MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE

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• Release Year: 2003
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Destitute and drunken, Michael Henchard is an itinerant farmhand who sells his wife and daughter to a sailor in a moment of alcohol-fueled desperaion. So begins THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE, Thomas Hardy's enduring classic.; ; This lavish new adaptation from A&E and Britain's ITV stars Ciaran Hinds (Road to Perdition, Jane Eyre) as the tragic, tormented Henchard. Decades after his fateful decision, now reformed and respectable, he is offered a chance at redemption when his wife reappears with her daughter, But the reunion's promise is soon tarnished by a web of jealousy, deceit, and wounded pride.; ; Adapted for the screen by Ted Whitehead (A&E's Tess of the D'Urbervilles THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE features powerful supporting performances from Jodhi May (The House of Mirth), Polly Walker (Emma), and James Purefoy (A Knight's Tale, Mansfield Park).
• Cast: Ciarán Hinds, Juliet Aubrey, Jodhi May, James Purefoy, Polly Walker, Darren Hawkes, Jean Marsh, Michael Beint, Clive Russell, John Surman, Susan Jane Tanner, Tony Haygarth, David Bradley, Richard Moore, Elliot Head, David Thacker, Thomas Hardy, Ted Whitehead
• Director: David Thacker
• Runtime: 3:20
• Company: A&E Television Networks, Pearson Television International, Sally Head Productions, New Video Group, A&E Home Video
• Media Format: Movie