Search - The Scarlet Pimpernel on DVD

Content Advisory: Violence, Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1982 DVD Release: 02/24/2004 Format: DVD Edition: Dual Layered SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 16 mins Studio: Image Entertainment Members Wishing: 62 Genres: Spy Film, Adventure, Period Film, Glamorized Spy Film

Swordplay, secret messages, and the rustle of ballroom finery make this 1982 adaptation of -The Scarlet Pimpernel a gala bash. Anthony Andrews heads the cast as English nobleman Sir Percy Blakeney, a conceited but amusing fop in the drawing rooms of British high society. But beneath his veneer of lacy impertinence is a man of bravado and derring-do. In disguise, he becomes the Pimpernel -- ta-da! -- and steals into France to rescue aristocrats condemned to the guillotine during the French Revolution. After each rescue, he leaves behind a scarlet pimpernel, a flower whose petals close at the approach of stormy weather. He also uses a signet ring engraved with a scarlet pimpernel to identify himself on the sealing wax of letters to compatriots. It is all jolly-good intrigue. Because he cloaks his schemes in great secrecy, not even his new wife Marguerite (Jane Seymour) realizes he is anything more than an innocuous dandy. Frustrated, the French send the ruthless Chauvelin (Ian McKellen) to England to serve as ambassador and ferret out the elusive Pimpernel. In a plot that ensnares Marguerite and closes the Pimpernel's petals, Chauvelin finally confronts his clever adversary, and it's en garde -- parry and thrust! ~ Mike Cummings, All Movie Guide

Jane Seymour - Marguerite
Anthony Andrews - Scarlet Pimpernel/Sir Percy Blakeney
Ian McKellen - Chauvelin

One of many adaptation of Baroness Orczy's novel -The Scarlett Pimpernel, this 1982 made-for-television film from director Clive Donner stars Anthony Andrews in the title role alongside Jane Seymour and Ian McKellen. The story of a heroic swordsman who masquerades as a foppish weakling by day is presented on this bare-bones DVD that features a full-screen transfer of the film, and the English soundtrack mastered in Dolby Digital Mono sound. No subtitles or supplemental materials are included. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide