The Buccaneers | 
 enlarge | Director: Philip Saville
Actors: Carla Gugino, Alison Elliott, Mira Sorvino, Rya Kihlstedt, Mark Tandy
Studio: BBC Warner
Category: DVD
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Rating:  108 reviews
Sales Rank: 1803
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 302
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: WARDE2494D
UPC: 794051249425
EAN: 0794051249425
ASIN: B000E0ODZE
Theatrical Release Date: October 8, 1995
Release Date: April 18, 2006
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Product Description
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 04/18/2006 Run time: 300 minutes Rating: Nr
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As four young American women find their way through the labyrinthine social world of 1870s England, their fortunes rise--and sometimes, with brutal abruptness, fall. Based on Edith Wharton's unfinished novel, The Buccaneers, this lavish BBC production follows Nan and Virginia St. George (Carla Gugino, Spy Kids, and Alison Elliott, The Spitfire Grill), two American sisters who follow their friend Conchita Closson (Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite), a Brazilian bad girl who marries a dissolute British lord, to England in search of aristocratic husbands--partly due to the influence of their canny governess, Laura Testvalley (Cherie Lunghi, Excalibur). The Buccaneers has a good dose of the delicious satirical wit to be found in many BBC dramas, but tempered by the presence of the naive American girls, who find themselves trapped by the very things they thought they wanted. Though mocked by some critics for its heaving bosoms and towering hairdos, the five-part series stealthily paints a sometimes devastating portrait of women's lives. When Idina Hatton (Jenny Agutter, Logan's Run), the older lover of the aimless Lord Seadown (Mark Tandy, Shackleton), learns that Seadown is going to marry the young and lovely Virginia, it's a heartbreaking moment, yet one that isn't overdone. The Buccaneers is full of such gracefulness--Wharton observes the fickle turns of life in society with a judicious eye, empathizing with the pain but never losing sight of the hard realities of money and marriage. In a strong cast, Gugino particularly shines; with her round, rosy cheeks and expressive eyes, she makes a smart yet vulnerable heroine. --Bret Fetzer
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 Beware December 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Beware. If you are looking for the wholesomeness of Wives and Daughters and Pride and Prejudice, this is not it. There is a scene where a woman finds her husband in bed with a man (his lover). Definitely not family-oriented material.
Skip it November 13, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love period dramas, but this was the worst. I did not even finish the movie because it was awful. The immorality alone took it from period drama to pandering soap opera. The characters are weak-willed, lack integrity and make mistake after mistake which they resolve by less than noble means. From homosexuality to abortion to infidelity, this movie was totally tasteless and not deserving of anyone's time or attention. Skip it.
Depressing....and well depressing November 9, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I usually am a fan of period pieces, but this movie is so depressing. It makes you never want to be a Duchess for sure. It was long and depressing. Don't waste your money.
A great Masterpiece series October 22, 2008
The Buccaneers was a BBC mini-series I had seen and greatly enjoyed in 1995. It is the story of four American girls who dream of love with high-society English men. Their happiness is short-lived. The story is very interesting. I was really glad to see it again.
 My FAVORITE! September 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have watched this movie countless times since it was released on video. It remains my all-time favorite and I now own it on DVD as well. A great addition to the library of any lover of period costume drama. I only wish it was longer.
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