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 The Secret Garden (1993 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Secret Garden is a 1993 American Zoetrope film adaptation of the book of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
The Secret Garden is adapted from the 1909 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
She discovers her aunt's secret garden, which has been locked for ten years and enlists Dickon to help her bring it to life.
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 Guardian Unlimited Film Reviews Secret Garden (1993)
It's rare that a favourite novel isn't wrecked at the cinema, but this is a beautiful and basically faithful adaptation which catches the feeling of the book well.
When a film is this beautiful, both to look at and listen to, who cares about the story.
A children's film which only occasionally patronises its audience, I was as charmed as my daughter.
film.guardian.co.uk /Reader_Review/0,4163,-35164,00.html   (130 words)

  
 The Secret Garden (1993)
The "secret garden" really does seem to be a magical place (and I will say no more about it, since otherwise that would spoil things), and at the end I found myself wishing I could go and visit it first-hand.
Everything about it is perfect: it's well-directed, well-acted, beautifully filmed, has great music, and the script and story are wonderful.
Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for The Secret Garden (1993)
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 1993 in film - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
March 31 - Actor Brandon Lee is accidentally killed during the filming of The Crow.
This is a list of film-related events in 1993.
July 2 - Fred Gwynne, actor, "The Munsters" and numerous films
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 The Seattle Times: Theater: Still sowing "Garden's" seeds of happiness
With its picturesque setting, plucky protagonist and misty whimsicality, "The Secret Garden" has bred a number of cinematic adaptations — including a 1949 Hollywood version starring popular child-star Margaret O'Brien and a dark-hued, 1993 film from noted Polish director Agnieszka Holland.
Hans Altwies, left, as Dickon Sowerby, Sharia Pierce as Mary Lennox and Seán Griffin as Ben Weatherstaff in Seattle Children's Theatre's "The Secret Garden."
But any staging of "The Secret Garden" worth its soil must conjure that English country garden.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/theaterarts/2002088367_secret12.html   (758 words)

  
 The Secret Garden
As Mary begins to wander the estate, she discovers firstly the secret garden that no one has been allowed to enter since the death of her aunt, and secondly that she does indeed have a cousin.
Film artefacts were occasionally quite noticeable, but not really a serious distraction to the film.
Obviously based upon the book by Frances Hodgson Burnett, whose output on the evidence of two films is not exactly varied, the film once again starts off in India, and like the aforementioned A Little Princess, it starts with something of a tragedy.
www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/SecretGarden.asp   (1584 words)

  
 The Austin Chronicle: Film Listings
It is, no doubt, felicitous that the film script was written by Caroline Thompson, the screenwriter of that remarkable fairy tale/fantasy Edward Scissorhands (also co-author of The Addams Family and Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey).
Risking cliché, we recommend that you stop and smell The Secret Garden's roses.
But the chief horticulturist of The Secret Garden is director Holland, here making her debut as a director of an American, rather than a foreign, production.
www.austinchronicle.com /gbase/Calendar/Film?Film=oid:139093   (574 words)

  
 Return to the Secret Garden (2000)
The film, directed by Scott Featherstone, is "inspired" by Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's novel, which was the basis for a number of screen adaptations, including a much-praised 1993 Warner Bros. version.
Return to the Secret Garden is being released by the tell-tale company, Feature Films for Families, which earlier released the snoozy period piece The Ghost of Dickens' Past (1999).
The new film, written by Steven Thompson - with contributions by Featherstone and executive producer Forrest Baker III - is set in the present day, perhaps in an effort to keep the budget under control.
www.ldsfilm.com /FFFF/ReturnToTheSecretGarden.html   (503 words)

  
 Review: Secret Garden, The (1993)
The film is visually stunning, from the eerie insides of Misselthwaite Manor to the time-lapse photography of blooming flowers.
The Secret Garden has something to offer adults as well as children, and that's a rarity among so-called "family films".
The secret garden is a place of rare and wondrous beauty, and it becomes the emotional balm that heals all wounds, both physical and psychological.
movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/s/secret_garden.html   (678 words)

  
 The Secret Garden -- Judi's Romance in Vintage Film Forum
I understand there was a successful 1993 re-make which is probably better known, and in fact spawned a sequal, "Back to the Secret Garden." I must confess I've never seen these two films, nor for that matter read the novel by Francis Hodgson Burnett on which all these movies are based.
She enlists the aid of a local farm boy, Dickon (Brian Roper) and with him and Colin they tend the forsaken garden in secret and make it bloom with rich vegetation.
I rented a video tape recently of a remarkable MGM production of 1949, "The Secret Garden." It was one of the most magical films I've seen in a long, long time.
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 MSN Encarta - Maggie Smith
She has also enjoyed a successful film career, winning Academy Awards for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) and California Suite (1978).
Dame Maggie Smith, born in 1934, British stage and film actress, particularly noted for her comedic performances.
Margaret Natalie Smith was born in Ilford, Essex.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761580135/Maggie_Smith.html   (279 words)

  
 Rotten Tomatoes Forums - The Secret Garden (1993)
BTW, there was a version of The Secret Garden wherein the epilogue shows the girl marrying her cousin, Colin.
When the garden finally blooms, you just wanna hug those kids for what they've made.
I know what you mean, Sylvesterdket, about how it makes you feel when the garden finally blooms.
www.rottentomatoes.com /vine/showthread.php?t=170710   (535 words)

  
 MovieGoods.com - movie posters, photos and other movie memorabilia
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The box-office behemoth is coming to DVD on March 28th and we're celebrating with sale prices on dozens of King Kong items.
The doctor that delivered Dolly Parton was paid a sack of cornmeal for his services.
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 AllReaders The Secret Garden (1993) Message Board
so the garden to me symbolises something that is dying but can be nurtured into something good, something fantastic, awe inspiring and amazing in its strength and beauty.
this is what mary finds out about the garden.
the concept of sacrament in the movie is perhaps present when mary nurtures the garden even though she thinks it is dying - she sabes it.
www.allwatchers.com /board.asp?BoardID=9908   (439 words)

  
 "The Secret Garden" / a review from Christian Spotlight on the Movies
Agnieszka Holland (a renowned Polish film maker and director of this film) is an avowed fan of the Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1911 novel, The Secret Garden.
Meanwhile, forced to play on her own, Mary discovers The Secret Garden and a sweet-natured country boy, (Andrew Knott, Black Beauty), who shares in the secret of the garden and helps her to bring it back to life.
The Secret Garden is clean and decent; a movie for the whole family.
christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/pre2000/rvu-secretgarden.html   (770 words)

  
 Riverside Women's Association Children's Film Festival
This, the most recent filmed version of the classic book, is a beautifully interpreted adaptation from the internationally acclaimed Polish director of "Europa, Europa," Agnieszka Holland.
Still grieving the death of his wife many years ago, Mary's reclusive uncle offers no affection but grants her permission to explore the castle grounds where she finds a secret, neglected garden.
A young, British girl is suddenly orphaned while living in India, and travels to the English countryside to live in her uncle's castle.
www.sorakirei.com /filmfest/secret.html   (124 words)

  
 GreenCine product main - The Secret Garden (1993)
The 1993 remake of The Secret Garden is a beautifully produced rendition of the classic Frances Hodgon Burnett novel about a young girl (Kate Maberly) who discovers an abandoned garden on her uncle's large Victorian country estate, as well as an invalid cousin she didn't realize she had.
Although this version of The Secret Garden isn't quite as strong as the original 1949 movie, the story is nevertheless moving in any format and the production is very beautiful to look at.
With the help of a local boy, the girl sets out to restore the garden and, once it is blooming again, she discovers it has magical powers.
www.greencine.com /webCatalog?id=3697   (274 words)

  
 Secret Garden, The 1993
Through the blossoming of the garden, she re-connects in spirit with her parents and nourishes the boy’s relationship with his father, all through the garden’s rejuvenating powers.
Through its growth, she also experiences nourishment, coming to embrace an imaginative emotional life, as well as the budding friendship of her crippled cousin.
For emotional and intellectual nourishment, she retreats to his overgrown garden, cultivating it and tending it.
www.showbizdata.com /credits.cfm?mid=72189   (121 words)

  
 The Secret Garden Review Movie Review Film The Secret Garden: Kate Maberly, Heydon Prowse, Andrew Knott, Maggie Smith, Laura Crossley, John Lynch, Walter Sparrow, and many more; Review by Kt Tatoe; movie reviews, movie posters, celebrity addresses
The garden was left to die after her death, and banished from anyone's entrance for all eternity - until the day that Mary discovered it herself, and the key to it's secret gate.
She stars in the film as the young Mary Lennox who was cast away to Misselthwaite Manor after losing her parents to an earthquake at her home in India.
The Secret Garden is guaranteed to enlighten your perspective on life in ways you never imagined!
www.movieeye.com /reviews/read_movie_review/1716.html   (634 words)

  
 The Works of Frances Hodgson Burnett's Journal
The Secret Garden is the first book that I have ever read in English.
I'm also a fan of the film version of the Secret Garden.
If you are a fan of The Secret Garden, A Little Princess or Little Lord Fauntleroy make yourself comfortable and join the discussions.
community.livejournal.com /fhburnett   (610 words)

  
 Smooth Jazz Vibes: Secret Garden Archives
A breakthrough into writing for film and the use of voice as another area of exploration are both facets of his ambition that he is looking to cultivate.
Readers of Denis Poole’s Secret Garden will know it’s the place to go for a British perspective on all that’s good, and not so good, in the world of smooth jazz and classic soul.
In laying down grooves designed to accompany every stage of romance he has not only provided a backdrop for people to chill out, relax and do what they need to do he has, into the bargain, come up with what will undoubtedly be one of the smooth jazz sensations of 2005.
www.smoothvibes.com /movabletype/archives/cat_secret_garden.html   (20397 words)

  
 Barnes & Noble.com - The Secret Garden -- Alan Grint - VHS
There are quite a few film adaptations of ''The Secret Garden.'' I have seen them all, but this one is my favorite.
The middle one however is far more magical and in parts creepy, Mary Lennox is more bratty too, this is a great film which should be seen by all children, it is a classic and shouldn't be skipped over purely for the latest Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter film.
I liked ''The Secret Garden'' because it is different to other movies.
video.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?ean=707729852834   (776 words)

  
 Secret Garden, The (1993) - DVDs and VHS - MovieMail UK
An orphaned girl is sent to live with her aristocratic aunt in a large, mysterious house, where she and her sick cousin Jack explore the secret garden.
This is the true story of King George V's own Sandringham Company which disappeared during World War I. Formed from the workers on his estate in Norfolk, they went into bat...
This film is part of the following Film Collections
www.moviemail-online.co.uk /films/8923   (236 words)

  
 The Secret Garden - DVD - Learning Disabilities
Now the plot thickens and we find Mary has a bedridden cousin Colin, also 10 like Mary, the son of Lord Craven, who is hidden away in a darkened chamber, because of his supposed disabilities and not allowed to go outdoors.
While the housekeeper on the estate in charge of the children knows nothing of the youngsters' use of the "secret garden" we see the very magical properties it contains in the wild animals who live there as if they are tame house pets.
Here Mary and Dickons, the brother of the housemaid Martha, restore the garden to its former beauty through the planting of bulbs, flowers and tending the many climbing roses.
www.bellaonline.com /articles/art38821.asp   (400 words)

  
 Back to the Secret Garden (2000)
In The Secret Garden, there’s little more made explicit than the mysticism of Dickon and the legend that one can only find the door when the key is in one’s hand.
In her absence, she leaves the key to the garden in the hands of Miss Martha Sowerby (Plowright), Dickon’s matron sister who can’t seem to find the door to the garden, even with the key in her hand.
Now Lizzy and her stuffy friend Robert (Roberts) must duplicate the magic of young Mary, Colin, and Dickon, if the Secret Garden is to be saved at all.
www.needcoffee.com /html/dvd/bttsgarden.htm   (648 words)

  
 The Secret Garden
Agnieszka Holland’s adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic fairy tale, THE SECRET GARDEN is a highly entertaining family picture that is overflowing with gorgeous imagery.
If you like The Secret Garden, the following films may interest you
Dramas, Drama, Family Interaction, Kids Adventure, Live-Action, Children, Self-Discovery, Recommended, Bucolic, Family Film, Gentry, Theatrical Release
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/TheSecretGarden-1045518   (415 words)

  
 Passport Recap
Butchart Gardens, famous for its sunken garden, is located near
1.Wisley Gardens is considered one of the great gardens of ENGLAND.
Landscaped in 1753 the HALIFAX Public Gardens are among the oldest
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 JR.com: The Secret Garden (1993) - DVD in Movies: Dramas:
Agnieszka Holland’s adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic fairy tale, THE SECRET GARDEN is a highly entertaining family picture that is overflowing with gorgeous imagery.
Beautifully shot by Roger Deakins, Holland’s film is a visual feast that captures the fantasy like tone of the book without sacrificing any of Burnett’s original vision.
Dramas Bucolic Children Drama Gentry Recommended Family Film Family Interaction Kids Adventure Live Action Self Discovery Theatrical Release
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 CFP 2005 > PANOPTICON'05
Micah has intimate experience with government subpoenas for logfiles, having worked closely with the EFF on multiple occasions to quash Secret Service subpoenas arising from protest activity and is fluent in electronic counter-measures to prevent unlawful sensitive information discovery.
(The Postman inspired a major film in 1998.) Brin is also known as a leading commentator on modern technological trends.
He is editor of The Robot in the Garden: Telerobotics and Telepistemology in the Age of the Internet (MIT Press, 2000).
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 Australian Literary Management - Authors L to Q
A prolific and popular gardening author as well as a television presenter.  Mary left her television career, husband, children, grandchildren and garden for a glorious six month break away from it all in France.
She and David went exploring and discovered Yetholme, a beautiful old Federation house set on 28 acres near Orange, and saw the potential to set up a French-style farm complete with potager garden and goose and duck breeding.
She married Alan, an English sports journalist who was happy to live in an apartment in Paris for the rest of his life.
www.austlit.com /a-list-l-q.html   (2957 words)

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