part 1 - scarlet pimpernel

[EiAngela012]

do somebody know what's the name of the song at the beginning??

[olivova1978]

I am loving this - thanks for posting!!!!

[baskervilleshound1]

How closely does this adaption follow the book? I haven't read it, yet.

[ajokeajoke]

@baskervilleshound1 IT FOLLOWS THE BOOKS QUITE CLOSE...IT IS MIXED OF TWO OF HER NOVELS. IT'S A SERIES.GOOD READING :D

[leananshae]

It really doesn't deserve to be called the French Revolution... it was more precisely the French Holocaust. They didn't just fight for and win their freedom from a king, but turned on each other and perpetrated genocide.

[xfreefallin9]

I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!<3 And Anthony Andrews is awesome. :D

[OneTrickMouse]

HNGHHH!

-faves- <3

[vh90278]

andrews is just about the perfect actor for this role, wonderful actor.

[frostylunetta]

hey it's Tracey Childs who played Suzanne...she is so beautiful here (every bit as charming as Marianne in Sense and Sensibility) even as a gal myself I find her lovely :)

[faixkurogane]

Sink me! if I'm not in love with Sir Percy <3

[cellochild7]

Anthony Andrews<3

[sonicroxs]

Tenacious D.

[ladedadeah]

they're all so hot....

[marscaran]

Yeps, sink me! If I'm not in love with Anthony Andrews.

[cimeje]

Anthony Andrews is so sexy and charming. Love him in this movie.

[rachelwiesstanne]

thank you for uploading, I love this film

[sherriffnoldie]

We could use a mess of Percy s in the US. Without jobs, things could get ugly pretty fast. I wouldn't want to see anything happen to Leon Panetta, he's a great guy.

[MeLittleAbbey]

Sink Me! =D

[superpunch5]

@MeLittleAbbey I've been trying to find the spelling to that phrase for the longest time! Is that really how it's said? "Sink me?"

[MeLittleAbbey]

@superpunch5 Yes, if you look up some quotes from the movie Sir Percy says sink me! =P Although, I have no idea what it means.

[desertratgal]

I saw this when it first premiered on TV in 1982 and it's been one of my favorites ever since. Thanks so much for uploading!!!

[gal479]

how does the french revolution affect marguerite?

[Tozi05]

@gal479 at the beginning of the movie, they're calling out those who'll be executed that day from a large prison cell and loading them into carts to take them all together to the guillotine. Marguerite is affected by the revolution by the fact that she is a friend of Paul Chauvelin, a politician, and she is also an actress for the Théatre de la République, a meeting point for every intellectual and influencial man and woman of those times.

[gal479]

What is taking place at the beginning of this film?

[xBwySoPranoX]

FYI I will probably be commenting on every single video/part of this movie because I am that much in love. Just watched it for the first time earlier this week, finished the book about ten minutes ago, and now am watching it again! Love it!!

[darwinkilledgod]

The priest at the beginning played the bad guy in Top Secret! and it really kind of killed the moment for me...

Also, if I understand the French Revolution correctly they wouldn't have allowed a priest in to begin with. Did the "de-Christianization" of the revolution start later?

[RosesNightengales]

I love how Percy is a man of disguises! There needs to be more men like Percy. I love him very much and he's so brave too. I think Lord Anthony is pretty cute if I must say :3 .

[dramaqueen5748]

where can i get the dd of this

[AlwaysThere4YouX]

which year was this movie made?

[RosesNightengales]

@AlwaysThere4YouX 1982

[kls22280]

Anthony Andrews is absolutely brilliant as the pimpernel. I could watch this 100 times over! Sink Meh.......I Love it!!!!! <3

[dancergirl]

Yay!! I love this movie soooo much, thanks for posting it :)

[PimpernelObsessed]

I am so obsessed with The Scarlet Pimpernel. (hence, my username). I was wondering if anyone has any clue where I could purchase a ring like the one Anthony wore in this movie. I've spent hours searching but I can't find it. :( it would mean a lot to me if anyone had any clue where I could find it. Thanks! :)

[dieintheattempt1]

"The other two were even prettier!" LOL

[elisa02s]

anthony andrews, since childhood my favorit

[lynne150351]

anthony andrews is so hot!!

[copnite12342]

1 person here likes to cut off heads

[copnite12342]

the scarlet pimpernel rocks.

[rad4life1]

The American public should take a lesson

[rad4life1]

Nice! Love this movie!

[ricexcracker]

@iAmorMusic If I were playing Percy, I'd be having fun with it too!!

[bettycontaldo]

i soo want to be Anthony Andrews in my next life!!!!!!

[animenut23]

those are vicious citizens vicious i tell you! their just jealous because the aristocrats are rich and their not

[andrielisilien]

boo on whoever disliked this video

[CutenessAP]

<3 This Movie ! 

[jrvzoomsbcglobalnet]

@jimbrown if you really think that that was a good time, you are sorrowfully mistaken. Just about everyone was killed women and children. the aristocrats weren't in the right, but the peasants definitely weren't either.

[MicroShaughft]

I read the book....IT ROCKS!!! However, I don't know enough prominent French history as to know WHY the people were killing the aristocrats.(and dont say the French Revolution, that's quite vague)

[IreneSharda3]

@MicroShaughft There was a lot of reasons that compounded all on top of one another. France was in a whole lot of debt because of the actions of the royal family, especially Louis XIV and Louis XVI. The building of the palace of Versailles along with helping in the American revolution didn't help matters. Plus famine was spreading, but taxes were high and if i remember right, the fact that there was little food for the peasants, was the last straw. The class system they were under also sucked.

[KungLaoTheSecond]

1 guy like killing people...

[jimbrown257]

It's too bad they didn't have film during the French Revolution; I would love to be able to watch those aristocrat bastards getting their heads chopped off. Maybe it would make the crooked bankers, CEOs and politicians think twice about being so blatantly corrupt.

[LeaderSonozakiMion]

PERCY. HE MAKES ME GIGGLE. THE WILLIAM SHATNER FOP ACT <3 BRINGS A SINGLE TEAR TO MY EYE.

[Coverus7615]

Now THIS is what i call a good movie :)

[MrMatthyskevin]

i wonna buy the movies where can i find it pls contact me

[MakeUpMadeEasy]

@MrMatthyskevin play dot com

[inami11]

Saw this in history, and I thought it was going to be another boring History movie.

I was SOOO wrong. At first it was a little boring, but towards the end. WOW!

[232csm]

one of my favorite films! Thank You!

[keyboardmaniac55]

Thank you so very much for posting these videos. This version of Scarlet Pimpernel is one of my favorite films.

[CrimeSceneFairy94]

thank you soo much i've been looking for this everywhere!!!

[wincipoet]

so sad at the beginning...when ur heading ur way to the scaffold :"(

[HENNAENGLISH]

luv this movie

[CelineDionFan321]

WAA!!! I'VE BEEN LOOKIN FOR THIS!!! THANK U SOOO MUCH!!!

[mikolasa]

It is understandable however that there are so many parallels between the Scarlet Pimpernel and a Tale of Two Cities.

[andrielisilien]

SINK ME! - epic line XD

[skydancinghobbit]

Am I the only one who this Sir Percy is hot?

[bettycontaldo]

@skydancinghobbit he s the moat elegant and smartest kick ass ou there!!!!

[cullen252]

@skydancinghobbit AGREED>!!!!(;

[iworshipfoods]

@skydancinghobbit Double agree oddsfish, gorgegous I say!

[thevintagerose]

I do so love this movie. We saw it by accident when I was a kid; we tried to rent Home Alone 3 and got this movie instead. I couldn't have asked for a more fortuitous accident.

[martinlindsgaard]

@thevintagerose how elegantly put!

[texasgirl2299]

the little boy is soooooo cute :)

[BarnabasFrid]

1:00 Boo-yah! James Villiers AHOY! hEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY HOOOOOOO!

[littleointment]

thank you so much

[anastasia6305]

i' ve been looking for this for a REALLY long time!!!!!!(omg-and i have to go to sleep cause i'm working tmrw!!!) thanks for posting!!!!!!

[randomrandomofdoom]

SINK ME

[Susana1027]

Oh my goodness - I can't believe that Scarlet Pimpernel is on youtube! Many years ago I turned on the tv and this movie was playing. I started taping it right away, but I missed the first 20 minutes or so. Now, for the first time, I can see the whole movie. Thank you - it's one of my favorites!!

[Susana1027]

This is one of my favorite movies. Thank you so very much for posting it for us!

[martinlindsgaard]

Vive la famille royale!

[chevalvivant]

I love this movie, thank you for posting it up for all of us to enjoy!!! Love AA!!!

[skatescrubber]

this movie rapes

[MiaMellow24]

While I love the Leslie Howard version, this is my favorite Pimpernel adaptation. Andrews is just so wonderfully over the top, and I love seeing the courtship of Percy and Marguerite. Thanks for uploading!

[phantomsluva]

They seek him here

They seek him there

Those frenchies seek him everywhere

Is he in heaven

Or is he in hell?

AND WHAT'S THAT REVOLTING GARLIC SMELL!

[ROHINITHERESA1991]

@phantomsluva my fav line:)



[phantomsluva]

@ROHINITHERESA1991 Thanks :)

I'm delighted I'm not the only Blackadder fanatic :)

[Swan656]

One of my favorites from my teen days, thank you for uploading it!

[lisambofoh]

As much as I'm against monarchies, murder is wrong. The Scarlet Pimpernel did great things. In the world of fiction, of course. Since he wasn't real.

[Emi1yOreo]

That demmed elusive Pimpernel. ;)

[xxPerfection25xx]

Sink me! lol XD I love this movie =)

[Rikki0]

@xxPerfection25xx LMAO! I was about to post those very same words until I saw your post. And I mean word for word.

[pichilafquenmapu]

The Pimpernel's expression at the beginning of this film is hilarious. As is his North London accent.

[pichilafquenmapu]

Funny, you would have thought those people at the beginning would be making a bit more of a fuss about having their heads chopped off. They don't seem to mind too much do they?

[acerb45666555]

coffins?? nope, they dumped the bodies and heads in huge piles on the street! a documentary said so!

[Tozi05]

That was during the Great Terror (La Grande Terreur) that lasted during June-July 1794. The first slaughters of the Terror (September 1792) took place in the prisons, most often,the prisonners were shot, not beheaded, they were thrown afterward in great communal tombs. In Paris at the time, the bodies were transported within coffins, then taken out of them to be buried, so the coffin could be used again for somebody else. The piling thing occured because they couldn't take the bodies fast enough

[toysruskid06]

@Tozi05 It didn't matter to Robspierre since he thought that "terror in defense of democracy had no vices."

[Tozi05]

@toysruskid06 Of course. I am not doubting Robespierre's madness : the guy was nuts alright - but a clever fool. The most dangerous kind. Even though he was not completely alone in orchestrating the Terror, he was frightening. Actually, I was just pointing out that 1792 is still the early stage of the period, and thus, coffins might still have been used to transport bodies.

[aDieuSeul]

They did really well making the Scarlet Pimpernel's disguises believable

[migueliana]

"They seek him here, they seek him there...." love this film! :)

[WordTrashCritic]

Percy sounds like the annoying Prince John/Lion dude from that Disney's Robin Hood flick. It's driving me freaking crazy!

[AngelLich]

Thank you for posting this! It's so hard to find the movie, I hadn't seen this in years!

[amber0307]

You absolute star! I loooove this :) plus now I can make my bf watch it too lol :p

[mixedupmuddledup]

THank U

[airealataiel]

You are awesome. I LOVE this movie!

[justalittlebookworm]

anthony andrews definitly put in one of the best/most HILARIOUS performances in the history of film!!!! :D

[SoDamnBeautifull]

thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!

my favorite film of all time!

[vladimier12345]

indeed THANKS!!!!!!!!,i love these stories ,my favourite charles dickens!

[SaraDalene]

Erm, the Scarlet Pimpernel wasn't written by Charles Dickens, it was written by Baroness Emmuska Orczy.

[pichilafquenmapu]

@SaraDalene

Must have been thinking of the Sydney Carton character in A Tale of Two Cities.

[jcommyn]

@SaraDalene And thank God.

[CaptainSpicyPants]

oh my god thank you sooo much for uploading!!

[Nem0TheEm0]

I love you!

I've been looking for this forever!!

Thanks soo much :)

[blacklegionairsoft1]

holy shit dude, thanx!!! i got switched into honors english 2 and i have to read the book by tomorrow. well now, the "reading" wont be so bad!!! lol XD

[kayleehernandez]

Im watching this at school

[BrianInNC123]

I saw this one night on TV 23 years ago when it was broadcast in 2 parts. I taped the second part and used to watch it alot. I was delighted to see the whole movie posted. I thought the leads were wonderful.

[jonasbrosfan4ever100]

love this movie =}

[cmendy930]

if you think this is good you should see the 1934 original... so good! search merle oberon leslie howard and the movie it should come up.

[daseclipse]

I love the casting on this movie, well acted.

=)

[JaYNeCaTie]

@daseclipse You should watch the Leslie Howard version. He played Ashley Wilkes in Gone With the Wind. It's 1939 and in black and white. His is of course the best acting, but for the time period, the rest of the actors don't do too poorly. Considering this is a remake, this version is VERY good, but I'm partial to Leslie Howard's version.