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Lorna Doone (1990 film)
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Lorna Doone is a 1990 British drama television film directed by Andrew Grieve and starring Polly Walker, Sean Bean and Clive Owen.[1] It is based on the 1869 novel Lorna Doone by R. D. Blackmore set in the West Country during Monmouth's Rebellion. It was made by Thames Television and aired on ITV.
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Locations
Location filming took place near Glasgow in Scotland rather than the West Country, as producer Alan Horrox explained in The Spectator, "[the novel Lorna Doone] demands sweeping moorland vistas, plunging waterfalls, and a secret valley, as well as much else besides. When we researched the available locations on Exmoor, we discovered that much of the area has changed profoundly since the 17th-century setting of the original novel...I believe it could never successfully evoke the full-blooded dramatic sweep of this classic novel."[2][3]
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Plot
West country yeoman John Ridd (Clive Owen) vows to avenge the death of his father by destroying the land-grabbing Doone family. Then he meets, and immediately falls in love with, the beautiful and innocent Lorna Doone (Polly Walker).
Cast
- Clive Owen as John Ridd
- Sean Bean as Carver Doone
- Polly Walker as Lorna Doone
- Billie Whitelaw as Sarah Ridd
- Miles Anderson as Tom Faggus
- Kenneth Haigh as Judge Jeffreys
- Jane Gurnett as Annie Ridd
- Robert Stephens as Sir Ensor Doone
- Euan Grant Maclachlan as Ensie Doone
- Michael Mackenzie as John Ridd's Father
- Andrew Ferguson as Young John
- Claire Madden as Young Lorna
- Paul Young as Neighbour
- Martin Heller as Priest
- Rachel Kempson as Lady Dugal
- Hugh Fraser as James II
Critical reception
AllMovie called it "one of the more rewarding film adaptations of the venerable R. D. Blackmore novel."[4]
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External links
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