The Moonstone (1996 film)

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The Moonstone
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Genre Mystery, Period drama
Based on The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
Written by Kevin Elyot
Directed by Robert Bierman
Starring Greg Wise
Keeley Hawes
Peter Vaughan
Antony Sher
Music by Rick Wentworth
Country of originUnited States
United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes2
Production
Executive producers George Faber
Rebecca Eaton
Producer Chris Parr
CinematographyJohn Daly
Running time120 minutes
Production companies BBC
WGBH Boston
Original release
Network BBC2 (UK)
PBS (U.S.)
Release29 December (1996-12-29) 
30 December 1996 (1996-12-30) (UK)
2 November 1997 (1997-11-02) (U.S.)

The Moonstone is a television drama series based on the 1868 novel The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. [1] [2] It was broadcast in two parts in 1996. [3]

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References

  1. "The Moonstone: 1". 29 December 1996. p. 124 via BBC Genome.
  2. "The Moonstone Part Two (1996)". BFI. Archived from the original on 10 January 2019.
  3. Robert McCrum (15 May 2014). "An introduction to The Moonstone". British Library. Retrieved 12 April 2020.