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Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780790720432 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC ISBN: 0790720434 Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Release Date: February 16, 1994 Running Time: 102 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: August 13, 1993 Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential video: Filmed before (and quite nicely) in 1949, Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's story was remade for this admirable 1993 release, executive produced by Francis Ford Coppola and directed by acclaimed Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland. Splendidly adapted by Edward Scissorhands screenwriter Caroline Thompson, the film opens in India during the early 1900s, when young Mary Lennox (Kate Maberly) is orphaned and sent to England to live in Misselthwaite Manor, the gloomy estate of her brooding and melancholy uncle, Lord Craven (John Lynch). Because the uncle is almost always away on travels, struggling to forget the death of his beloved wife, Mary is left mostly alone to explore the estate. Eventually she befriends the young brother of a staff maid and Lord Craven's apparently crippled son, who has been needlessly bedridden for years. Together the three children restore a neglected garden on the estate grounds, and in doing so they set the stage for a moving reaffirmation of life and love. Filmed with graceful style and careful attention to the intelligence and cleverness of young children, The Secret Garden is that rarest breed of family film that transcends its own generic category, encouraging a sense of wonder and optimism to become a rewarding experience for viewers of any age. --Jeff Shannon Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The Secret GardenOne of my all time favorites.I just love this movie.It's great for all. for children,adults, even old people. Rating: - Simply enchantingThis was one of those titles I recognized but never read or watched the movies. We meet Mary Lenox a neglected child born and raised in India. Her neglectful parents die in a massive earth quake and she has to go to England to live with her uncle. Her arrival in less then eventful as the other orphans make fun of her and nobody meets her on the docks. She travels to the middle of nowhere and learns her new home is as large as a castle and it's her prison. Her uncle ... Read More Rating: - Beautiful movie for the whole familyVery touching. My 4-year-old daughter loved it too. It's rare to find a movie that both parents are young children can enjoy together! Rating: - Smartest Family movieIt doesn't paint children as you've come to expect in a movie. These children are brilliant. Kate Maberly as Mary Lennox is enchantingly Sensible. The music is sad and the story transforms with everything that lives. Nature and Youth blossoming together. It was like reading a cherished book. You run through so many personal emotions. I recommend A Little Princess and Finding Neverland (Widescreen Edition). Rating: - Enchanting taleWhen an earthquake in India leaves her an orphan, Mary Lennox is sent to live at her uncle's remote estate in England. The spoiled, bratty Mary is quite miserable with no one to talk to or play with and a stern housekeeper (Maggie Smith) hovering over her. When Mary begins exploring the manor, she discovers not only a secret garden but also a secret cousin! This is a beautifully-filmed children's story about the power of friendship and overcoming adversity. I wasn't familiar with ... Read More |
