Horatio Hornblower
(DVD)

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Published
[United States] : A & E :, c2008.
Language
English
ISBN
1422915239, 9781422915233
UPC
733961116939

Notes

General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Based on the books by C.S. Forester.
General Note
Special features: Disc 1. About C.S. Forester; Disc 2. Nautical terms; Disc 3. Horatio Hornblower : an epic in the making; Disc 4. England's royal warships; Disc 5. 3D cannon; Sail 2000; Disc 6. C.S. Forester; Classes of ships; Disc 7. Optional commentary by Andrew Grieve and Andrew Benson; Biographies for Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Paul McGann, Andrew Grieve, Andrew Benson, John Mollo; Photo gallery; Disc 8. Optional commentary by Andrew Grieve, Andrew Benson, John Mollo; Horatio on Horatio : an interview with Ioan Gruffudd; Photo gallery.
Creation/Production Credits
Costume designer, John Mollo ; music composed by John Keane ; production designer, Andrew Mollo, Rob Harris ; film editor, Keith Palmer.
Participants/Performers
Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Dorian Healy, Michael Byrne, Robert Bathurst, Denis Lawson, Ian McNeice, Andrew Tiernan, Cherie Lunghi, Christopher Fulford, Ronald Pickup, Antony Sher, Samuel West, John Shrapnel, Peter Vaughn, David Warner, Nicholas Jones, Philip Glenister, Jamie Bamber, David Rintoul, Paul Copley, Sean Gilder, Paul McGann, Lorcan Cranitch, Tony Haygarth, Julia Sawalha, Barbara Flynn, Greg Wise, Jim Carter, Ron Cook.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally broadcast by ITV and ITV1, 1998-2003.
Description
Joining the British Royal Navy at the outset of the Napoleonic Wars, the enterprising Horatio Hornblower rises quickly from raw recruit to seasoned sailor, charting a course from the West Indies to the coast of Africa in the name of the Crown. Along the way he encounters roiling sea battles, mutiny, plague, and love, but always proves himself equal to the task.
System Details
DVD; Dolby Digital stereo.
Language
Optional English subtitles; closed captioned.

Subjects

LC Subjects
Action and adventure television programs.
Drama.
England and Wales. -- Royal Navy -- 19th century -- Drama.
Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century -- Drama.
Hornblower, Horatio (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
Sailors -- Great Britain -- 19th century -- Drama.
Television series.
Video recordings.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Benson, A. (., Grieve, A., Gruffudd, I., Lindsay, R., Healy, D., Byrne, M., Bathurst, R., Lawson, D., McNeice, I., Tiernan, A., Lunghi, C., Fulford, C., Pickup, R., Sher, A., West, S., Shrapnel, J., Vaughan, P., Warner, D., Jones, N., Glenister, P., Bamber, J., Rintoul, D., Copley, P., Gilder, S., McGann, P., Cranitch, L., Haygarth, T., Sawalha, J., Flynn, B., Wise, G., Carter, J., Cook, R., Mollo, J., Keane, J., Mollo, A., Palmer, K., & Forester, C. S. 1. (2008). Horatio Hornblower . A & E :.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Andrew (Producer) Benson et al.. 2008. Horatio Hornblower. [United States]: A & E.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Andrew (Producer) Benson et al.. Horatio Hornblower [United States]: A & E, 2008.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Benson, A. (., Grieve, A., Gruffudd, I., Lindsay, R., Healy, D., Byrne, M. and Bathurst, R. et al (2008). Horatio hornblower. [United States]: A & E.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Benson, Andrew (Producer), et al. Horatio Hornblower A & E :, 2008.

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