Manions of America [VHS]
by Charles S. Dubin, Joseph Sargent
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Actor: Kathleen Beller, Nicholas Hammond, Peter Gilmore, Pierce Brosnan, Steve ForrestDirector: Charles S. Dubin, Joseph Sargent
Producer: Billy Ray Smith
Producer: Roger Gimbel
Producer: Stanley Kallis
Producer: Tony Converse
Writer: Agnes Nixon
Writer: Rosemary Anne Sisson
Edition: VHS Tape
Format: Color, EP, NTSC
Running Time: 290 minutes
Release Date: 1997-03-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Anchor Bay
Studio: Anchor Bay
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Movie Review: Manions of America
Summary: 5 Stars
This was a very enjoyable story, although the video was a bit dark in places,but this did not spoil the enjoyment. The musical soundtrack was also excellent. The entire cast played very good parts, but I was particularly impressed with Kate Mulgrew, whose English accent for the historical period of the film was flawless [I am an English dialogue teacher, so I am speaking from experience]. I would not hesitate to recommend this mini-series to anyone.Movie Review: Manions of America
Summary: 1 Stars
Boy, did my memory not serve me well on this! I remembered loving this when it came out a thousand years ago - perhaps my mind was clouded by Pierce Brosnan's beautifulness at the time. When I sat down to watch my newly purchased copy a couple of weeks ago and the credits listed Agnes Nixon (who created All My Children & One Life to Live) as the story creator and producer, I should have ejected it from my old VCR immediately and thrown it into the nearest bin. Alas, I was not that bright and managed to make it through about two-thirds of this corny, soapy mess before running screaming. No amount of money I paid was worth sticking it out until the end. The horrible dialog, bodice ripping romance novel storyline and bad Z grade miniseries 80's actors made for an excruciating experience. There's even a bit where Brosnan's poor servant character steals a kiss from Kate Mulgrew's spoiled rich girl, and when she raises up her riding crop to threaten him, he pulls her back down into an embrace by gentling her like he would a horse! "Shh! Shh! Shh! Steady-steady!" GAG. With all the horrible fake English and Irish accents around him, I'm surprised Brosnan made it through filming without throwing up. And thank God NBC paid to have his teeth fixed before he assumed the role of Remington Steele, or we might never have seen him on film ever again. They weren't hideous, but they weren't the pearly whites we're accustomed to. He did a lot of not smiling, but that may have been less about his teeth and more about this rotten production...Movie Review: Moving Tale of The Irish Fight for Their Way of Life
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the story of Rory O'Manion (Pierce Brosnan) from young adult hood and his fight against the oppressive English in Ireland. From the potato famine and loss of his mother, to his love for the English landlord's daughter Rachel (Kate Mulgrew: of Star Trek Voyager),and subsequent flight to the shores of America. From poor to rich in America, but still longing for the freedom for his beloved Ireland. Also starring Linda Purl (The Exorcist), Nicholas Hammond (Sound of Music, Spiderman), David Soul (Starsky & Hutch), and Simon MacCorkindale. Very moving, interesting to watch Pierce Brosnan in the early days of his career.Movie Review: Entertaining, Romantic and Interesting Historically
Summary: 4 Stars
This story of the Manion family, led by Rory Manion(formerly O'Manion), is an interesting and pretty accurate depiction of the trials and triumphs of the Irish immigrants driven out of Ireland by the Great Famine of the mid-1840's and "washed up" on the shores of America. This was the first time I ever saw Pierce Brosnan (who plays Rory O'Manion)and it seemed very likely that he was going on to bigger and better things because he was the perfect romantic Irish rebel. The saga of how he meets and falls in love with the daughter of the local British landlord (Kate Mulgrew) brings into play a great deal of the history of the Irish struggle for independence from the time of the Young Irelanders through the years of immigration, the American Civil War (and the Irish Brigade) and the discrimination against the Irish when they first came to America. The subplot involving Rory's sister (Linda Perl) and her suitors is less involving but overall the movie captures a great deal of the turbulence of that era and introduces us to the young, and very sexy, Brosnan. My biggest complaint is with the darkness of the tape--I've seen it on video and on TV and it is always quite dark--apparently not just a defective individual tape.Movie Review: Trying Too Hard
Summary: 3 Stars
Pierce Brosnan and Kate Mulgrew lead an otherwise lifeless cast in this tale about an immigrant Irishman coming to America. "The Manions of America" is sometimes educational, depicting the hardships of Ireland during the potato famine, but history quickly submits to romance between Brosnan and Mulgrew, turning the film into an oveblown melodrama. However, it is a must see for romance viewers and for Brosnan fans who are tired of seeing him as James Bond.
Summary of Manions of America [VHS]
The saga of a family traced from poverty in Ireland to eminence in America. This 1981 mini-series starred a pre-James Bond Pierce Brosnan and a pre-Star Trek Kate Mulgrew, along with a great supporting cast. Also, a fine musical score composed by veteran television composer Morton Stevens - (Hawaii Five-0, Police Woman) only adds more enjoyment to this outstanding production.Drama Video
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