The Scarlet Pimpernel Movie Review 1999

Wealthy, foppish English aristocrat, Sir Percy Blakeney (Grant), is not the fool he seems. Indeed, he masquerades as the daring Scarlet Pimpernel, the rescuer of those persecuted by the French Revolution, and the bane of French spy Chauvelin (Shaw). Why Percy has even managed to fool his lovely French wife, Marguerite (McGovern), who was once involved with Chauvelin, and who comes to see her husband in a more heroic light. Based on the novels by Baroness Emmuska Orczy.

Distribution

VideoPreview Collection, National Fulfillment Center, PO Box 4055, Santa Monica, CA 90405, Toll-free: 800-771-9232, Fax: (310)399-4844

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 120 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Rebel With a Cause, Historical Drama, Swashbucklers, France, Period Piece: 18th Century, Not-So-True Identity

Screenplay

Richard Carpenter

Cast

Richard E. Grant, Elizabeth McGovern, Martin Shaw, Anthony Green, Ronan Vibert, Christopher Fairbank, Jonathan Coy, Emilia Fox, Dominic Mafham

Cinematography

Simon Kossoff

Director

Patrick Lau

Music

Michael Pavlicek

Producer

Julian Murphy, A&E (Arts & Entertainment) Network, BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), London Films