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Hornblower - Duty - Episode 8

Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay
Director: Andrew Grieve
Original UK Premiere: 2003
Dvd Release: 13th October, 2003
Number Of Discs: 1
Format: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding

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Background Information: Hornblower

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Hornblower is the umbrella title of a series of television movies based on C S Forester s novels & stories about the character Horatio Hornblower. The series stars Ioan Gruffudd in the title role & is produced by Meridian Television & A&E Television Networks. The Hornblower was a Silver Age comic book superhero who was a member of the Teen Titans. The equivalent character in post-Crisis continuity is called the Herald.

Consumer DVD Review

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Here it is the exciting conclusion to Hornblower: Loyalty. Starting off with hornblowers marriage, things quickly turn to action & adventure, as hornblower picks up two suspicious passengers. In this installment we see many of the mysteries from loyalty unravelled. In my opinion this is a fantastic story & it is told very well, leaping from action to adventure & back again. I was not at all bored throughout the whole film, I was transfixed by the attention to detail & wonderful standard of acting. Having previously reviewed Hornblower: Loyalty, & having said that I felt it was one of the best, i have to say that this is better.

Biography: Ioan Gruffudd

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Ioan Gruffudd is a Welsh actor, born in Cardiff, Wales, UK on 6 October 1973. His parents, Peter & Gillian Gruffudd, were teachers. He has two siblings – a brother, Alun, who is two years younger & a sister, Siwan, who is seven years younger than him. Gruffudd started his acting career at the age of 14 in the Welsh soap opera Pobol y Cwm. Aged 18 he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. His won his first major English language role a few years later in the 1996 TV remake of Poldark. After playing Oscar Wilde s gay lover in Wilde in 1997, he got his first international role as Fifth Officer Lowe in Titanic. He later got his best-known role as Horatio Hornblower in the ITV production of the C,S. Forester novels. Next, he played Pip in the BBC production of Charles Dickens Great Expectations. He has also starred in 102 Dalmatians, ITVs adaptation of The Forsyte Saga, Black Hawk Down & King Arthur. Posters Of King Arthur

Editors Choice: King Arthur, Hornblower, Fantastic Four, Loyalty, Man And Boy, Mutiny, The Even Chance, View DVDology

Biography: Robert Lindsay

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Robert Lindsay is the name of several people: Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie was a Scottish chronicler. Robert Lindsay is the name of a British track & field athlete. Robert Lindsay is an American politician. Robert Lindsay is an Australian politician. Posters Of Canterbury Tales

Editors Choice: Hornblower, Loyalty, My Family, Canterbury Tales, The Even Chance, Citizen Smith, Gbh, Jericho, View DVDology

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