Sharpe's Siege (1996) (TV)

Director:

Tom Clegg

Writers:

Bernard Cornwell (novel)
Eoghan Harris (writer)
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Release Date:

29 July 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | War

Plot:

Sharpe, with his new commanding officer, is sent to capture a castle when news comes of locals who will rise against Bonaparte...

Plot Keywords:

Blinding | British Army | 1800s | Siege | Spy

Cast

Sean Bean	...	Major Richard Sharpe
Daragh O'Malley	...	Sgt. Major Patrick Harper
Abigail Cruttenden	...	Jane Gibbons
Hugh Fraser	...	Lord Wellington
James Laurenson	...	Major General Ross
Féodor Atkine	...	Major Pierre Ducos
Christian Brendel	...	Compte de Maquerre
Christopher Villiers	...	Colonel Horace Bampfylde
Amira Casar	...	Catherine
Philip Whitchurch	...	Capt. William Frederickson
James Ryland	...	Capt. Neil Palmer
Olivier Pierre	...	General Calvet
Danny Cunningham	...	Rifleman Robinson
Sylvester Morand	...	Colonel Henri Lassan
John Tams	...	Rifleman Hagman
Jason Salkey	...	Rifleman Harris
John Tordoff	...	Dr. Kenefick
Jim McManus	...	Smithers
J.D. Kelleher	...	Rifleman Reilly
Nicola Murray	...	Brigitte
Stephane Cornicard	...	French Colonel
Diana Perez	...	Ramona
Peter Wear	...	Minister
Nick Mollo	...	Lt. Fytch
Ercument Balakoglu	...	Gaston
Levent Yilmaz	...	French Surgeon

Directed by
Tom Clegg

Writing credits
Bernard Cornwell		(novel)
Eoghan Harris		(writer)
Charles Wood		uncredited

Produced by
Malcolm Craddock	....	producer
Ray Frift	....	associate producer
Muir Sutherland	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
Chris O'Dell

Film Editing by
Keith Palmer

Production Design by
Andrew Mollo

Costume Design by
Robin Fraser-Paye

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael Mallinson	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Colin Thurston	....	propmaster

Sound Department
Roger Dobson	....	sound editor

Music Department
Mark Tucker	....	music score recording engineer

Other crew
Erhan Ozogul	....	production account assistant
Richard Rutherford-Moore	....	military advisor (as Richard Moore)

Production Companies

• Carlton UK Productions
• Celtic/Picture Palace
• Picture Palace

Distributors

• Carlton Video (1996) (UK) (video)
• ITV DVD (2000) (UK) (DVD)
• Independent Television (ITV)
• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (19??) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• Panfilm  filmed with the assistance of

Country:

UK

Language:

English | French

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

UK:12 | Australia:M | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

England, UK

Company:

Carlton UK Productions

Trivia:

Of all the Sharpe books he wrote, 'Bernard Cornwall' claims that "Sharpe's Siege" is his favorite of the novels.

Goofs:

Continuity: The tricolour on the eagle swaps from a blue to a red fly at random points.

Quotes:

[Anticipating battle, Harper hands Sharpe a cup of tea]
Sharpe: Thanks, Pat.
Harper: I was thinking. Things could be an awful lot worse, you know.
Sharpe: How the bloody hell could things get worse, Pat?
Harper: We could be without the cup of tea.

Movie Connections:

Follows Sharpe's Rifles (1993) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Searching For Lambs

One of Television's all time best movie series

If America only knew how good this was,it would be the highest rated Made-For-TV movie series of all time(hard to believe there are more people out there that would rather watch "The Columbo Mysteries" than Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe Chronicles- that just goes to show the power of major network name-brand advertising.

The Richard Sharpe movie series has been television at its finest. I have seen all of the BBC Sharpe series movies,"Sharpe's Waterloo" is my favorite of the films. However I tune in to PBS everytime they air the Sharpe movies. So far all the movies have been based on the Sharpe Chronicles - adventure novels written by Bernard Cornwell(the same author who wrote "Rebel"). Each Movie chronicles the on-going adventures of Richard Sharpe who is a Brittish Lt. in the Brittish military during the late 1790's-to early 1800's during the Napoleonic era in Europe. I sincerly believe that each one of these Films has been good enough to have shown at the movie theaters,if the producers had wanted to. Unlike other Made-For-TV films,The Hornblower films do not have that Made-For-TV feeling to them,like most television movies have. However each of the Sharpe Movies picks up exactly where the last one left off. The only negative thing I can say about this movie series is the use of an electric guitar as the background music- I have to take points off for that, because the sometimes screeching guitar noises can become annoying at times.

A common misconception that people who havent seen these movies have is that all of these films go to gether as a mini-series- that is not true. The Sharpe movies are not a mini-series,all of these films are individual movies about the same charactor, However they are sequels to each other each picking up where the last film left off.- with all the same actors playing the same roles in each film(EXAMPLE:think of the James Bond films-that same principle applies to the Sharpe movies,but unlike Bond, the Sharpe films are sequels)

If you have seen the Sharpe movies and you liked them and you wish to see more similar themed programing, I will suggest A&E's Horatio Hornblower movies(6 movies in all- same basic priciple as the Sharpe movie except Hornblower is in the Brittish Navy to whereas Sharpe is a ground soldier)

I give the entire Sharpe movie series 4 out of 5 stars. Its near Perfect entertainment- but you cant please everyone, so for those of you dont like epic Napoleonic era battles,classic historic style drama,high stakes adventure, and danger on the European battlefields,if you dont like stuff like that-there is always a Columbo re-run for you to watch.