job and supporting herself without her wealth, well,
she can do it because she understands money. Indeed she walks into businesses and transforms them into profitable enterprises. Whether the impact of her changes hurts the poor or middle class is of no concern to her...profitability is the key. This is a wonderful production and is a MUST for any Maggie Smith fan.

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Bernard Shaw's The Millionairess DVD, April 16, 2009

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Pamela G. Maher (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Millionairess (DVD)

I've always been a huge fan of Maggie Smith, and she is wickedly good as Epifania Ognisanti di Parerga Fitzfassenden, The Millionairess. Jeez, what a mouthful. My complaint, which doesn't entirely spoil the film, is the mediocre quality of the BBC production. The sound is a trifle off, and it feels like it's taking place on an echoey stage, which it is. Having said that, Maggie's performance is tremendous, and almost overcomes the spotty production.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Maggie steals the show, July 29, 2007

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Michal Zahálka "MichalZahalka" (The Czech republic, Europe) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Millionairess (DVD)

The Millionairess has always been one of my favorite plays by Bernard Shaw (along with Pygmalion and Caesar and Cleopatra) and this BBC production of it is definitely worth your money.

Dame Maggie Smith is absolutely perfect as Epifania and, as expected, steals the show and runs away with it. The rest of the cast is perfect as well, with the possible exception of Charles Gray as Adrian, who didn't really fulfil my expectations of the character.