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Daphne du Maurier's classic tale of romance, suspense and jealousy, Rebecca, is brought to you in this lavish adaptation. Set in elegant Monte Carlo and dramatic Cornwall in the 1930s. this drama stars Charles Dance (Gosford Park, The Jewel in the Crown)as the sophisticated Maxim de Winter and Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice) as the young woman who becomes the second Mrs. de Winter. When Maxim de Winter proposes to such a young woman nobody is more surprised than the circle of society friends who learn the intriguing news, especially as his new wife is the opposite of Maxim's first wife, the beautiful Rebecca, who mysteriously died in a tragic drowning accident. After Maxim takes his new wife back to his home, the ancient and magnificent Manderley, it soon becomes evident that the shadow of Rebecca is all-pervasive, nurtured all the more by the sinister gothic housekeeper Mrs. Danvers (Diana Rigg, The Avengers, Mother Love, A Hazard of Hearts). The new Mrs. de Winter begins to uncover the darkness of the past that taints the present and threatens to haunt her future...
"offers a modern twist on what remains a deliciously old-fashioned psychological melodrama." The New York Times
Editor's Note
Based on Daphne du Maurier's classic novel, this Masterpiece Theatre adaptation stars Emilia Fox (THE PIANIST) as Mrs. De Winter, the second wife of the aging aristocrat Maxim De Winter (Dance). Mrs. De Winter, a young middle class girl, met her husband while he was traveling, and the two almost instantly fell in love, even though Maxim was still grieving over his wife, Rebecca, that died only one year earlier. The two impulsively decide to get married and enjoy a blissful romance until the two return to Manderlay, Maxim's estate, and Mrs. De Winter finds that Rebecca still has a strange hold on everyone there, especially the sinister housekeeper Mrs. Danvers (Rigg), who goes so far as to refer to her as the second Mrs. De Winter. A chilling gothic thriller, REBECCA is a captivating film made all the more suspenseful by Ms. Rigg's superb performance as the dastardly Mrs. Danvers.
| Features | Audio: Dolby Stereo | | Access To Masterpiece Theatre Web Site | | Scene Selection | | English Audiotrack; And Closed Captions. | | Q&A With Diana Rigg | | Select Cast Filmographies | | Masterpiece Theatre Poster Gallery |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Wgbh |
| Release Date: 2/25/2003 |
| Running Time: 180 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1996 | | Catalog ID: 36669 | | UPC: 00783421366695 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 4:3 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Emmy (1997) |  | Diana Rigg, Winner, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special |
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| | Professional Reviews | The Los Angeles Times 8 of 10
A near masterpiece of escapism, a gorgeously mounted, triumphant new two-part Rebecca that validates the remaking of at least some movie classics.
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