amicus
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There are many films I have enjoyed for many reasons, I have shared some on this forum, here is another...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Garden_(1993_film)
Plot
Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow.
The Secret Garden is adapted from the 1909 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
The recently-orphaned Mary Lennox travels from her home in India to her uncle Archibald Craven's hundred-room house, Misselthwaite Manor, in Yorkshire, England. Mary, materially spoiled but emotionally neglected by her late parents, is rather unpleasant and unhappy in her new surroundings. Martha, a Yorkshire girl working as a maid, and her brother Dickon, a boy who can talk to animals, befriend and help her to heal and grow. She discovers her deceased aunt's secret garden, which has been locked for ten years and enlists Dickon to help her bring it to life.
Hidden away in the gloomy house is Mary's cousin Colin, who has been treated all his life like a fragile, sickly invalid. This exaggeration has augmented what smaller problems he did have, turning him into a demanding, short-tempered, helpless boy. Mary, defying the orders of Mrs Medlock (who runs Misselthwaite), discovers Colin and is taken aback by his disposition, but reaches out to him anyway. Soon Colin, Mary, and Dickon all spend their time in the secret garden. Colin learns to walk and gets quite well, which his father Archibald discovers upon his return to Misselthwaite.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Maberly
Her breakthrough role was that of Mary Lennox in the 1993 film The Secret Garden. This internationally acclaimed performance paved the way for several subsequent leading roles, including Ira in the 1995 movie Friendship's Field, Dinah Bellman in the 1995 movie The Langoliers, and Vanessa in the 1997 BBC TV Drama Mothertime.
Since The Secret Garden, Maberly has also gone on to parts alongside such established actors as Ted Danson (in Gulliver's Travels, 1996), Omar Sharif (in the IMAX film Mysteries of Egypt, 1998), and Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet (in Finding Neverland, 2004).
In early 2007, she appeared in two feature films, the Australian/UK thriller Like Minds, and the British teen-comedy Popcorn.
Maberly also performed voice-overs for Ordynek, Bringing the Pride of Poland to Texas in 2000, and for The Braniff Pages in 2001. She has completed several radio works for BBC Radio 4 as well, including The Dorabella Variation, A Certain Smile, and National Velvet. Maberly's excellent narration of the audio book Catherine Called Birdy, written by Karen Cushman, received an Audie Award in 1995.
Maberly's acting is characterized by outstanding maturity and grave consideration. Her portrayal of Ira in Friendship's Field is widely regarded[citation needed] as one of the finest.
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I have seen her in the Langoliers and was impressed by her skill and thought others might wish to compliment her talent.
amicus...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Garden_(1993_film)
Plot
Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow.
The Secret Garden is adapted from the 1909 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
The recently-orphaned Mary Lennox travels from her home in India to her uncle Archibald Craven's hundred-room house, Misselthwaite Manor, in Yorkshire, England. Mary, materially spoiled but emotionally neglected by her late parents, is rather unpleasant and unhappy in her new surroundings. Martha, a Yorkshire girl working as a maid, and her brother Dickon, a boy who can talk to animals, befriend and help her to heal and grow. She discovers her deceased aunt's secret garden, which has been locked for ten years and enlists Dickon to help her bring it to life.
Hidden away in the gloomy house is Mary's cousin Colin, who has been treated all his life like a fragile, sickly invalid. This exaggeration has augmented what smaller problems he did have, turning him into a demanding, short-tempered, helpless boy. Mary, defying the orders of Mrs Medlock (who runs Misselthwaite), discovers Colin and is taken aback by his disposition, but reaches out to him anyway. Soon Colin, Mary, and Dickon all spend their time in the secret garden. Colin learns to walk and gets quite well, which his father Archibald discovers upon his return to Misselthwaite.
***
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Maberly
Her breakthrough role was that of Mary Lennox in the 1993 film The Secret Garden. This internationally acclaimed performance paved the way for several subsequent leading roles, including Ira in the 1995 movie Friendship's Field, Dinah Bellman in the 1995 movie The Langoliers, and Vanessa in the 1997 BBC TV Drama Mothertime.
Since The Secret Garden, Maberly has also gone on to parts alongside such established actors as Ted Danson (in Gulliver's Travels, 1996), Omar Sharif (in the IMAX film Mysteries of Egypt, 1998), and Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet (in Finding Neverland, 2004).
In early 2007, she appeared in two feature films, the Australian/UK thriller Like Minds, and the British teen-comedy Popcorn.
Maberly also performed voice-overs for Ordynek, Bringing the Pride of Poland to Texas in 2000, and for The Braniff Pages in 2001. She has completed several radio works for BBC Radio 4 as well, including The Dorabella Variation, A Certain Smile, and National Velvet. Maberly's excellent narration of the audio book Catherine Called Birdy, written by Karen Cushman, received an Audie Award in 1995.
Maberly's acting is characterized by outstanding maturity and grave consideration. Her portrayal of Ira in Friendship's Field is widely regarded[citation needed] as one of the finest.
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I have seen her in the Langoliers and was impressed by her skill and thought others might wish to compliment her talent.
amicus...
