A Morbid Taste for Bones

Starring: Derek Jacobi, Michael Culver, Julian Firth, et al.

BROTHER C-TASTE FOR BONES (DVD)

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 054961426690
• Release Date: October 2001
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: ACORN MEDIA
• Director: Sebastian Graham Jones
• Starring: Derek Jacobi, Michael Culver, Julian Firth, Mark Charnock, Terrence Hardiman, Albie Woodington, Eoin McCarthy, Sean Pertwee, Peter Copley, Raymond Llewellyn
• Runtime: 1 hour, 15 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: closed-captioned
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

“A man may step out of his nature”

Brother Cadfael - A Morbid Taste for Bones (1994) S2E3 A monk can sight. While he is being bled, he gets a vision. With the help of Jerome, he realizes that it is St. Winifred whose body is lost in Wales, and he wants to be there so people can visit. A retrieval expedition is launched against Cadfael's judgment. This is one of the best Father Cadfael's as it has meaning and story on many levels. True, the ending is not exactly the book’s ending. But the feeling is still there. The point that I like best is that the language is common, but the cultures are dissimilar. Although there is no Hugh Beringar (Sean Pertwee), this film contains one of my favorite actors, John Hallam, who plays lord Richard. He has been in many popular movies, including "4.50 from Paddington," where he gets to play a similar character to Cedric Crackenthorpe. I leave you with this thought: "Those that seek to lay hands on St. Winifred are apt to perish." ------------------------------------------------------------------- DVD info: The first thing that struck me was how clear the picture is. I never noticed that Brother Jerome had freckles. Unexpectedly, they (whoever they are) put all the DVD goodies on this DVD except a running commentary. Of course, there are interactive menus, which make navigation easy. Then there is a scene index, which I seldom use. An Exclusive audio comment by Derek Jacob has pictures of him with Ellis Peters as he explains that a one-and-a-half-hour program just cannot pack the elaborate plots and number of characters in it to do justice to the book readers. The Ellis Peters biography and a book list are written on the screen (Sorry, you have to read some of this). The production s-c-r-a-p-b-o-o-k has about 10 stills showing the film being made. I have not tried the captions for the hearing impaired. What is not mentioned is a list of the productions that Derek Jacobi has done. Want to see something eerie? Look at the picture of Derek next to Ellis. They could be related.