1990年英國BBC推出的電視劇版《紙牌屋》改編自Michael Dobbs的同名政治驚悚小說，共由《紙牌屋》、《戲王記》、《最終章》三部分組成，每部分四集，單集片長約55分鐘。 該劇在2000年英國電影學院評選的100部英國最優秀電視節目中排名第84位，2010年英國《衛報》評選的史上50佳英美劇中排名第18位。
House of Cards, the
mordantly funny story of Francis Urquhart (Ian Richardson), a British
politician with his eye on the top job. Urquhart is the chief whip of
the Conservative Party and his job is to maintain party discipline, or,
as he likes to say, "put a bit of stick about." This means that he has
intimate knowledge of his colleagues' foibles, knowledge that he uses
to further his own political ambitions. Aided by his equally ruthless
wife and drawing on a network of accomplices, Urquhart forces the prime
minister to resign then sets out to discredit each of his rivals for
the party leadership. Although it is strongly cast throughout, House of
Cards belongs to Ian Richardson. Without his perfectly balanced
performance, Urquhart might have become no more than a two-dimensional
villain, but Richardson finds exactly the right tone to make his
character as attractive as he is wicked. Thanks to Richardson, and a
superb script by Andrew Davies, this brilliant political satire is sure
to delight anyone who has wondered what might be going on in the darker
corners of our democratic institutions. |
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