Horatio Hornblower - The New Adventures (Loyalty / Duty) DVD (Region 1)

Horatio Hornblower - The New Adventures (Loyalty / Duty) pictures

9.5	Listal rating

Manufacturer : A&E Home Video
Release date : 16 December 2003
Number of discs : 2
EAN : 9780767058735
UPC : 733961710700

Napoleonic War (2), British (2), Adventure (2), Mini Series (1), Swashbuckler (1), Ems (1), A&E (1), Nautical (1), Drama (1), Age Of Sail (1), Favorite (1), Tv (1), War (1), Military (1), Julia Sawalha (1), Miniseries (1), Ioan Gruffudd (1)

Description

Product DescriptionThe ultimate high-seas hero, Horatio Hornblower is a man of unshakeable courage, high principles, and matchless skill. Now, C.S. Forester s beloved mariner returns to the screen with two new films. "Loyalty" finds Horatio marooned in peacetime Portsmouth,living off his superb card playing skills. But with the winds of Product Description
The ultimate high-seas hero, Horatio Hornblower is a man of unshakeable courage, high principles, and matchless skill. Now, C.S. Forester s beloved mariner returns to the screen with two new films. "Loyalty" finds Horatio marooned in peacetime Portsmouth,living off his superb card playing skills. But with the winds of war stirring, Hornblower is given command of the sloop Hotspur. "Duty" sees Horatio jumping into wedded bliss, and then returning to his command to face a French fleet that is preparing for invasion aided by an old nemesis. Swashbuckling action, broadside battles and below-decks intrigue set the Emmy®-winning Hornblower saga apart from other historical dramas. Ioan Gruffudd (Black Hawk Down, Titanic) gives a star-making performance as the dashing hero, and the stellar supporting cast includes Robert Lindsay (Me & My Girl), Jamie Bamber (Band of Brothers), and Paul Copley (Queer as Folk).

Format: DVD MOVIE

Dashing Ioan Gruffud stars as dashing Horatio Hornblower, unparalleled British naval hero, in two more delightful episodes from the A&E series. In Loyalty, a peace with France has left Hornblower decommissioned and short on funds. Only the help of his landlady's daughter Maria (heartbreaking Julie Sawalha, Absolutely Fabulous) keeps him from being kicked out into the street. Fortunately for our hero, Napoleon's armies are afoot, and Hornblower soon finds himself sailing to France in command of the Hotspur, grappling with Irish traitors and French skullduggery. Duty picks up where Loyalty leaves off; Hornblower marries Maria with some ambivalence, but the day after his wedding sails for the coast of France to find a missing ship. After rescuing a supposedly Swiss man and his American wife in a storm, Hornblower finds himself caught between an old foe in France and diplomats in England. Though the derring-do is sometimes melodramatic, Horatio Hornblower swiftly becomes engrossing and suspenseful. Credit is due to smart scripts, efficient direction, Gruffud's heroically curly hair, and a superb supporting cast, including Robert Lindsay and Paul McGann (Withnail and I). --Bret Fetzer

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