samkydd

I was fortunate enough to receive the Sharpe complete series on DVD at Christmas and I’d not seen many episodes before, and I find it very entertaining indeed. A lot a people on here criticise the acting ability of ex-welder Sean Bean, but in this role where he’s been made up to an officer from the ranks it worked very well. Sharpe struggles to deal with his senior "gentlemen" officers and become accepted by them, or at least credible to them as an officer (many of whom were played by well respected and established actors from the old school), so life was very much imitating art. I think Sean Bean played the part very well indeed, and in my book he's a very good actor. As were the rest of the cast, rock solid performances from everybody! The locations and music were excellent as well!

The best character I’ve seen so far is that of Pete Postlewaite playing the demented Sergeant Obediah Hakeswell, Sharpe’s nemesis. The way he talks into his hat to his mother, mumbling his feelings of sexual frustration to her before changing his expression to an evil leer and straining his neck, rolling his eyes and shuddering before strutting off to make someone’s life a misery is absolutely brilliant. When he does something evil and fears discovery his face changes to that of a worried child looking around furtively in case some angry adult has spotted his misdeed. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/clapping.gif[/img]

"...the chairman of Littlewoods stores made a Keynote speech!"

Marky B

I believe a new series is being made!
Ta Ta
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I once shot an elephant in my pyjamas - how he got in my pyjamas,I'll never know

samkydd

[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif[/img]-->Someone I know mentioned it the other day. I think it's set in the India campaign a few years before the period of the previous series, and Sharpe is just a private in the ranks.

"...the chairman of Littlewoods stores made a Keynote speech!"

716Jones

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Someone I know mentioned it the other day. I think it's set in the India campaign a few years before the period of the previous series, and Sharpe is just a private in the ranks.
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That should be good. Get a chance to see Sergeant Hakeswill again, wonder if Pete Postlethwaite is avaialble. And will they make Sean Bean up to look around 15 years younger?

Aenima

Is it my imagination or did Liz Hurley.......how can I put this so as not to offend our feminist contingent...........display her X chromosome-derived mammalian phenotype in one episode .....or is it wishful thinking on my part?

I'll 'av 'arf

samkydd

Yes she did and very artistic it was too!

I think I'd have given up being a welder to perform with her!

"...the chairman of Littlewoods stores made a Keynote speech!"

sadistic

now now! calm down (did enjoy that scene myself)
ive read a few of the sharpe books and must say i did enjoy them,the tv series i enjoyed also
the part of sharpe is well potrayed by sean bean.also some great characters like sgt harper,hagman and harris.
with the talk of a new series in the making it would involve the battle of assaye and the game of cat and mouse with colonel pohlmann. looking foward.

chin chin! do carry on with your mud pies!

samkydd

As it's going to be set in an earlier campaign I hope Pete Postlewaite is back in it as Sergeant Obediah Hakeswell, he is just evil! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/devil.gif[/img]

"...the chairman of Littlewoods stores made a Keynote speech!"