Hornblower - The Complete Collection | 
 enlarge | Actors: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Paul Mcgann
Studio: ITV DVD
Category: DVD
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 312
Format: Box Set, Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 4
Running Time: 785 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.5 x 2.4
EAN: 5037115220233
ASIN: B000GLKNTG
Release Date: October 16, 2006
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 Please make more!!!! September 16, 2008
Good day sunshine
Shame you can't give more than 5 stars because this deserves it.
This is one of my favourite series of all time. It follows Horatio Hornblower and his rise through the navy.
Ioan Gruffudd is fantastic in the role, starting out as a green 17 year old, he comes aboard ship. At first his is bullied by other crew members, such as Charlie Simpson (Dorian Healy) but his quick wits and couragous nature soon make him a favourite with his shipmates. Never compromising his honour he deals with every situation to the best of his ability.
Guest stars actors such as Dorian Healy and Andrew Tierman.
Paul Mcgann is, as always, brilliant in his role, as is Robert Lindsay.
Kept me awake well into the night, I couldn't wait till each evening when I could watch it again.
The only complaint I have is where they left it off, I want to know what happens next!! Ioan Gruffudd once said that he would like to play Hornblower again, so fingers crossed!
Can't recommend this enough.
[about synopsis] April 1, 2008
Nit-picker!
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
You might wish to correct typo in first line of your Synopsis - 1794 not 1974...
The original and still the best March 23, 2008
Bookworm (London)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
C.S. Forester wrote his eleven "Hornblower" novels in the 1930s and 40s, long before Patrick O'Brien's Jack Aubrey or Alexander Kent's Richard Bolitho. This series has to be very high on the list of the finest adaptations of Forester's novels. Given that these were produced for TV without the immense budget of a Hollywood movie, their realism and historical accuracy are amazing. In the earlier episodes, Ioan Gruffudd as Hornblower and Robert Lindsay as his captain really strike sparks off each other, as do Gruffudd and Paul McGann in the later stages. Ironically, McGann's character has what must now be one of the world's least popular names, Bush! This series is a must for anyone with an interest in the history of the Napoleonic wars. But shop around, the RRP for the 4-disc series is 59.99 but it can be found brand new for under half that.
Swashbuckling Stuff March 5, 2008
I. H. C. Mellor (Milton Keynes)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Whether you saw the 'Hornblower' series on the TV or not does not matter, these are wonderful to watch for the first time or again and again. Loads of action to please everyone. Well worth investing in.
A GM hero February 16, 2008
CLASSICAL (FRANCE)
3 out of 9 found this review helpful
Think of a genetically modified hero made of the best bits of Superman (strength) + Batman (inventivity) + Spiderman (ability to use ropes and wires) + Einstein (brains) fighting the disgusting-slick-treacherous-sex addled-barbarous frenchmen (standard / untinkered-with / organic variety).
Otherwise very enjoyable. Hence the five stars!
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