Anna Karenina 2000  TV, 230 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Blair
Cast: Helen McCrory, Kevin McKidd, Stephen Dillane, Douglas Henshall, Mark Strong, Amanda Root, Paul Rhys, Paloma Baeza, Abigail Cruttenden, Sara Kestelman
This made-for-TV miniseries features Helen McCrory in the title role of the married woman whose passionate affair with wealthy army officer Count Vronsky (Kevin McKidd) leads to scandal, which isolates Anna from her family and friends and, ultimately, to her death.
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Daniel Deronda 2002 TV, 210 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tom Hooper
Cast: Hugh Dancy, Romola Garai, Jodhi May, Hugh Bonneville, Edward Fox, Amanda Root, David Bamber, Greta Scacchi, Barbara Hershey, Celia Imrie, Michael Attwell, Daniel Evans
George Eliot's classic novel was first telecast on BBC TV and then re-edited into a two-part, two-story series for Masterpiece Theater. One story involves beautiful, but spoiled, Gwendolen Harleth (Ramola Garai) who marries Henleigh Grandcourt (Hugh Bonneville) to regain a family fortune. In the second story, Daniel Daronda (Hugh Dancy) is a young Jew who is attracted to Gwendolen and is influenced by Mordecai (Daniel Evans) who lectures Deronda to be true to his heritage. When Deronda finds his inner-self, he finds true love with Mordecai's sister, Mirah (Jodhi May).
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 Enduring Love 2004  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Daniel Craig, Samantha Morton, Rhys Ifans, Alexandra Aitken, Susan Lynch, Bill Nighy, Lee Sheward, Bill Weston, Helen McCrory, Rosie Michell, Corin Redgrave, Amanda Root
Several strangers watch a hot-air balloon crash and try to save a young boy passenger. In the process, one of the men helping in the rescue is killed. Two of the rescuers–Joe (Daniel Craig) and Jed (Rhys Ifans)–are left with feelings of guilt that rapidly accelerate when Jed begins trailing Joe in an attempt to better understand the meaning behind the accident.
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Jane Eyre 1996  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, William Hurt, Joan Plowright, Anna Paquin, Geraldine Chaplin, Fiona Shaw, John Wood, Josephine Serre, Billie Whitelaw, Maria Schneider, Nic Knight, Nicola Howard, Sasha Graff, Amanda Root, Leanne Rowe
This is Charlotte Bronte's classic tale of the persecuted girl, Jane Eyre (Charlotte Gainsbourg), who rises in life with her heartless aunt, Mrs. Reed (Fiona Shaw), and the repressive school run by the tyrannical Mr. Brocklehurst (John Wood). Following graduation, Jane is hired to care for a young child (Josephine Serre) and is taken under the wing of the maternal Mrs. Fairfax (Joan Plowright). Jane then finds her brooding soul mate in her master, Edward Rochester (William Hurt).
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Persuasion 1995 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Amanda Root, Ciaran Hinds, Corin Redgrave, Susan Fleetwood, Phoebe Nicholls, Fiona Shaw, Judy Cornwell, John Woodvine, Samuel West, Sophie Thompson, Simon Russell Beale, Felicity Dean, Emma Roberts, Richard McCabe
Based on Jane Austen's novel, this is the tale of two 19th-century people, Anne Elliot (Amanda Root) and Captain Wentworth (Ciaran Hinds), who belong to different worlds in society but rise above criticism and pursue their romance and eventual happiness.
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| 1. Anna Karenina (2000)
2. Daniel Deronda (2002)
3. Enduring Love (2004)
4. Jane Eyre (1996)
5. Persuasion (1995)
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