Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.0/10   

Réalisateur:

Jack Gold

Writers:

Frances Hodgson Burnett (novel)
Blanche Hanalis (screenplay)

Release Date:

décembre 1980 (UK)

Genre:

Drame | Family

Plot:

Ceddie, Earl of Dorincourt's only grandson and heir lives in America with his mother. The Earl, getting old...

Plot Keywords:

England | Boy | Castle | Children | Young Boy

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

A Christmas Jewel

Ensemble

Rick Schroder	...	Lord Fauntleroy (Ceddie Errol) (as Ricky Schroder)
Alec Guinness	...	Earl of Dorincourt
Eric Porter	...	Havisham
Colin Blakely	...	Hobbs
Connie Booth	...	Mrs. Errol
Rachel Kempson	...	Lady Lorradaile
Carmel McSharry	...	Mary
Antonia Pemberton	...	Dawson
Rolf Saxon	...	Dick
John Cater	...	Thomas
Peter Copley	...	Rev. Muldaur
Patsy Rowlands	...	Mrs. Dibble
Ann Way	...	Miss Smith
Patrick Stewart	...	Wilkins
Gerry Cowper	...	Mellon

Autre(s) titre(s):

Le petit Lord Fauntleroy (France) [fr]

Durée:

103 min

Pays:

UK

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Iceland:L | Australia:G | Finland:S | UK:U

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Belvoir Castle, Belvoir, Leicestershire, England, UK

Company:

Norman Rosemont Productions

Anecdotes:

The film has become a Christmas classic on German TV; it is shown (almost) every year and attracts millions of viewers every time.

Movie Connections:

Version of "Little Lord Fauntleroy" (1976)

A Christmas Jewel

The young Rick(y) Schroder is delightful as the displaced and uprooted Little Lord Fauntleroy/Ceddie. Consider the beautiful English countryside as an important member of a stellar cast; mixed together it would be difficult to make anything but an excellent film.

That innocent young Fauntleroy melts the heart of his cantankerous grandfather played by Alec Guinness is hardly surprising. It is the typical Christmas good overcoming evil theme in the best Charles Dickens tradition. It is the path of the film, the actors and the setting that make this a jewel. The plot goes something like this: Grandfather sends for grandson.

Grandson assumes love, Grandfather is looking for an heir.

Heir becomes loved grandson.

There are subplots of grandfather not liking American mother/daughter-in-law and refusing to acknowledge her; the deplorable conditions of the estate's workers; and a contender for heir to the title and estate.

I watched this gem when it first aired and have watched my poorly transferred VHS copy yearly since (in my household it wouldn't be Christmas without it).

I long for this made-for-TV movie to be released on a remastered DVD.