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30 minute documentary examining the Victorian society reflected in the novel and film; Behind-the-scenes promotional teaser
Full Product DetailsDisc #1, Side A -- Our Mutual Friend
1. Dead Man's Worth [3:39]
2. The Eyes of Society [5:41]
3. A Man of Fortune [5:02]
4. The Edge of the World [5:59]
5. A Fatal Game [4:41]
6. A Substantial Reward [3:53]
7. The Best References [4:10]
8. Education Neglected [3:42]
9. A Promising Girl [6:41]
10. Changed Circumstances [4:18]
11. Suspicions [5:18]
12. A Mutual Understanding [7:46]
13. Sent Away [2:52]
14. Faces in the Shadows [4:04]
15. The Value of a Loss [5:28]
16. Waterside Character [6:42]
17. Death Before Profit [4:03]
18. End Credits [1:07]
1. Hard Work [2:24]
2. Pretending to Be [3:41]
3. A Confession [6:30]
4. Under Her Spell [2:10]
5. Particular Friend [6:01]
6. A True Mother [4:13]
7. False Pride [8:09]
8. All is not Well [4:35]
9. Mountaintop Proposal [3:39]
10. Treated to the Best [4:52]
11. Everyone Taken Care Of [4:33]
12. A Better Man [6:23]
13. The Attention of Men [5:13]
14. No Chance of Happiness [6:42]
15. Keeping the Deadness Off [5:28]
16. An Offer of Marriage [9:47]
17. A Bitter Trial [2:19]
18. End Credits [1:03]
Disc #1, Side B -- Our Mutual Friend
1. Poor Father [4:02]
2. No Heart [3:15]
3. Those Who Have [4:32]
4. Stirrings at Night [6:09]
5. Have You Seen Her? [5:53]
6. A Shade of Sadness [5:24]
7. New Friends [3:58]
8. Rather Serious [7:55]
9. Night Chases [6:17]
10. A Delicate Matter [8:21]
11. Returning Home [3:35]
12. A New Will [4:26]
13. Followed Day and Night [7:02]
14. A Private Interview [1:31]
15. Journey's End [4:39]
17. Secret Meeting [6:15]
18. Ambush [4:27]
19. End Credits [1:04]
1. Downfall [4:55]
2. The River's Secrets [6:14]
3. An Urgent Summons [7:33]
4. Notice From Lizzie [2:43]
5. Barely Alive [4:22]
6. Dying Wish [5:47]
7. A Somber Wedding [4:42]
8. Found Out [5:47]
9. Leeches [8:23]
10. True Identity [8:22]
11. The Last Will [6:47]
12. Between Here and Hell [5:22]
13. The Dollmaker [2:21]
14. Heavy Payment [4:52]
15. Drowned Again [3:27]
16. The Future [3:03]
17. A Question of Feelings [3:28]
18. End Credits [1:02]
One of several British miniseries adaptations of Charles Dickens' novel Our Mutual Friend, this four-part version debuted over the BBC in 1998. The production's generous running time (total: six hours), enabled scenarist Sandy Welch to include virtually every important detail in this complex Victorian-era saga of how a mysterious waterfront death inextricably linked the lives of two young women, Lizzie Hexam (Keeley Hawes) and Bella Wilfer (Anna Friel). The richness of the Dickensian prose was complemented by the visuals, which incorporated everything from documentary-style handheld camerawork to Eisenstein-ish montages, and by the eerily polytonal musical score by Adrian Johnston. Our Mutual Friend was brought to America courtesy of PBS beginning January 3, 1999. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide