Downton Abbey (Movie, 2019) [DVD]

What Happened Next on Downton Abby?
Great follow up on beloved characters of “Downton Abby”

Videos.
I’ve enjoyed watching all the Downton Abby shows. Exciting, every one.

This is one beautiful and exquisitely told story of great current relevance.
Written by Julian Fellowes, Downton Abbey the Movie 2019 continues the storyline from the TV series. With a budget of $20 million, it has already made $191 million at the box office. (One fantasy is to be invested in whatever this fellow Fellowes does next!)The movie begins. A letter announcing the imminent visit in 1927 of King George V and Queen Mary to Downton Abbey makes its way from London via train to the Crawley family. The train with its gleaming steam locomotive overwhelms us with the magnificence of what Trains used to be. Indeed, this whole movie recalls much of what used to be – and some that fell short of magnificence.The movie recreates much of what must have gone on in that period with a royal visit to a grand country estate like Downton. The hardworking Downstairs crew struggles in awe of the posturing superiority of the Upstairs, and the Upstairs is in awe of the Royalty that is on its way to out-posture them. In fact, the whole shire’s cup of joy is teased to overflowing with the prospect of having a gander at The King.Here, in 1927, the monarchies of all countries have been substantially humbled as a result of the Great War. What else was going on? In that same high-flying year, two years before the worldwide economic crash, Charles A. Lindbergh makes the historic first solo flight across the Atlantic. The Weimar Republic and the Soviet experiment in State Capitalism are both thriving. In America ‘The Jazz Singer’ is the first feature talkie movie, the Model A Ford first appears, CBS begins operation, Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs, the Columbine massacre strikes in Serene, Colorado, and the music of George Gershwin, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Vincent Youmans is popular. And in the middle of it all stood Downton.We go as willing hostages back to see that world when men were Men in white ties and tails, and women were their admiring second class citizens. To see those starkly straight and white times when the Nobility’s dreams of Margaret Thatcher – and their contrasting nightmares of Jeremy Corbyn and Bernie Sanders – were yet to be. It all portends the present day when Authoritarianism is once more raising its repulsive head, when Democracy is mocked by the Privileged few, as well as their adoring and not so privileged sycophants.So, there it is, our beloved Downton with all its Good and Bad on full display. Of course, at the center of it all stands Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham. She and all the others delight us with their magic as only they can.My summary: This is one beautiful and exquisitely told story of great current relevance and one that could only be told by Julian Fellowes. I felt privileged and thrilled and over-awed to be once again a very appreciative and grateful witness to that world. I think you will be, too.

Great movie
The on going saga continues. Love it.

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Buen final en película, el producto (pese a las fechas y ser importado) llegó en menos de una semana. BD y DVD hablados y subtitulados en español latino, inglés y francés. La copia digital, evidentemente, no funciona en nuestro país. Protegido en sobre-burbuja.