Thorn Birds, The - Complete Collector's Edition
Warner Bros. (1983)
Drama, Romance
In Collection
#12919
0*
Seen ItYes
012569704008
IMDB   8.0
7 hr 40 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Richard Chamberlain Ralph de Bricassart
Rachel Ward Meggie Cleary
Barbara Stanwyck Mary Carson
Christopher Plummer Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese
Jean Simmons Fiona 'Fee' Cleary
Richard Kiley Paddy Cleary
Ken Howard Rainer Hartheim
Piper Laurie Anne Mueller
Earl Holliman Luddie Mueller
Mare Winningham Justine O'Neill
Jack Thompson
Amanda Donohoe
Julia Blake
Olivia Burnette
Robert Taylor
Director
Daryl Duke
Kevin James Dobson
Producer Stan Margulies
David Stevens
Darryl Sheen
Writer Carmen Culver
Colleen McCullough


This mini series covers 60 years in the lives of the Cleary family, brought from New Zealand to Australia to run their aunt Mary Carson's ranch...
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   2 hr 20 mins    3/27/1983  1.  Episode 1
When the wealthy but now elderly owner of a large sheep farm in the outback of Australia realizes that her affections towards a banished but ambitious young priest will never be returned, she sets out to manipulate his life and career from the grave once she discovers him giving his attention to her young niece instead.
Director:  Daryl Duke  Writer:  Carmen Culver 
Guest starring:  Stephen W. Burns, Stephanie Farcy,  Richard VentureAllyn Ann McLerie, John Friedrich,  Barry CorbinSydney Penny, Nan Martin, Wally Dalton, Meg Wyllie, Holly Palance, Vidal Peterson, Bill Morey, John de Lancie,  Dwier BrownAntoinette BowerBrett Cullen
    Seen it: Yes   2 hr 20 mins    3/28/1983  2.  Episode 2
Having left Australia with a significant sum of holdings in hand willed to the Catholic Church by the wealthy socialite and sheep farmer Mary Carson, Father Ralph de Bricassart finds himself courted by power brokers within the Vatican. Meanwhile, the Drogheda Ranch suffers a devastating brush fire that spawns more tragedy in the Cleary family, and eventually leads to an uneasy reunion between Meggie and Father de Bricassart. However Meggie soon meets a young suitor who captures her heart.
Director:  Daryl Duke  Writer:  Carmen Culver 
Guest starring:  Vidal Peterson,  Bill MoreyJohn de LancieDwier BrownAntoinette BowerBrett Cullen, Stephen Burns,  Sydney PennyBarry Corbin, Stephanie Farcy,  Richard VentureAllyn Ann McLerie, John Friedrich, Nan Martin, Wally Dalton
    Seen it: Yes   2 hr 20 mins    3/29/1983  3.  Episode 3
Now married, living on a sugar cane plantation, and working as a maid in Queensland, Meggie finds her new husband is more interested in his own work and dalliances than in her. She bears him a child but is still unable to change his ways. Meanwhile, Father de Bricassart has moved up in the Church hierarchy and eventually returns to Australia as a Cardinal. And in yet another uneasy reunion between himself and Meggie, he finally succumbs to temptation by consummating forbidden love and breaking his vow of chastity.
Director:  Daryl Duke  Writer:  Carmen Culver 
Guest starring:  Vidal Peterson,  Bill MoreyJohn de LancieDwier BrownAntoinette BowerBrett Cullen, Stephen Burns,  Sydney PennyBarry Corbin, Stephanie Farcy,  Richard VentureAllyn Ann McLerie, John Friedrich, Nan Martin, Wally Dalton
    Seen it: Yes   2 hr 20 mins    3/30/1983  4.  Episode 4
Meggie has repeated the mistakes of her past by favoring her son over her daughter. She finally admits the truth about Dane's paternity to Ralph and reconciles with both her mother Fee and her daughter Justine.
Director:  Daryl Duke  Writer:  Carmen Culver 
Guest starring:  Vidal Peterson,  Bill MoreyJohn de LancieDwier BrownAntoinette BowerBrett Cullen, Stephen Burns,  Sydney PennyBarry Corbin, Stephanie Farcy,  Richard VentureAllyn Ann McLerie, John Friedrich, Nan Martin, Wally Dalton
Edition Details
Edition The Thorn Birds / The Thorn Birds 2 - The Missing Years
Series The Thorn Birds
Distributor Warner Home Video
Release Date 2002
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Standard 1.33:1 Color
Subtitles English; Spanish
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 3

Features
Disc 01 The Thorn Birds
Commemorative Documentary The Thorn Birds: Old Friends, New Stories
The Missing Years
English Stereo Audio
Close Captioning Available