Little Dorrit
(DVD)

Adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens.

Special features: "Little Dorrit : an insight" featurette ; picture gallery.

Originally broadcast as a British television mini-series in 2008.

Executive producers, Rebecca Eaton, Anne Pivcevic ; directors of photography, Owen McPolin, Lukas Strebel, Alan Almond ; editors, Philip Kloss, Nick Arthurs, David Head ; music by John Lunn ; production designer, James Merifield ; costume designer, Barbara Kidd.

Claire Foy, Matthew Macfadyen, Tom Courtenay, Emma Pierson, Kingsley Frances-Gray, Alun Armstrong, Judy Parfitt, Eddie Marsan, Andy Serkis, Rosie Cavaliero, Russell Tovey, Jason Thorpe, Amanda Redman, Sebastian Armesto, James Fleet, Georgia King, Ron Cook, Alex Wyndham, Bill Paterson, Freema Agyeman, Janine Duvitski, Ruth Jones, Sue Johnston.

Amy Dorrit's (Claire Foy) gentle spirit has never been dampened by the confining walls of the Marshalsea Prison she's lived in her whole life. Despite the dark shadow of debtor's prison, Amy lovingly cares for her father William Dorrit (Tom Courtenay), the longest serving inmate. A possibly redemptive light unexpectedly shines in the form of Arthur Clennam (Matthew Macfadyen), who has been left with the intriguing threads of a mystery after his father's death -- threads that will intertwine his family and fate with the Dorrits. Clennam's exhaustive search for answers involves murder, fortunes gained and lost, the upper echelons and lowest dregs of society, and most surprising of all, a tender romance. Adapted by Andrew Davies (Bleak House, Pride and Prejudice), Little Dorrit, based on the book by Charles Dickens, is a sprawling story as timely as it is moving. - Publisher.

DVD format ; region 1, NTSC ; widescreen (16x9, enhanced) presentation ; Dolby digital stereo.

In English with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.