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Overview
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Daniel Defoe (character from novel)
Pen Densham (screen story)
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Release Date:
14 June 1996 (USA) more
Tagline:
The remarkable story of one woman's unbreakable spirit.
Plot:
The daughter of a thief, young Moll is placed in the care of a nunnery after the execution of her mother... more | add synopsis
Awards:
4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Pen Densham gets on the court with 'Bill'
(From Monsters and Critics. 13 August 2009, 2:08 PM, PDT)
Bill Tilden Biopic in the Works
(From TheMovingPicture. 12 August 2009, 9:19 PM, PDT)
User Comments:
A sentimental, but enjoyable movie. more (34 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Robin Wright Penn | ... | Moll Flanders (as Robin Wright) |
 | Morgan Freeman | ... | Hibble |
 | Stockard Channing | ... | Mrs. Allworthy |
 | John Lynch | ... | Artist |
| Brenda Fricker | ... | Mrs. Mazzawatti |
| Geraldine James | ... | Edna |
| Aisling Corcoran | ... | Flora |
| Jim Sheridan | ... | The Priest |
| Jeremy Brett | ... | Artist's Father |
| Britta Smith | ... | Artist's Mother |
| Cathy Murphy | ... | Polly |
| Emma McIvor | ... | Mary |
| Maria Doyle Kennedy | ... | Alice |
 | Ger Ryan | ... | Orphanage Woman |
| Harry Towb | ... | Magistrate |
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence, nudity and sex-related material
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Runtime:
123 min | Germany:113 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital | Stereo (QSound)
Certification:
Iceland:12 | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | Australia:M | France:U | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:18 | Spain:7 | USA:PG-13
Filming Locations:
Ardmore Studios - Herbert Road, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland more
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Trivia:
Jeremy Brett's last film. more
Quotes:
Moll Flanders: I kept kissing frogs looking for a prince. more
Soundtrack:
Moll's Prison Jig more
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When I watched "Moll Flanders", it was impossible not to cry... it's just one of those movies. A sweet and sad film, the title character was excellently played by Robin Wright. Some might find it overly emotional, but I found it very enjoyable in its tenderness.
My only displeasure with this movie is that it is not true to the story in Defoe's wonderful novel "Moll Flanders"; it is true to the novel only in the spirit of the character Moll Flanders. To say the movie was a loose interpretation is not adequate; it's much more of a new story using the old character of Moll Flanders.
Defoe's work has a different (and I find, more entertaining) style as well as a richer plot line. Mobil Masterpiece's presentation of "Moll Flanders" (with Alex Kingston in the title role) is much truer to the novel. I found it much more entertaining and much less sentimental. However, it doesn't have the gut-wrenching emotion of this "Moll Flanders". Each viewer will have to pick their own favorite.