The Magnificent Ambersons

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Based on Booth Tarkington’s novel and Orson Welles’s original screenplay, this 2002 television drama follows George Amberson, a wealthy and arrogant young man determined to sabotage his widowed mother Isabel’s budding romance with Eugene Morgan, a successful inventor who has returned to their town. As George schemes to keep the two apart, he finds himself drawn to Eugene’s daughter while grappling with complicated feelings toward both his mother and her suitor. Bruce Greenwood portrays Eugene with sincerity, Madeleine Stowe brings vibrancy to Isabel, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers delivers an intense performance as the jealous and manipulative George.

This is a single-disc DVD presentation running two hours and thirty minutes, released by A+E Networks with a not-rated designation. Director Alfonso Arau’s adaptation attempts to restore dramatic material that was cut from Welles’s 1941 film version, offering a fresh interpretation of Tarkington’s turbulent story. Grab this used copy and own a thoughtful reimagining of a classic tale.