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Mr Pye

1986 12

Overall rating: 3.5 out of 5
from 26 members

A great wind of change is blowing over the Isle of Sark, and it goes by the name of Mr. Pye. Mr. Pye is a man on a mission, or as he might describe it, an evangelical adventure. He has come to encourage the residents to put aside their differences and embrace his concept of The Great Pal . This proves harder than he expected as Sark has bred a good many long-standing disagreements and rubbed-the-wrong-way rivalries. There s his landlady, the formidable Miss Dredger, and her ongoing feud with the equally formidable Miss George; Thorpe, a frustrated artist in more ways than one, especially by his love for the free-loving Tanty ; and then there s Mr. Pye himself, a man about to discover how demanding the Great Pal can be, as first he pays the price for being too good... and then for being too evil.

Mr Pye details

Format:	12 DVD
Starring:	Derek Jacobi, Judy Parfitt, Richard O'Callaghan
Director:	Michael Darlow
Genres:	Comedy, Drama - General, Television - Series/Miniseries

DVD 2 discs

Name	Discs
Mr Pye - Disc 1	12 Disc 1
Mr Pye - Disc 2	12 Disc 2

DVD Information

Run time:	8 hours 48 minutes
Rental release:	08 Aug 2011
Main languages:	English

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A little gem

By film-man (16 reviews) , 21 Feb 2012

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A superbly cast, well-directed, faithful adaptation of Mervyn Peake's whimsical morality tale. Shot on Sark (the location of the story) the single glaring error was to have some of the characters attempt a Sarkese accent (a kind of Franco-English) which sounds unconvincing. Outside that, the central perfomances are flawless, with Derek Jacobi a perfect Mr. Pye and his supporting players (Judy Parfitt as Miss Dredger, Richard O'Callaghan as Thorpe and the wonderful Betty Marsden as the curmudgeonly Miss George) straight off the pages of the book. An added bonus is Patricia Hayes' splendid comic cameo as Miss Dredger's Albanian servant. The special effects are acceptable for a TV drama of the time. The pace slackens a little in Part 3, but Ken Howard's witty score does much to assist in carrying the story along. On the whole, a sterling effort and something of a little gem.
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A little gem

By film-man (16 reviews) , 21 Feb 2012

A superbly cast, well-directed, faithful adaptation of Mervyn Peake's whimsical morality tale. Shot on Sark (the location of the story) the single glaring error was to have some of the characters attempt a Sarkese accent (a kind of Franco-English) which sounds unconvincing. Outside that, the central perfomances are flawless, with Derek Jacobi a perfect Mr. Pye and his supporting players (Judy Parfitt as Miss Dredger, Richard O'Callaghan as Thorpe and the wonderful Betty Marsden as the curmudgeonly Miss George) straight off the pages of the book. An added bonus is Patricia Hayes' splendid comic cameo as Miss Dredger's Albanian servant. The special effects are acceptable for a TV drama of the time. The pace slackens a little in Part 3, but Ken Howard's witty score does much to assist in carrying the story along. On the whole, a sterling effort and something of a little gem.
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