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| Director: Waris Hussein
Actors: Angela Lansbury, Irene Worth, Sam Wanamaker, Patricia Hodge, Anna Carteret
Studio: Hallmark
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Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 8554
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original Recording Reissued, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 99 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4 x 1.1
ISBN: 1574922777
UPC: 707729853039
EAN: 9781574922776
ASIN: 1574922777
Theatrical Release Date: December 3, 1989
Release Date: August 17, 1999
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Condition: Plays great. Tape in good condition. Sleeve cut to fit plastic case. Former library copy with usual stickers, stamps, and markings.Satisfaction guaranteed. If item not as described, return for refund of purchase price.
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 This is NOT the SHELL SEEKERS November 28, 2002
MPMP (Santa Fe, NM)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
This film bears only a passing resemblance to Rosamund Pilcher's THE SHELL SEEKERS. The director watered down the book's powerful plot to weak tea and you will barely recognize the characters. Angela Lansbury does her best but cannot help the tepid writing. The casting was almost completely off the mark - Danus is particularly badly cast. I expected a better film from the Hallmark Hall of Fame. This was so bad it took me 3 trys to get through to the end. Don't buy it. In fact, it's hardly worth renting. Reread the book instead.
The Shell Seekers betrayed September 26, 2004
Kathy Lang (Cornwall, U.K.)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
No realistic viewer expects a filmed version of a book to be identical. But it SHOULD be true to the spirit of the novel (or why bother filming it?), and this TV movie is definitely not. Most of the main characters are too different, especially Penelope Keeling (Angela Lansbury is quite the wrong actress) - the Penelope in this film is unrecognisable. But the worst betrayal is the portrayal of Penelope's love affair with Richard, especially the change to its ending and to the ending of the book. If you want to watch a banal movie, and have neither read the book nor wish to read one of the finest novels in English, buy the movie. Much better, buy, read and re-read the book, and give yourself a real treat.
Try again later . . . October 8, 2004
Shell seeker (New Hampshire)
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
I saw about 20 minutes of the Hallmark TV version and went shrieking from the room! And this is possibly my favorite novel of all time. Angela Lansbury is terribly miscast. Penelope with stiffly coiffed hair, a corsage and a pink afternoon dress?!? What happened to the boat cloak? It should have been Judy Dench! This is nearly as bad as the carnage wreaked on "Clan of the Cave Bear" by casting Darryl Hannah. Trying to stuff a big novel into 98 minutes is a travesty. I see why writers like Steven King and J.K. Rowling take such tough control of their works when someone wants to film them. Couldn't we wait a few years and try again, this time in a 13 week series or something like "Ballykissangel"?
 Pure enjoyment July 25, 2001
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
This film is one of my favorites. Angela Lansbury is at her best. The film gives a real insight into family relationships. This is not surprising as Rosamonde Picher's books have much in family life, loves and troubles. I hesitate to say it, but Shell Seekers is really a woman's film.
 I should have listened to the other reviewers. October 8, 2003
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
I loved Rosamunde Pilcher's novel The Shell Seekers so much that I just had to buy this video simply to become immersed once more in the world of cosy detail Rosamunde provides us. I thought it couldn't possibly be that bad. Well, frankly, it is rather bad. Even though it was filmed in Great Britain, it lacked that British feeling that I was going after. I felt as though I had tuned into a very early "Murder She Wrote" episode with Angela Lansbury surrounded by two-bit actors. Danus was particularly dreadful - no character development - there is absolutely no appeal and you actually hope Antonia does not fall in love with him. The actor who portrays Noel has an easy time of it being weak and greedy, and as for Nancy, why is she so thin? Olivia and Cosmo were the only ones who seemed true to the book. As for reviving Richard - I can only agree with the other reviewer - Penelope would never have chosen to be without him. How trite they made that love affair!In sum, the movie was far too short to offer any kind of in-depth development. The critical war years were glossed over in mediocre flashbacks. But I suppose it would be alright if you're home for the day with a ghastly cold and you can't actually read the novel again. Just make sure you lace your tea with something a bit stronger - it might make viewing more tolerable.
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