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A Tale of Two Cities

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Young woman with curly red hair looks out with a serious expression. To the right, a black and white photo collage shows a senior man and woman, and a younger man.

Two-part adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel of Charles Darnay, Sidney Carton, Lucie Manette, Madame Defarge, love, honor, social disruption, revenge, and personal redemption, all set against the drama and horror of the French Revolution. This presentation does not follow the book's chronology, but does retain its events and essence.

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Runtime: 3 hours 15 minutes

Topic: Biographies, Literature
Subtopic: Dickens, Charles, English Literature
Grade/Interest Level: 10 - 12
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Release Year: 1989
Producer/Distributor: Films For The Humanities & Sciences
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Man dressed as a French Revolutionist looks out, face illuminated with red light. Caption lyrics. All. Just know the divinist intervention.

Young man in a dark suit looks down towards a dark blonde woman in a crowded indoor space. Caption. I think he truly loved you.

Black and white illustration shows an old shipping dock with wooden ships and boats in the water. Text reads, “Charles Dickens. Novelist for all.”

Man wearing a collared shirt and jacket looks slightly down and away from camera. Behind him, a photo showing a relief with 3 angels standing across from a man. Caption. The man answered, "Because I fear that this burden."

Closeup of a swaddled baby, smiling. Caption. What's she smiling like that for?

Frame from the 2000 movie, Oliver Twist. Fagin looks at boy holding a card upright. Caption. I saw, it came from your sleeve.

Frame from the 2000 movie, Oliver Twist. Crowd appears through tunnel with dog in foreground. Caption. Look, there's his dog.

Black and white title card reads, Scrooge, based on "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.

Black and white frame of a man looking down at a young woman. She looks away from him with mouth open in mid-speech. Caption. There's such a change in him.

Man in a suit with an unbuttoned collar furrows his brow and leans against a limewashed brick wall. Caption. Some say that Dickens let himself and the book down.

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Katherine R. (Fairfield, CA)

January 13th, 2015 at 02:19 PM

Recommended to use in conjunction with Pacemakers Classic.