| Description |
2 videodiscs (487 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC (Region 1); double-sided discs, full screen, Dolby digital mono. |
| Language |
English with English, French and Spanish subtitles. |
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Closed captioned. |
| Cast |
Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Jean Simmons, Ken Howard, Mare Winningham, Piper Laurie, Richard Kiley, Earl Holliman, Bryan Brown, Philip Anglim, Christopher Plummer, Barbara Stanwyck. |
| Credits |
Teleplay, Carmen Culver ; photography, Bill Butler ; production design, Robert MacKichan ; music, Henry Mancini ; editor, Robert F. Shugrue, C. Timothy O'Meara. |
| Note |
Originally released as a television miniseries in 1983. |
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Based on the novel by Colleen McCullough. |
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"A David L. Wolper/Stan Margulies production." |
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Special features: commemorative documentary, The Thorn Birds: Old Friends, New Stories. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
The epic story of a priest torn between God and human passion and a beautiful girl desiring only what she cannot have, spanning five decades of ambition, fear, longing and revenge, and set against the vast horizons of Australia's Outback. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Parts 1 & 2 -- disc 2. Parts 3 & 4. |
| Subject |
Man-woman relationships -- Australia -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Australia -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Television mini-series.
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Made-for-TV movies.
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Films for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Duke, Daryl.
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Mancini, Henry, composer.
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Chamberlain, Richard, 1935-
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Ward, Rachel, 1957-
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McCullough, Colleen, 1937-
Thorn birds.
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Edward Lewis Productions.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0790787512 |
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9780790787510 |
| Standard No. |
085393162429 |
| Music No. |
31624 Warner Bros. |
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