The diary of a nobody
DVD |
Acorn Media,
Silver Spring, Md. :
c2009.
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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About
First published in 1892, The Diary of a Nobody has never been out of print, and Evelyn Waugh (Brideshead Revisited) proclaimed it 'the funniest book in the world.' As adapted by award-winning screenwriter Andrew Davies (Bleak House, Pride and Prejudice), this comic masterpiece leaps to life in all its quirky glory. In a fantastic solo performance, Hugh Bonneville (Iris, Daniel Deronda) perfectly captures the small mind and large aspirations of Mr. Charles Pooter, a middle-aged, middle-class city clerk in late Victorian England who chronicles his daily domestic and social frustrations. Home improvements, petty humiliations, accidents involving an iron boot scraper, tiffs with his wife Carrie, pained encounters with their mildly rebellious son Lupin, visits from friends Mr. Cummings and Mr. Gowing: all are reported by the pompous Pooter in hilarious detail. 'I fail to see--because I do not happen to be a 'Somebody'--why my diary should not be interesting,' Mr. Pooter writes. No blogger ever said it better."--Container.
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Details
- ISBN: B001UWOLQ6
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 116 min.) : Dolby digital stereo. sd., col. ; 12 cm.
- Publisher: Silver Spring, Md. : Acorn Media, c2009.
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General Note:
Based on the novel by George and Weedon Grossmith.Originally released as a television motion picture in 2007.Special feature: Biography of authors George and Weedon Grossmith and a Hugh Bonneville filmography.16:9 widescreen."The British comedy classic adapted by Emmy-winner Andrew Davies"--Container.
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Creation/Production Credits Note:
A Clerkenwell Films production for BBC Wales ; screenwriter, Andrew Davies ; director, Susanna White ; producer, Murray Ferguson.
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Participant or Performer Note:
Hugh Bonneville is Mr. Charles Pooter.