The Buccaneers is a TV mini-series directed by Philip Saville in 1995 and based on the book of the same name by Edith Wharton, first published in 1938. The TV series features Carla Gugino, Alison Elliott, Mira Sorvino, Rya Kihlstedt, Mark Tandy, Dinsdale Landen, and others.
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Storyline
Considered newly wealthy and rejected by the snobbish circles of New York society, sisters Nan and Virginia St. George, along with their friends Lizzy Elmsworth and Conchita Closson, venture to London. Their bold and impudent New World attitudes amount to a social invasion of Old World society, attracting a host of intrigued admirers. However, as the clash between old and new worlds intensifies, a breaking point is inevitable.
Movie vs Book
Year
1995
Minutes
212
Movie Rate
7.10
Source: IMDb
TV Mini-Series
The Buccaneers
Director: Philip Saville
Country: UK
Year: 1995
Length: 3h32m / 5 episodes
Year
1938
Pages
406
Book Rate
7.80
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Book
The Buccaneers
Author: Edith Wharton
Country: USA
First published in: 1938
Length: 406 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
TV Series by Susanna White
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“The TV series is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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“I'm not writing novels, the screenplays are my novels. If the movie never gets made, it'd almost be okay because I did it. It's there on the page.”
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