Thorn Birds 2 Disc

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Average Rating: (See all 4 reviews) Format: DVD (PG), TV Series Quantity Available: 3 24 hour shipping Based on the bestselling novel, the film follows a priest and his struggle between his calling and his carnal lusts. Director: Daryl Duke Cast: Richard Kiley, Richard Chamberlain, Barbara Stanwyck, Philip Anglim, Jean Simmons, John Friedrich, Earl Holliman, Mare Winningham, Rachel Ward, Ken Howard, Piper Laurie, Bryan Brown, Christopher Plummer Publisher: Warner Bros. UPC: 9325336020777

Such a epic classic! I recommend this for a rainy Sunday movie marathon :o)

Oh wow! I remember watching this when it first came on television. I was just glued to the screen, totally engrossed in the beautifully portrayed stories of FAther Ralph de Bricassart and beautiful, young Meggie Cleary. The interweaving of their lives is a powerful love story written by Colleen McCulloch and faithfully brought to the screen in this wonderful mini series.

Starring the king of the miniseries Richard Chamberlain as Father Ralph de Bricassart, a Roman Catholic Priest who is finding it hard to understand why the Vatican demands his celibacy... the beautiful Rachel Ward plays Meggie Cleary, his love interest, who marries a boofhead Aussie but really pines for the man of the cloth... hugely popular when it was released in 1983... based on Colleen McCullough's popular novel... story is told over the span of 4 or 5 decades... one of the all time classics of TV miniseries...

The mini-series that started a trend...
Based on Collen McCullough's 1977 best-selling epic saga. It centres around a Catholic priest and his obsession with Meggie Cleary that conflicts with his ambition to achieve status in the church. Richard Chamberlain is great in his priestly role, and Rachel Ward is beautifully luminous as Meggie, but it's very obviously her first acting role. Barbra Stanwyck is fantastic as the rich-bitch Mary Carson, and Jean Simmons plays a great, stoic Mrs Cleary. The support cast is full of stars - Bryan Brown, Piper Laurie, Ken Howard, Christopher Plummer, Mare Winningham,etc - as it follows the fortunes of generations of the Cleary family in Australia's outback, and Father Ralph's meteoric rise from outback parish to the Vatican.
It has all the ingredients for a great story - love, hate, passion, betrayal, greed, secrets, ambition, sacrifice, birth, death - 465 minutes worth!
Brilliant story, top cast, excellent.