Back in high school we had to watch this movie in history class. When the other students were rushing out of the room when the bell rang, I used to stay just to see a few more minutes of if. I love this movie!
@@miSs_JahH oh my god, me too!! I had Mrs. Favorite at Collingswood and she showed this movie!!! When she retired in '06 and moved to South Dakota, she gave me her copy of the VHS. It remains my favorite movie to this day. I'm literally here getting the dance choreography for my wedding dance. This is crazy, finding someone from my high school in a RUclips comments section
This is one of the few times when a TV adaption is, in my opinion, better than the original. It deepens the intrigue, it deepens the love story, and is visually stunning. One of my all time favourites! Thanks for making it available!
Could not agree more. My daughter and sons loved this and my sons memorized lots of Sir Percy's lines. A wonderfully told story that is about deep love, intrigue and humor.
This film has some of the best swordplay I’ve ever seen- like nothing feels forced, it’s palpably dangerous, and they’re going at it still completely in character! The lack of music helps emphasize the very real sound of steel on steel, and I never get the sense that this is rehearsed! Brilliant!!
This with that final duel in The Mark of Zorro 1940. Well, Tyrone Power and Basil Rathbone were after all both elite fencers to begin with - wich made that incredible daring fencing scene one of the most trustworthy in the history of cinema.
Seen this 100 times. One of my favorite movies ever. My favorite scene is when Anthony Andrews first meets Chauvelin and inspects his wardrobe. "Sink me, I can hardly bring myself to look upon them" LOL BRILLIANT
I love when they say: "Some kind of flower" "It is a scarlet pimpernel". One of the most BA things Percy says. And "I don't much care for the buckle" it never applies, and yet I am always quoting it.
I have watched this version of this movie at least 10 times over the last 30 years, and it is definitely in my top 25 favorite movies of all time. Jane Seymour was, and still is, so beautiful. Anthony Andrews was so believable in both his role as The Pimpernel, and his characterization of Sir Percy. Ian McKellan showed many flashes of the great actor he would become, and each of the other cast members was believable in their roles. This is a movie I would enjoy seeing in 1 of the "Flashback Movies", as I just enjoyed the showing of Dr. Zhivago last month, which coincidentally is also among my top 25 favorites. It is 2017 (nearly 2018), we have hundreds of available distractions, yet this movie entertained me for over 2 hours. Well Done!
This is absolutely my favorite movie of all time. It has everything--adventure, excitement, romance, humor, mystery, and complex characters who you actually care about as you watch. I'll never get tired of watching it.
The Scarlet Pimpernel is, sink me, one of if not the best period drama ever produced for television! All involved should be rightfully proud. Its production values are fantastic, the acting superb across the board, the story a captivating one, too! It has a comedic side, which thankfully is never overdone, well-crafted dialogue, adventure, political intrigue, a historical backdrop of immense significance, an excellent score and to cap it all off, a riveting end with a typically unpredictable twist which segues nicely into a wonderfully choreographed swashbuckling sword fight between our hero and his nemesis. I cannot find a single thing wrong with this and perhaps the icing on the cake is the exquisite Jane Seymour, she gives a performance of subtle depth which goes hand in glove with Anthony Andrews’ depiction of Sir Percy Blakeney which he handles with no small degree of aplomb. Three cheers for the Scarlet Pimpernel!!! Hip-hip-hooray! Hip-hip-hooray!! Hip-hip-hooray!!!
One of my favorites I remember seeing it on TV as a kid and becoming obsessed for some reason. I was so stoked when I was able to start finding physical copies of it. But the best memory was when I actually received the soundtrack from the composer Nick Bicât himself purchased from his website about 15 years ago. The score is so beautiful.
@@christianloper9483 IDK why my reply keeps getting deleted, but Nick Bicât still has a website functioning that you can purchase his work through. I believe he is still with us.😁
Very cool. However, imagine if the likes of Bill Gates and modern aristocracy were there, including those from Pfizer, Moderna, et al, waiting for Madame Guillotine? Should think that jolly Pimpernel was a naughty fellow who should be stopped.
I adore this movie so much!!!! The sweet romance, clever scripting, and epic plot twists. The acting is so. freakin. good. Even the music is perfect. I LOVE LOVE LOVE everything about this story.
Watch this movie while taking shots. Whenever a character repeats another character, take a shot. A Few Examples: PERCY: "I...have a plan." ARMOND: "Oh, you...have a plan. SUZANNE: "Have you heard the news?" MARGUEITE: "News?" LOUISE: "Marguerite! Marguerite, it's Armond. He's been hurt," MARGUERITE: "Hurt?" PAUL: "He's caught the flash and fire of the eyes. Although he's missed the sadness" MARGUERITE: "Sadness?" I guarantee you and your friends will be laughing and very drunk by the end...which is the general idea. I've been playing this game for years. 😂😂
Sir Perceville mocked Chauvelin over his dress, which the French are so proud of, then he insulted him even further by literally undressing him during dueling, which the French are also proud of. This is the essence of giving someone a "dressing down." Brilliant!
Excellent Movie!! Wonderful Script, excellent acting, great action, and no sex, no gratuitous violence and no filthy language! An all around decent film. Music was well fitted to the time period as well. The photography was good too. Why can't Hollywood make movies like this anymore?? Hollywood has too much access to technology--and they think audiences need too much violence, sex and language. Well, news flash--5.7K of us do not, as by the current likes up there! Pay attention to US! I quit going to movie theaters. I just quit. I no longer own a television set, and do not watch cable TV either. Forget it. I am picky and choosy and look for quality programs on RUclips. Thanks for posting this excellent film. This IS one I have not seen. I have the book, which I will now read. Saw this film, thought I would watch it. So glad I did. Bless you for posting it. I am in a hospital bed in pain tonight, took my mind right off my pain. I was thoroughly entertained. Much thanks, and blessings.
I know what you mean about the films today. I too look for the older films, esp. the ones made in the 30's and 40's, Hollywood's Golden Age. THe best actors, Charles Laughton, Greta Garbo, Laurence Olivier, etc.
I grew up watching this movie with my sisters. This is the first time I have seen it in probably 20 years. Jane Seymore is so beautiful and Anthony Andrews is magnificent. Thank you for giving me so many memories again.
One of my favourite films. Anthony Andrews does an excellent job here! Got the character to be a truly memorable one! I just love his expressions and received pronunciation, and his phrases are so deeply ingrained into the audience! As for Jane Seymour, I have been a fan since 1980! She never ceases to entertain. She also does and excellent memorable role as Marguerite St. Just showing that women can be gallant too! Delightful!
That one case of love at first sight, but this time it actually feels right because they do get to know each other and it's magical! And the lighting on Merguerite in that scene was breathtaking.
I've remembered that change to him being himself all my life. There was a gap of about 40 years since I first saw this film and re-found it again here. ❤️
Crow Yes, for the show to the viewers. Sink me, I doubt he would succeed in reality as well he did, if he displayed his character and feelings as openly as he did. Also, harbouring negative emotions weakens one and affects clear thinking.
Antony Andrews is a very likeable actor. No performance of his comes close to that of Sebastian in _Brideshead Revisted,_ though. But perhaps that is as much a reflection of the writing and direction.
Utterly FABULOUS. What a pairing, Anthony Andrews and Jane Seymour. They are so well matched. Great story, so entertaining, wonderful cast. Thanks so much for posting this!
Jane Seymore hated working with this guy in both the Pipernel and Edward and Wallace !! And i can see why!! Put this guy on a second best shakespeare stage and leave him there! Thats good enough
Wow! Just discovered this movie on YT & I'm enchanted! Anthony Andrews is superb with all the different roles he has to play in this movie. Both he & Jane Seymour have a good chemistry together. Excellent! Now I watch it over & over. Sink me!
Most heartbreaking moment: The reception scene when Percy believes Marguerite is a killer. Favorite scene: When Marguerite comes to visit Percy in prison.
Fun flick. Sadly, the 7-year old Dauphin came to a bad end. About 2 years after he was imprisoned, he died of pneumonia brought on by neglect & malnutrition.
very well ''said...>>>>>>>>i watch the (1934)-version,,,,[3] month...out of a year,,... about the ''thinking and living of these-'people''.and ''the-writers''-as well...as their ...''research.
Wow that was stupendous. Loved the sword fighting scene when he cut off the buttons, very cleverly done. My goodness though, Anthony Andrews is soooooooo like Dirk Bogarde, amazing. Certainly an action movie, never a dull moment, loved it.
Never were two people more suited to wear period clothing such as this, than Anthony Andrews and Jane Seymour. Their on-screen chemistry is magnificent! Bravo!!!
My older sister first got this book when she was about 13 and she told me I had to read it so I did. It's incredible. I'll always prefer the book but I love the movie so much too
I almost passed this one up, thinking it was all cheese. So glad I didn't. What a great movie. I haven't finished it, but I believe it will become one of my favourites. I love Percy and will look his name up to see more movies that he is in. So handsome and such a great actor:)
I hope you got to see Anthony Andrews as Ivanhoe. The movie has a few issues but the cast is excellent, and especially Anthony as the brave and noble hero of it! :D
Such an enjoyable movie, and I imagine Anthony Andrews had much fun playing the different characters of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Thank you, Toan Le, for uploading this.
As a family, we fell in love with this TV adaptation in the early 1980s and watched it a couple of times a year through my children's college years. My sons had many of Percy's lines memorized. As a child I read the books on which this story is based. I was thrilled to see that even though changes were made, this adaptation was a wonderful adaptation of the books I read.
We were prescribed Scarlet Pimpernal in our 10th grade (India , Tamil Nadu). I used to love the novel. In fact , this novel was my first ever. I was searching for the movie for quite some time and it is so enchanting. It brings back memories that's almost 2 decades old.
Or, as Blackadder said it: *Baldrick* : They seek him here, they seek him there, those frenchies seek him everywhere, is he in heaven or is he in hell... *Blackadder* :... And what's that revolting garlic smell?
I had to get the book after I saw this movie when it first came out. I just have always loved this movie, and Anthony Andrews for all these many years! It was my escape when my babies were asleep in bed at night! Even if for just a few moments. I finally wore my book out. My images while reading the book (over and over) were the memories of the movie. So happy to now see it again. They same delightful feelings came back when I see it again. Thank you Anthony Andrews and all of the other actors and producers, writers, you broadened my horizons, and gave me respite from my everyday toil and trials!
This version is so awesome and thoroughly entertaining in all aspects! Anthony Andrews was superbly versatile and YES...sexy as Scarlet Pimpernel! Thank you so much for the upload!
The English upper class and the nobility accent would have sounded like "sink meh" or "sink may" when saying "sink me" in reference to a captain of a ship saying "sink me" as though saying if I am wrong then sink my ship.
Sorry but "sink me: (Percy pronounces it as the upper classes would have at that time as "sink meh") does not in any way mean or was intended to mean "shit' or "damn it."
@@stanleyblanc6297 I never said this is what it meant. I said I would adopt it that way in my everyday 21st century American speech. I never referred to how it was originally used or the colloquialisms of the time. Nor did I imply that my comment was a literal translation. It was meant as a light hearted informal comment, not a linguistics or historical lesson. Had that been my purpose, the comment would have been much longer and thorough, but I'm not always in the mood to teach on RUclips. I do enough of it already as my day job 😆
My nana would watch this movie every night she went to bed, she had one of the disks that plays the movie automatically so the movie would run on repeat all night. I would fall asleep about halfway through and wake up around where I fell asleep on it's 3rd or 4th play in the morning. My nana and I always finished it before getting up for the day. This brings back so many memories and I'm glad I can see it again.
This is one of the best movies of all time. It is an excellent period piece, the acting is phenomenal, costumes outstanding, and the scene design and cinematography is riveting. Excellent job on this work of art!
This is such a good adaptation of the first book, Eldorado, and some of the short stories blended really seamlessly into a brilliant film, I love how it uses details from the first book to show Sir Percy and Marguerite falling in love and the moment he decided not to trust her with the truth (since they are already married by the time they are introduced in the first book and you find these details out as the story progresses)
Sink meh!!! This was wonderful! It has now become the newest addition to my favorite novels and movie adaptations. Had I known of it prior to my Victorian Adventure Fiction class, I would have seeked it here, seeked it there, would have seek it everywhere! Whether in heaven, whether in hell, until I found that damn, elusive Pimpernel.
I've read the book twice, listened to the audiobook once, listened to the broadway soundtrack countless times, and now I'm finally watching this movie!
I posit its an affected version of saying "sink me" ... in reference to being sunk like a ship) expresses surprise. you should try using it all the time. it would be funny)
Thank you for posting this!! I remember checking this out all the time when I was kid because I wanted to learn all about the French Revolution!! It was because of the movie that I fell in love with French history and I learned the phrase "Long Live the Republic!!!" 🇫🇷 🇫🇷
I've always loved this story!! The book and the original black&white movie are both classics. But I have to admit this might be my favorite version, the main sin of the original is it's too short. It doesn't get into Percy and Marguerite's meeting and courtship... it also needed to spend more time on the Terror. This makes up for all the above. THANK YOU!! Thank you so much for the up load!! My hero!!🌺🥀
Much better than all the "cape et epée". Jane is excellent and stunning, Anthony is brilliant too, the plot works, fun, energetic and happy ending. I thank you for uploading.
Thanks for posting this!! It's the only place on the internet that I've been able to find it so far!! I'm having a movie night with my mom tonight d this is her favourite movie.. we haven't seen it in many years... this will be perfect!!
"More's the pity! Then your tailors will rule the land and no one will make the clothes. So much for French fashion and French politics. How is it you frenchees say? Touché? You see I'm a bit of a poet and you did not know it! Wha!" (Hahahahaha)😂 "If I told you that I adored you, would you have me do so stintinly? ... or as I feared with all my heart?" "Adore me? But you hardly know me!" "Precisely! And that is why you must tell me all about you, but slowly, ever so slowly, so that it takes a very, very long time." "You must be mad.." "Or desperately in love? Tis all the same. Tell me if you do not feel it too.." "Please, you move too fast" "My heart dictates the pace" (Swoon)😍 "I shall be back!...to haunt you!"😂
Always love that bit where he taps Chavelin's cravat and says "fashion really isn't your forte is it?" XD Love to see more heroes nowadays roasting people with panache and style instead of using their fists or interjecting some kind of humourless virtue!
The music is exquisite, perfectly composed in period style. The composer created moments of tension and of romance with a few notes. I noticed a moment of fugue, again perfectly poised for the period. I hope the musicians at Lord Grenville's ball are playing original instruments.
I had totally forgotten that Ian McKellen was the villain in this version. It had been so long since I'd seen it, I kept muddling this role with Anthony Perkins as Javert in the TV version of 'Les Miserables' from 1978.
Back in high school we had to watch this movie in history class. When the other students were rushing out of the room when the bell rang, I used to stay just to see a few more minutes of if. I love this movie!
lucky you to have such an engaging history teacher!
@@janetsaeger8439 yes indeed...her name is Mrs. Favorite. Collingswood High School 2005
Saw it in 10th grade in history class over the whole week. I was so engaged that I wanted to cry when the bell rang. North East Ohio 1982
Our homeschooled daughter loved this book so much that she wrote an historical-fiction based on the history and geography of the period!
@@miSs_JahH oh my god, me too!! I had Mrs. Favorite at Collingswood and she showed this movie!!! When she retired in '06 and moved to South Dakota, she gave me her copy of the VHS. It remains my favorite movie to this day. I'm literally here getting the dance choreography for my wedding dance. This is crazy, finding someone from my high school in a RUclips comments section
Who is watching in 2024?
I am.
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This movie is one of my favorites. Enjoy Anthony Andrews' performance so much.
His accent for Percy is just ✨ *chefs kiss* ✨
@@rosemary_the_elf4771 that vocal fry lands!
This is one of the few times when a TV adaption is, in my opinion, better than the original. It deepens the intrigue, it deepens the love story, and is visually stunning. One of my all time favourites! Thanks for making it available!
If you've never seen the comedy Zorro, the Gay Blade, find it! It's a combo of Zorro w/the Scarlet Pimpernel...but in a very unusual way.
I agree 100%.
Also, Zorro, the Gay Blade is brilliant.
😊 ❤️ Wonderfully adapted
Could not agree more. My daughter and sons loved this and my sons memorized lots of Sir Percy's lines. A wonderfully told story that is about deep love, intrigue and humor.
@@gomomma6649 weird question but could you give a brief summary about this movie?🤝☺️
This film has some of the best swordplay I’ve ever seen- like nothing feels forced, it’s palpably dangerous, and they’re going at it still completely in character! The lack of music helps emphasize the very real sound of steel on steel, and I never get the sense that this is rehearsed! Brilliant!!
This with that final duel in The Mark of Zorro 1940. Well, Tyrone Power and Basil Rathbone were after all both elite fencers to begin with - wich made that incredible daring fencing scene one of the most trustworthy in the history of cinema.
I love how Percy is still lecturing Chauvelin on etiquette and fashion whilst they're dueling. It's wonderful!
Have you seen Bob Roy ...?
@bad1dobby that 2nd one I havent seen yet. But indeed thought that on the Bob Roy the swordfight isnt that fakish
@@officiallymrp, you mean Rob Roy 1995. And yes, Tim Roth and Liam Neesam made quite an effort in their sword fighting scene, one of the best.
Seen this 100 times. One of my favorite movies ever. My favorite scene is when Anthony Andrews first meets Chauvelin and inspects his wardrobe. "Sink me, I can hardly bring myself to look upon them" LOL BRILLIANT
"That limp cravat...I ask you!" A favorite of mine also!
My daughter says "Mom, he roasted, baked and fried him."
"...then the tailors shall rule the land, and no one will make the clothes"😆😆😂
I love when they say: "Some kind of flower" "It is a scarlet pimpernel".
One of the most BA things Percy says.
And "I don't much care for the buckle" it never applies, and yet I am always quoting it.
How could I have lived my 80 years without ever reading or seeing this story. Amazing
Sink me..
My sister and I watched this movie obsessively when we were little girls.
Wait really?
Try the original
@@Rebecca_the_Storyteller you lusted after the guillotine scenes
I have watched this version of this movie at least 10 times over the last 30 years, and it is definitely in my top 25 favorite movies of all time. Jane Seymour was, and still is, so beautiful. Anthony Andrews was so believable in both his role as The Pimpernel, and his characterization of Sir Percy. Ian McKellan showed many flashes of the great actor he would become, and each of the other cast members was believable in their roles. This is a movie I would enjoy seeing in 1 of the "Flashback Movies", as I just enjoyed the showing of Dr. Zhivago last month, which coincidentally is also among my top 25 favorites. It is 2017 (nearly 2018), we have hundreds of available distractions, yet this movie entertained me for over 2 hours. Well Done!
Gosh dosnt Ian McKellen look young. Great cast.
This movie was incredible. The scenery, acting, and costumes were first rate. Thanks so much for sharing this great movie!
you forgot MUSIC!!!!! best part of the movie.
Twerkenstein Yes. The music. Oh, the music.
Absolutely! This movie is a genuine classic!
@@Bubbleb2 ruclips.net/video/jvtVrQb5DTY/видео.html The Original version
@@colintraveller Wow! I did not realize that the original version was way back in 1934. This is a classic. Thank you for sharing this.
This is absolutely my favorite movie of all time. It has everything--adventure, excitement, romance, humor, mystery, and complex characters who you actually care about as you watch. I'll never get tired of watching it.
Well deserved praise.
Me too...watched as a kid now in 40s watching this lovely movie again
Me too. Best ever
The Scarlet Pimpernel is, sink me, one of if not the best period drama ever produced for television! All involved should be rightfully proud.
Its production values are fantastic, the acting superb across the board, the story a captivating one, too!
It has a comedic side, which thankfully is never overdone, well-crafted dialogue, adventure, political intrigue, a historical backdrop of immense significance, an excellent score and to cap it all off, a riveting end with a typically unpredictable twist which segues nicely into a wonderfully choreographed swashbuckling sword fight between our hero and his nemesis.
I cannot find a single thing wrong with this and perhaps the icing on the cake is the exquisite Jane Seymour, she gives a performance of subtle depth which goes hand in glove with Anthony Andrews’ depiction of Sir Percy Blakeney which he handles with no small degree of aplomb.
Three cheers for the Scarlet Pimpernel!!! Hip-hip-hooray! Hip-hip-hooray!! Hip-hip-hooray!!!
Sink meh! I couldn't have said it better.
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Ms. Seymour's hairdresser should have received an Oscar or rather Emmy, I guess.
Odds fish, I think I might have to agree with you there!
Sink me that was a wonderful commentary
14:04 - That moment when Percy really sees Marguerite for the first time, and suddenly stops his act is so adorable.
Quite possibly the best part of the movie! Along with the scene beginning at 19:30.
We man are strong....until we have our 14.04 effect....
He then even forgot to use his fake voice. :-D
@@gooddognigel4947 ...mon sewer...
@@lanxnguyen What is it you Frenchie's say....touché?
One of my favorites I remember seeing it on TV as a kid and becoming obsessed for some reason. I was so stoked when I was able to start finding physical copies of it. But the best memory was when I actually received the soundtrack from the composer Nick Bicât himself purchased from his website about 15 years ago. The score is so beautiful.
Is his website still up?? I'm sure he has passed away by now, sadly.
@@christianloper9483 it is. Just look for Nick Bicât. I believe he is still with us.
Same, I remember watching it and we wanting to become French when I grow up
@@christianloper9483 IDK why my reply keeps getting deleted, but Nick Bicât still has a website functioning that you can purchase his work through. I believe he is still with us.😁
My Dad once dressed as the scarlet pimpernel when a course asked to come dressed as the what they most aspire to be in life.
What a wonderful father you have. At any rate, I do enjoy the story.
How sweet, and he probably was in his own way a person like The Scarlet Pimpinel!
Wish YT would let you ad pix; would love to see your da in costume!
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Very cool. However, imagine if the likes of Bill Gates and modern aristocracy were there, including those from Pfizer, Moderna, et al, waiting for Madame Guillotine? Should think that jolly Pimpernel was a naughty fellow who should be stopped.
I adore this movie so much!!!! The sweet romance, clever scripting, and epic plot twists. The acting is so. freakin. good. Even the music is perfect. I LOVE LOVE LOVE everything about this story.
Watch this movie while taking shots. Whenever a character repeats another character, take a shot.
A Few Examples:
PERCY: "I...have a plan."
ARMOND: "Oh, you...have a plan.
SUZANNE: "Have you heard the news?"
MARGUEITE: "News?"
LOUISE: "Marguerite! Marguerite, it's Armond. He's been hurt,"
MARGUERITE: "Hurt?"
PAUL: "He's caught the flash and fire of the eyes. Although he's missed the sadness"
MARGUERITE: "Sadness?"
I guarantee you and your friends will be laughing and very drunk by the end...which is the general idea. I've been playing this game for years. 😂😂
@@PhantomFilmAustralia Ha! I love your observation.
Indeed❤❤❤
If you can find them, watch the TV productions of Norman Rosemont (70s & 80s) and of Robert Halmi (90s.) All wonderfully done.
Sir Perceville mocked Chauvelin over his dress, which the French are so proud of, then he insulted him even further by literally undressing him during dueling, which the French are also proud of. This is the essence of giving someone a "dressing down." Brilliant!
My favorite movie of all times and beautifully acted by Jane Seymour and Anthony Andrews. A timeless film...never get tired of watching it !
Excellent Movie!! Wonderful Script, excellent acting, great action, and no sex, no gratuitous violence and no filthy language! An all around decent film. Music was well fitted to the time period as well. The photography was good too. Why can't Hollywood make movies like this anymore??
Hollywood has too much access to technology--and they think audiences need too much violence, sex and language. Well, news flash--5.7K of us do not, as by the current likes up there! Pay attention to US!
I quit going to movie theaters. I just quit. I no longer own a television set, and do not watch cable TV either. Forget it. I am picky and choosy and look for quality programs on RUclips. Thanks for posting this excellent film. This IS one I have not seen. I have the book, which I will now read.
Saw this film, thought I would watch it. So glad I did. Bless you for posting it. I am in a hospital bed in pain tonight, took my mind right off my pain. I was thoroughly entertained. Much thanks, and blessings.
I also have no TV set and don't go to movie theaters. All vulgarity and violence. I look for quality films on RUclips. I hope you feel better soon.
I know what you mean about the films today. I too look for the older films, esp. the ones made in the 30's and 40's, Hollywood's Golden Age. THe best actors, Charles Laughton, Greta Garbo, Laurence Olivier, etc.
I always thought this was e British production ie NOT Hollywood?
I LOVE this movie SO much!! Easily my favorite adaptation of The Scarlet Pimpernel ever! And the musical score is to die for!
St good way
Omg
I fell in love with Anthony Andrews as a pre-teen when this first came out. I had forgotten how delightful this movie was. What a gem! 🌹And a sexy man
I grew up watching this movie with my sisters. This is the first time I have seen it in probably 20 years. Jane Seymore is so beautiful and Anthony Andrews is magnificent. Thank you for giving me so many memories again.
One of my favourite films. Anthony Andrews does an excellent job here! Got the character to be a truly memorable one! I just love his expressions and received pronunciation, and his phrases are so deeply ingrained into the audience! As for Jane Seymour, I have been a fan since 1980! She never ceases to entertain. She also does and excellent memorable role as Marguerite St. Just showing that women can be gallant too! Delightful!
Those moments around 21:56 where he drops the over-the-topness of Sir Percy Blakney Baronet and just becomes Percy when talking to Marguerite melt me.
That one case of love at first sight, but this time it actually feels right because they do get to know each other and it's magical! And the lighting on Merguerite in that scene was breathtaking.
I've remembered that change to him being himself all my life. There was a gap of about 40 years since I first saw this film and re-found it again here. ❤️
Anthony Andrews, Ian Mackellen, Jane Seymour, amazing actors, great sceneries, a top movie that everybody should watch ! Thank you for sharing !!
Sink me, but Ian McKellan's portrayal of that conniving disreputable and dastardly Chauvelin, that damnable Frenchie, is a perfectly played.
Agreed!
Crow Yes, for the show to the viewers. Sink me, I doubt he would succeed in reality as well he did, if he displayed his character and feelings as openly as he did. Also, harbouring negative emotions weakens one and affects clear thinking.
He was amazing, wasn't he? And very handsome!
Before he was Gandalf. Before he was Magneto. He was Chauvelin.
@ZoneFighter1 You could be right, it's been a minute since I've seen the 1934 version. I think I'll watch it again, just to compare Chauvelins🙄
Anthony Andrews is a superb actor and he played this role fantastically. I loved this version of the scarlet pimpernel
Antony Andrews is a very likeable actor. No performance of his comes close to that of Sebastian in _Brideshead Revisted,_ though. But perhaps that is as much a reflection of the writing and direction.
Utterly FABULOUS. What a pairing, Anthony Andrews and Jane Seymour. They are so well matched. Great story, so entertaining, wonderful cast. Thanks so much for posting this!
Jane Seymore hated working with this guy in both the Pipernel and Edward and Wallace !! And i can see why!! Put this guy on a second best shakespeare stage and leave him there! Thats good enough
Anthony Andrews is excellent in this part, and Jane Seymour is superb as his wife. I so love this film 😊
I just love this movie. It's so well done and Anthony Andrews is brilliant.
Sink me
Wow! Just discovered this movie on YT & I'm enchanted! Anthony Andrews is superb with all the different roles he has to play in this movie. Both he & Jane Seymour have a good chemistry together. Excellent! Now I watch it over & over. Sink me!
I once thought Anthony Andrews was the most beautiful man who ever lived. It's great to see him again in his gorgeous prime.
Wiser Finally he is gorgeous
Wiser Finally same! He was my first celebrity crush!!! I first saw him as Ivanho, still is my favorite movie
He IS the most beautiful man who ever lived...
He's still gorgeous and he's 70 years old
Incredibly yes, and that glorious voice!!!!@@idawilcox5275
Most heartbreaking moment: The reception scene when Percy believes Marguerite is a killer.
Favorite scene: When Marguerite comes to visit Percy in prison.
A favorite of mine is when Marguerite finally realizes who Sir Percy is.
@@gomomma6649 same.
One of the best made for TV movies ever.
me too I really like this movie
nice period costume movie
I remember seeing this as a teenager when it first came out in 1982. Watching this is like visiting an old friend.
Fun flick. Sadly, the 7-year old Dauphin came to a bad end. About 2 years after he was imprisoned, he died of pneumonia brought on by neglect & malnutrition.
The poor soul, Louis XVII died at 10 years..so many children died in this vile period of history..
Sir Ian McKellen, 28 years younger, is a fantastic villain.
I adore everything Pimpernel! Books... movies... shows... musical... The concept behind it is so brilliant that it can translate well into any form.
Is the movie and book close enough to skip summer reading?
There ae major differences between the book and TV version. The movie, though brilliant, isn't a patch on the book.
very well ''said...>>>>>>>>i watch the (1934)-version,,,,[3] month...out of a year,,... about the ''thinking and living of these-'people''.and ''the-writers''-as well...as their ...''research.
shoshanna weinstein the musical is brilliant!
shoshanna weinstein Agreed
Wow that was stupendous. Loved the sword fighting scene when he cut off the buttons, very cleverly done. My goodness though, Anthony Andrews is soooooooo like Dirk Bogarde, amazing. Certainly an action movie, never a dull moment, loved it.
many thanks for posting this great movie....hadn't seen it in many yrs..,.great acting....very intertwining.....Richard Grant also a good rendition
Never were two people more suited to wear period clothing such as this, than Anthony Andrews and Jane Seymour. Their on-screen chemistry is magnificent! Bravo!!!
True. Anthony Andrews is so beautiful in this.
My older sister first got this book when she was about 13 and she told me I had to read it so I did. It's incredible. I'll always prefer the book but I love the movie so much too
This is an absolute guilty pleasure. Completely over the top. A romance novel come to life.
Absolutely true!
The absolute best Scarlet Pimpernel, Anthony Andrews. The cast and the entire movie is just delightful. Thank you for posting it.
I almost passed this one up, thinking it was all cheese. So glad I didn't. What a great movie. I haven't finished it, but I believe it will become one of my favourites. I love Percy and will look his name up to see more movies that he is in. So handsome and such a great actor:)
Although those with dairy allergies may best urged to refrain from viewing. :)
I hope you got to see Anthony Andrews as Ivanhoe. The movie has a few issues but the cast is excellent, and especially Anthony as the brave and noble hero of it! :D
@@Roguefem76 And a young Sam Neill as Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert.
Such an enjoyable movie, and I imagine Anthony Andrews had much fun playing the different characters of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Thank you, Toan Le, for uploading this.
One of the best movies ever made. A true classic.
As a young gal ....many moons ago ...I fell in love this movie...I still love it to this day...
Am an Indian but like watching British classic movies.specially Catherine cookson movies. Donno why feel I was born in 17th or 18th century 😄.
Lol I'm south African colored ND I feel da same way 😊
As a family, we fell in love with this TV adaptation in the early 1980s and watched it a couple of times a year through my children's college years. My sons had many of Percy's lines memorized. As a child I read the books on which this story is based. I was thrilled to see that even though changes were made, this adaptation was a wonderful adaptation of the books I read.
I have always loved this movie. So glad you posted it. Anthony Andrews is so wonderful in this role and sexy too
"'Twould seem your friend is in distress... To the rescue!"
LOL! Aw I love that part of the film when he says that - and then chucks the guy in the water! haha! Always makes me laugh, it's so hilarious!
@@puddylump41 It was the delivery that made it so good. LOL
"Your's I believe" is something I say on a daily basis
my dudes!! i can watch this over and over again and never get tired!!!
We were prescribed Scarlet Pimpernal in our 10th grade (India , Tamil Nadu). I used to love the novel. In fact , this novel was my first ever. I was searching for the movie for quite some time and it is so enchanting. It brings back memories that's almost 2 decades old.
I am 13. Obsessed with this era of time. AND I SEE THIS MOVIE. I. Am. In. Love. ❤
mr andrews gives a wonderful brilliant performance, fun to watch
The hurt in his face whenever he finds out his friends are sent to the guillotine. That's brilliant acting!
Enchanting and riveting from the first minute to the last! Not a single detail out of place.
“I swear you’ve been taking lessons, the cravats a picture!” HahahahHa, Sir Percy, throwing shade sine the 1700’s!
At the beginning I didn't like his affected manners, at the end I do love him. What a man! Sir Percival 😘
Ughhh the wayyys Percy looks at her I can't even breathe.
SAME
"They seek him here,
they seek him there,
those Frenchies seek him everywhere.
Is he in heaven,
is he in hell?
That damned elusive Pimpernel.
"Sink Me, the lady's a poet" 🤣
Or, as Blackadder said it:
*Baldrick* : They seek him here,
they seek him there,
those frenchies seek him everywhere,
is he in heaven
or is he in hell...
*Blackadder* :... And what's that revolting garlic smell?
Still great after all these years! Anthony Andrews is the best of the best. Thanks for the post of this movie!
I had to get the book after I saw this movie when it first came out. I just have always loved this movie, and Anthony Andrews for all these many years! It was my escape when my babies were asleep in bed at night! Even if for just a few moments. I finally wore my book out. My images while reading the book (over and over) were the memories of the movie. So happy to now see it again. They same delightful feelings came back when I see it again. Thank you Anthony Andrews and all of the other actors and producers, writers, you broadened my horizons, and gave me respite from my everyday toil and trials!
I loved that book I must have read it fifty times. But none of the sequels were very good.
maggie smith if I had a quiz on the book and I watched the movie would I be ok?
Superb acting.
Anthony Andrews is a truly talented actor. Brilliant movie.❤
We just watched this in history class, and it was so good. It love it and they should make another.
Ian McKlellen was so young! It's hard to recognize beloved Gandolf. And Julian Fellowes went on to Downton Abbey.
When movies were still movies! Thanks so much for posting! Great movie! Good quality too!
This version is so awesome and thoroughly entertaining in all aspects! Anthony Andrews was superbly versatile and YES...sexy as Scarlet Pimpernel! Thank you so much for the upload!
I think this will be my new phrase instead of "dammit" or "shit." Yes, yes..."Sink Meh" it is. Thank you Sir Percy/ Sir Anthony.
The English upper class and the nobility accent would have sounded like "sink meh" or "sink may" when saying "sink me" in reference to a captain of a ship saying "sink me" as though saying if I am wrong then sink my ship.
😭🙉🙉
Sorry but "sink me: (Percy pronounces it as the upper classes would have at that time as "sink meh") does not in any way mean or was intended to mean "shit' or "damn it."
@@stanleyblanc6297 I never said this is what it meant. I said I would adopt it that way in my everyday 21st century American speech. I never referred to how it was originally used or the colloquialisms of the time. Nor did I imply that my comment was a literal translation. It was meant as a light hearted informal comment, not a linguistics or historical lesson. Had that been my purpose, the comment would have been much longer and thorough, but I'm not always in the mood to teach on RUclips. I do enough of it already as my day job 😆
@@WrestleNiceGuy121 "Sink me" is short for "Sink me to the devil", kinda like "Well, I'll be" is short for "Well, I'll be damned".
My nana would watch this movie every night she went to bed, she had one of the disks that plays the movie automatically so the movie would run on repeat all night. I would fall asleep about halfway through and wake up around where I fell asleep on it's 3rd or 4th play in the morning. My nana and I always finished it before getting up for the day. This brings back so many memories and I'm glad I can see it again.
They seek him here, they seek him there
Those women seek him everywhere
That's Anthony Andrews can't you tell
Playing the dashing Pimpernel!
Superb you can be a soothing poet
Brilliant!
"Sink me" another poet!😉👍
Caitlin Cunningham Odds fish my dear! One is quite enough!
This is one of the best movies of all time. It is an excellent period piece, the acting is phenomenal, costumes outstanding, and the scene design and cinematography is riveting. Excellent job on this work of art!
Also, the lighting is magnificent.
Nobody does it better. Anthony Andrews IS The Scarlet Pimpernel.
then you have not seen Leslie Howard in the 1934 version; a fantastic cast, beautifully performed.
I prefer Richard E. Grant.
Definitely. Whenever I read the book I visualize Anthony Andrews as Percy. Fantastic casting all around. Love this movie.
Sink meh, if you are not right, my dear chap!
@@epic5945 I couldn't compare him to Anthony Andrews I'm afraid
They seek him here,
They seek him there,
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere.
His he in heaven or his he hell,
That demmed elusive pimpernel,
I know this
Is he in heaven?
Or is he in hell?
That damned
elusive pimpernel.
Please correct these lines
"Sink me" you're a poet!
@@lass-inangeles7564 wtf fuck off
wow, I thought that it was a curse word but your saying that he said demmed. Okay thanks or as the French say, Merci.
Who else is watching this film on lock down
Beautifully done, better than I remembered. And top actors, especially Ian McKellan.
If only the dauphin truly could have been saved this way. Poor, poor little boy.
I can't stop watching this video. I love Anthony Andrews
This is such a good adaptation of the first book, Eldorado, and some of the short stories blended really seamlessly into a brilliant film, I love how it uses details from the first book to show Sir Percy and Marguerite falling in love and the moment he decided not to trust her with the truth (since they are already married by the time they are introduced in the first book and you find these details out as the story progresses)
This movie has become one of my favorites...I never tire of watching over and over again, so here I am again after a year.👌
Sink meh!!! This was wonderful! It has now become the newest addition to my favorite novels and movie adaptations. Had I known of it prior to my Victorian Adventure Fiction class, I would have seeked it here, seeked it there, would have seek it everywhere! Whether in heaven, whether in hell, until I found that damn, elusive Pimpernel.
Sink meh! The lady is a poet!
Best film of Anthony Andrews - thank you for posting!
Gotta love movies like this. My comfort movie it never gets old. The acting, the story, the music, all absolutely amazing.
I've read the book twice, listened to the audiobook once, listened to the broadway soundtrack countless times, and now I'm finally watching this movie!
I've sought this movie here
I've sought this movie there
I've sought this movie....EVERYWHERE!
It wasn't on Netflix
Nor on TV
But now it's on RUclips
Thanks to Toan Le
Obi E You seek it here,
You seek it there.
The Frenchies
Seek it everywhere.
Is it in Heaven ,
Or is it in Hell?
That damned
elusive Pimpernel.
ravenf6 lmao cute
Ha! Good one.
too good haha
Super ! It helped me forget my passed away family on this Sinhala New years day.It was super in every way.
Thank you so very much for this gorgeous movie. What a gem!!!! I was totally unaware of its existence. Superb acting by superbly trained actors.
Never tire of this film, it should go down as an English Classic. Superb cast.
I yearn to be looked at the way that Percy looks at Marguerite
😻
You are, you're just not always looking when they do, much like Marguerite.
👀
Can't get over that "Sink meh!"
your so beautiful
Just what does that mean, anyway?
I think it means,“Well, blow me down!” or similar; a phrase of astonishment in British English.
I posit its an affected version of saying "sink me" ... in reference to being sunk like a ship) expresses surprise.
you should try using it all the time. it would be funny)
Yes, what a spiffing film! 🙊🙉🙈
Thank you for posting this!! I remember checking this out all the time when I was kid because I wanted to learn all about the French Revolution!! It was because of the movie that I fell in love with French history and I learned the phrase "Long Live the Republic!!!" 🇫🇷 🇫🇷
Can't believe ian mckellen was young once
Anthony Andrews could have won 8 Oscars if he wanted to....
What a great movie! I love this version of the Scarlet Pimpernel. I've watched it over 5 times.
I've always loved this story!! The book and the original black&white movie are both classics. But I have to admit this might be my favorite version, the main sin of the original is it's too short. It doesn't get into Percy and Marguerite's meeting and courtship... it also needed to spend more time on the Terror. This makes up for all the above. THANK YOU!! Thank you so much for the up load!! My hero!!🌺🥀
Much better than all the "cape et epée". Jane is excellent and stunning, Anthony is brilliant too, the plot works, fun, energetic and happy ending. I thank you for uploading.
Thanks for posting this!! It's the only place on the internet that I've been able to find it so far!! I'm having a movie night with my mom tonight d this is her favourite movie.. we haven't seen it in many years... this will be perfect!!
"More's the pity! Then your tailors will rule the land and no one will make the clothes. So much for French fashion and French politics. How is it you frenchees say? Touché? You see I'm a bit of a poet and you did not know it! Wha!"
(Hahahahaha)😂
"If I told you that I adored you, would you have me do so stintinly? ... or as I feared with all my heart?"
"Adore me? But you hardly know me!"
"Precisely! And that is why you must tell me all about you, but slowly, ever so slowly, so that it takes a very, very long time."
"You must be mad.."
"Or desperately in love? Tis all the same. Tell me if you do not feel it too.."
"Please, you move too fast"
"My heart dictates the pace"
(Swoon)😍
"I shall be back!...to haunt you!"😂
❤️😁
Omg, best dialogue ever!! So clever and so full of emotions.
@@terriesmith8219 agree 100%.
My favorite hobbies include: 1) quoting this movie start to finish; 2) there's no two. One is the whole list.
Always love that bit where he taps Chavelin's cravat and says "fashion really isn't your forte is it?" XD Love to see more heroes nowadays roasting people with panache and style instead of using their fists or interjecting some kind of humourless virtue!
The music is exquisite, perfectly composed in period style. The composer created moments of tension and of romance with a few notes. I noticed a moment of fugue, again perfectly poised for the period. I hope the musicians at Lord Grenville's ball are playing original instruments.
This movie has aged very well
young Ian McKellen amiright?!
"I shall be back, Chauvelin. To haunt you."
*raises eyebrow*
PURE GOLD
Lilly Hunt i
I had totally forgotten that Ian McKellen was the villain in this version. It had been so long since I'd seen it, I kept muddling this role with Anthony Perkins as Javert in the TV version of 'Les Miserables' from 1978.
I Love Ian McKellen as Chauvelin.
Ha ha...Ian was already old in 1982......but, yes, he looks much younger without the long, dirty white/hair beard !!