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StudioCanal
StudioCanal UK
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Mary Lennox is born in India to wealthy British parents who never wanted her. When her parents suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle. She meets her sickly cousin, and the two children find a wondrous secret garden lost in the grounds of Misselthwaite Manor.
Peter McGinn
Aug 12, 2020 · via TMDB
I had the opportunity to watch this new production of the classic Frances Hodgson Burnett novel shortly after viewing the 1975 seven part series based on the same book. I thought it would be interesting to compare the two versions. On the plus side for this movie version, the quality of the production is much higher, with stunning colors and lovely scenes and vistas. It is also very imaginative. In fact, there is a strong element of fantasy throughout, showing both scenes from the past and images in the present time of people who are dead as if they were still alive. Of course, it being a movie instead of a seven part series means that there is less time to develop the plot, so some is left out. And perhaps for the modern audience, there is a dramatic plot device used to hasten the ending that I suspect was not in the book at all. Now I feel like a I should re-read the book after decades since my first reading, just to compare these adaptations to the source material. Not that I would automatically decide the one closest to the story is the better one, but just out of curiosity. I think both versions have reason to like them: this new version for the camera work and imaginative scenes, and the old series for the patient plot and simple,charm.
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Mary Lennox
Tommy Gene Surridge
Billy
Colin Firth
Lord Archibald Craven
Julie Walters
Mrs. Medlock
Maeve Dermody
Alice
Edan Hayhurst
Colin Craven
Amir Wilson
Dickon
Richard Hansell
George
David Verrey
Jeremy
Sonia Goswami
Aayah
Rupert Young
Marcus
Jemma Powell
Grace
Grant Montgomery
Production Design
Lol Crawley
Director of Photography
Nadia Stacey
Hair Designer
Nadia Stacey
Makeup Designer
Marc Munden
Director
Karen Lindsay-Stewart
Casting Director
Ron Halpern
Executive Producer
David Heyman
Producer
Rosie Alison
Producer
Oliver Ferris
Foley Artist
Adam Mendez
Foley Mixer
Dario Marianelli
Original Music Composer
Candela Palencia
Sound Mix Technician
Andy Kind
Visual Effects Supervisor
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Novel
Jack Thorne
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Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
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