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`Lorna Doone,' airing Sunday on A&E.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
Date: 20010309
Author:Duffy, Mike
"Lorna Doone" whips up the antithesis of stuffy Anglophile storytelling.
This lavish new adaptation of R.D. Blackmore's 1869 romance, set against the turbulent historical backdrop of 17th-century England, is a ripping good yarn. It's filled with love, adventure, cool green English scenery, passion, vengeance and a jaunty sense of humor.
Now that's entertainment.
With fetching 18-year-old newcomer Amelia Warner ("Quills") in the title role and handsome Richard Coyle ("Topsy-Turvy") as her rugged pastoral Romeo, "Lorna Doone" sweeps into view as a three-hour movie ...
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