- Police detective Ronnie Craven investigates the killing of his own daughter and becomes embroiled in a vast conspiracy. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION Rating: NR Age: 883929004010 UPC: 883929004010 Manufacturer No: 1000035919
Police detective Ronnie Craven investigates the killing of his own daughter and becomes embroiled in a vast conspiracy.
DVD Features:
- Alternate ending to the final episode
- Music-only audio option to isolate the Eric Clapton/Michael Kamen BAFTA-winning score
- Magnox: The Secrets of Edge of Darkness featuring interviews with the cast and crew
- “Did You See” featuring reviews of the original BBC broadcast
- Interview with Bob Peck from the BBC’s Breakfast Time morning program
- Highlights from the BAFTA awards and Broadcasting Press Guild Awards including interviews with Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker, and producer Michael Wearing
- Photo galleryGroundbreaking environmental-espionage shocker Edge of Darkness (1985) begins routinely enough but then ratchets the suspense to levels that would have turned Hitchcock himself green with envy. Emma Craven (Joanne Whalley in her first staring role) is a young environmental activist killed in mysterious circumstances. Emma’s father Ron Craven (Bob Peck in a star-making performance) will not be silenced and, as a police detective, is uniquely positioned to pursue his own unofficial investigation. He moves from grief to a determination to find the truth, all the while advised and/or comforted by Emma, but is she a ghost or a manifestation of his haunted psyche? Craven digs deeper, uncovering labyrinthine conspiracy in the nuclear industry and, as the body count rises, encounters the garrulous CIA agent Darius Jedburgh (a superb Joe Don Baker) with a mysterious agenda of his own. Accompanied by a haunting musical score by Michael Kamen and Eric Clapton, Edge of Darkness builds on the legacy of Tinker Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Smiley’s People to become quite simply the best television thriller ever. –Gary S. Dalkin
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March 6, 2008
#1
I saw this within the last year and enjoyed it. However, I don’t agree with all the other reviewers’ five stars. In its day of 1985, I think it was a five star series. Since then we’ve had a lot more series, especially from the BBC, and I personally think they have gone beyond this series. For one, the device, where the father keeps seeing the ghost or semi-ghost of the daughter (we’re not quite sure how much is his grief or imagination) has been used a tremendous amount since then. The basic story of how the father tries to get to the bottom of his daughter’s death, is pretty interesting. She is murdered when she is returning home with him and it doesn’t take long to find out she was an activist against some governmental activities. This is quite good and I think if you enjoy mysteries and thrillers, you will enjoy this.
March 7, 2008
#2
So, any one heard anything about the news that Mel is remaking EOD? Just heard about it recently on TV & I found quite A bit about it online. -Still not quite sure what to make of it. To start with, Gibson is playing Ronnie Craven himself (although they apparently changed his first name), Believe it or not, Robert DE NIRO was set to play Jedburgh! but supposedly walked off the set over (what else!) -”creative differences” & was replaced by Ray Winstone, but the really interesting part is that it’s being produced & DIRECTED by Michael Wearing & Martin Campbell!! Set in Boston & not Craig Mills (not sure how that’s gonna work!). Bet it’s not 5 hrs long, either (I’m afraid it will lose A lot trying to trim to theatrical length). I sure am doubtful that it will stand up to our beloved original, but I reckon it has to be good news as far as finally getting A U.S.re-release of the film on DVD. -’til then, I’ll keep A tight hold on my VHS copy! SO, please add your comments, fellow fans. I am very interested in what the rest of you think about this “new development”. Best Regards & “We’ll see”! -Jeff (& my Newfoundland, “Col. Jedburgh”)
March 7, 2008
#3
When this was playing on TV, the TV columnist in the Sydney Morning Herald wrote: “Not so much edge of your seat stuff, as begging towards the set begging for mercy”. And he was so right. Episode 5 was completely gripping.
March 7, 2008
#4
I was the kind of person who rarely went to a movie rental store, but having seen “The Edge of Darkness” on PBS in 1986, I subsequently rented the video twice during the ensuing years, due to its excellence. The quality of the video the first time was poor and even worse the second, but I endured it. I have been waiting for years for it to come to DVD and so jumped at the opportunity when it was recently released. The story, the acting and the production are all first rate, as expected from a BBC production and usually lacking in American made television. I am already watching the DVD for the second time, it’s so good. I wholeheartedly recommend it to those seeking intelligent and captivating entertainment. Definitely on a level with “Tinker, Tailor” and “Smiley’s People”. Maybe even better.
March 7, 2008
#5
It has amazed us that this series, first broadcast and seen by us so long ago, retains its tension, its atmosphere and its suspense; I cannot imagine the remake (now being aired) coming close to this standard. Bob Peck and the supporting cast are terrific (with a special nod to the incomparable Joe Don Baker), the script is tight and witty, and the editing superb. Vive la BBC!!