Hard Times
Seen on public television’s Great Performances, this lavish 1977 adaptation of Charles Dickens’s novel stars Timothy West as the pompous Josiah Bounderby and Patrick Allen as the cold Thomas Gradgrind, two men trapped in a loveless world.
Coketown is a grim factory town where all that matters are hard work and hard facts. Seen on public television’s Great Performances, this lavish 1977 adaptation of Charles Dickens’s novel stars Timothy West as the pompous Josiah Bounderby and Patrick Allen as the cold Thomas Gradgrind, two men trapped in a loveless world. Materialism contrasts with the magic of life, utilitarian philosophy with the joy of the human spirit. With Rosalie Crutchley, Edward Fox, and Alan Dobie. Approx. 203 min. on 2 DVDs.
