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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1992 DVD Release: 06/24/2003 Format: DVD SwapaDVD Credits: 2 Number of Discs: 2 Run Time: 3 hrs 25 mins Studio: Acorn Media Members Wishing: 15 Genres: Drama, Period Film, Erotic Drama

Another of writer/director Ken Russell's D.H. Lawrence adaptations, Lady Chatterley (an amalgam of three Lawrence novels) was first shown as a British TV miniseries on BBC1 from June 6 to 27, 1993. In recounting the familiar details of young, bored Lady Chatterley (Joely Richardson), her elderly, infirm husband (James Wilby), and her hot-blooded stable-groom lover, Manners (Sean Bean), Russell took the opportunity to both celebrate and savage the British upper classes of the 1920s. One brief sequence of full frontal nudity caused a minor scandal in Britain, though by Ken Russell standards the scene was a model of taste and decorum. After its initial TV run, Lady Chatterley was edited down from 220 to 110 minutes and released theatrically in the United States. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Joely Richardson - Lady Chatterley
Sean Bean - Mellors
James Wilby - Sir Clifford Chatterley
Shirley Ann Field - Mrs. Bolton

The British 1993 miniseries Lady Chatterley comes to DVD on this two-disc set from Acorn. The first disc contains part one, "Among the Ruins," and part two, "Nest and Houses." Special features include biographies of source novelist D.H. Lawrence, director Ken Russell, and cast members Sean Bean, Joely Richardson, and James Wilby. Also contains the broadcast trailer, an interview with Russell, and a behind-the-scenes photo gallery. The second disc contains part three, "Court Return," and part four, "Holiday Escape." ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide