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More 'Little Dorrit' love

Thanks to Emma for the link to this rave review from Entertainment Weekly!

Leader of the pack: 'Little Dorrit' most honored program of the year

Last night I suspected it, and this morning the Hollywood Reporter confirms it: Little Dorrit won more Emmys than any other program on TV. That includes miniseries, TV movies, and series.

As shown by this official press release (Adobe Acrobat required to view), HBO's Grey Gardens came second with six Emmys, and 30 Rock was third with five.

Jane Tranter of BBC Worldwide stated, "This is a fantastic win that Dickens would be proud of."

And yes, that's me you can see having a little celebration in the HR comment section. :-)

Again, bravo and well done!!

Congratulations to 'Little Dorrit,' winner of 7 Emmys!

And not a crappy reunion scene in sight! What a relief. That fist-through-the-TV thing would have hurt.

Seriously, congratulations to Andrew Davies and Dearbhla Walsh, and major congratulations to all involved for the BEST MINISERIES EMMY!!

Alas, there was one very, very important person whose reaction we didn't get to see. I don't mean Andrew Davies, and I don't mean Matthew Macfadyen or Claire Foy (even though I was hoping they'd be there, darn it). I mean, of course, the man ultimately responsible for it all, our own dear Mr. Dickens. I like to think that somewhere he's taking a bow before an appreciative group of angels. Bravo, sir!

ETA: Here's the complete list of awards:

Outstanding Miniseries
Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special (Dearbhla Walsh for part 1)
Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special (Andrew Davies)
Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie (James Merifield, Paul Ghirardani, Deborah Wilson)
Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Rachel Freck)
Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie (Lukas Strebel for part 1)
Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Barbara Kidd and Marion Weise for part 3)

Tonight's the night!

The Emmy Awards broadcast airs on CBS at 8/7c tonight. Good luck to Little Dorrit in the directing, writing, supporting actor, and outstanding miniseries categories!

As you may recall if you're a regular around here, the miniseries has already won four Creative Arts Emmys. Add last week's total to what it's up for tonight, and Little Dorrit could win as many as nine awards . . . hypothetically. (That's if I've done the math correctly, which is never a safe assumption.) It isn't likely, though. It would require Tom Courtenay and Andy Serkis to tie for Outstanding Supporting Actor, and I don't think that sort of thing happens very often in the acting categories.

So I think we're looking at a total of eight maximum in reality. Can they pull it off? And can the Emmy producers refrain from showing that horrendously awful reunion scene after Amy's return from Italy as one of their featured scenes, and spare your correspondent the necessity of putting her fist through the TV screen? Watch and cheer if you get the chance, and stop by afterwards to read my wrap-up and share your own opinions!

(Oh, and if you came here from the Austin Movie Examiner, welcome! Thanks to Diane Howard for linking to us.)

The Coliseum

To see it crumbling there, an inch a year; its walls and arches overgrown with green; its corridors open to the day; the long grass growing in its porches; young trees of yesterday, springing up on its ragged parapet, and bearing fruit: chance produce of the seeds dropped there by the birds who build their nests within its chinks and crannies; to see its Pit of Fight filled up with earth, and the peaceful Cross planted in the centre; to climb into its upper halls, and look down on ruin, ruin, ruin; the triumphal arches of Constantine, Septimus Severus, and Titus; the Roman Forum; the Palace of the Caesars; the temples of the old religion, fallen down and gone; is to see the ghost of old Rome, wicked wonderful old city, haunting the very ground on which its people trod. It is the most impressive, the most stately, the most solemn, grand, majestic, mournful sight, conceivable. Never, in its bloodiest prime, can the sight of the gigantic Coliseum, full and running over with the lustiest life, have moved one heart, as it must move all who look upon it now, a ruin. GOD be thanked, a ruin!

Pictures from Italy, "Rome"

Just call him Monk

Did Charles Dickens have obsessive-compulsive disorder? That new biography we were just talking about suggests that he did. First manic depression and nervous breakdowns, now OCD. The poor man should have left his brain to science. With so much wacky stuff going on in there, they could have had a field day.

(And as this writer suggests, maybe OCD isn't such a bad thing to have!)

'Bleak House' as required reading for lawyers?

Great idea!

More from 'A Christmas Carol'

Cinematical's got the final poster up.

The voting is now open

 . . . in Nibs's LOLZ contest. Head on over and pick your favorite captions!

(Speaking of voting, we didn't win a Book Bloggers Appreciation Week Award. Maybe next year! In the meantime, you can see the winners here, and check out other BBAW activities here. Thanks again to whoever nominated us.)

'A Christmas Carol' goodies

New HD trailer here, new TV spot here (just like the Italian trailer, only in English), and new still here. Enjoy!