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Horatio
Hornblower 4 Disc Set (1998) DVD
~ Horatio Hornblower
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Based on the rousing sea adventures in C.S. Forester's novel Mr. Midshipman
Hornblower, the four-film television series Horatio Hornblower explores
the education of a plucky young officer rising through the ranks of His
Majesty's Navy. Ioan Gruffudd is all integrity and honor as the ambitious
midshipman who is taken under the stern yet nurturing guidance of Captain
Pellew (Robert Lindsay) during the war against France in the French Revolution.
Through these four adventures he faces a vindictive senior midshipman ("The
Even Chance"); meets his hero, a reckless captain whose unorthodox methods
are brave but foolhardy ("The Examination for Lieutenant"); is captured
by the Spanish in a desperate maneuver to sneak through enemy lines ("The
Duchess and the Devil"); and leads his men to French soil in an ill-planned
attempt by French loyalists to start a popular front against the revolution
("The Frogs and the Lobsters"). The excellent re-creations of 18th-century
vessels and ship-to-ship battles are astounding and reminiscent of such
classic Hollywood seafaring adventures as Captain Blood and The Sea Hawk,
not to mention Captain Horatio Hornblower, with Gregory Peck as the only
previous screen incarnation of Forester's hero. This mixture of swashbuckling
adventure and British naval tradition is leavened with well-placed humor
and a cast of colorful characters, but at the heart of the tales is Gruffudd's
quick-thinking, courageous Hornblower, a starry-eyed officer with the luck
of the gods and the steely determination of an old-fashioned hero. --Sean
Axmaker - Amazon.com
Captain
Horatio Hornblower (1951)
~ Gregory Peck
Horatio
Hornblower - The Adventure Continues (2001) VHS
Horatio
Hornblower - The Adventure Continues (2001)
Horatio
Hornblower (1998) VHS
~ Horatio Hornblower
DuelVHS
~ Horatio Hornblower
Wrong
War VHS
~ Horatio Hornblower
Duchess
& The Devil VHS
~ Horatio Hornblower
Horatio
Hornblower Vol. 3 - The Duchess & The Devil (1999) DVD
Horatio
Hornblower Vol. 1 - The Duel (1999) DVD
Horatio
Hornblower Vol. 4 - The Wrong War (1999) DVD
Horatio
Hornblower Vol. 2 - The Fire Ships DVD
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