Product Details

• Actors: Sean Bean, Assumpta Serna, Pete Postlethwaite, Brian Cox, Daragh O'Malley
• Directors: Tom Clegg
• Writers: Bernard Cornwell, Charles Wood, Eoghan Harris
• Producers: Malcolm Craddock, Muir Sutherland, Neville C. Thompson, Simon Lewis
• Format: Box set, Color, NTSC
• Language: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Yiddish
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 4
• Studio: BFS Entertainment
• VHS Release Date: November 11, 1998
• Run Time: 400 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303421334
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #122,033 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sharpe's Triumph, February 7, 2000

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Paul Witter (Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sharpe's: Collection Set 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Ever since I saw Sharpe's Eagle on Carlton TV's first showing of the Sharpe series (they were still making it too) in England, I was captivated so much that I couldn't wait a year for the next ones. Well, I did... and now I keep enjoying the whole series of 11 and the novels (which are even better that the films if that's possible) written by Cornwell. Richard Sharpe is brilliantly portrayed by Sean Bean, so well, in fact, that Bernard Cornwell changed the character in the later books to reflect the film performance. If anyone reading this has influence with Bernard or Carlton TV, PLEASE WRITE (or film) MORE of these. I can't get enough. The action is rivetting, the women beautiful and the music snaps you right into the action. The best film series ever made on a shoe-string... and the bugdet does not reflect!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating Historical Series, July 29, 2000

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This review is from: Sharpe's: Collection Set 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I have not read the books from which this series is taken but if they are half as fascinating as these videos, they must be outstanding. The presentation of this collection of intriguing characters interacting against the background of the Napoleanic wars is completely engrossing. Richard Sharpe, the guttersnipe risen from the ranks, is brilliantly portrayed by Sean Bean and Darragh O'Malley as his faithful sidekick is also excellent. One of the most effective aspects of this series is the soundtrack, which is stirring and perfectly suited to the times depicted. All the performances are well done and in considerable depth, from Hugh Frazer as Wellington to each of the Chosen Men, and every episode is full of fascinating villains, beautiful (and, more to the point, interesting) women, fierce enemies, treacherous insiders and loyal followers, with the central focus on Sharpe, handsome, honorable and tough as nails. What more can you ask?

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars To soon over, January 27, 2000

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Walter H. Hanlon "sudami" (Lebanon, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sharpe's: Collection Set 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I have viewed the complete series and after 20 plus hours I find the only bad thing about it is that it ended. Unlike so many movies and series where the sequel deminishes in quality, Sharpe retains it high entertainment ratio. I believe that it is due to the original author Bernard Cornwell. I have read his eleven books and the eleventh is as enthralling as the first. This is a story that gives you history and entertainment together in a beautiful story. Well worth the money and I am sure that I will veiw my tapes over and over in the future. Sudami