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Brideshead Revisited

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Tread carefully Mister Ryder.

Brideshead Revisited Synopsis

Directed by Julian Jarrold (BECOMING JANE), this is the first big-screen adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's classic novel. It's a heartbreaking romantic epic adapted from one of the truly great works of fiction of the 20th century.

Brideshead Revisited is an evocative and poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence, set in pre-war England when privileged aristocracy fell into decline. The story begins in 1925 at Oxford, when Charles Ryder (Matthew Goode) is befriended by the louche and flamboyant Sebastian Flyte (Ben Whishaw), son of Lord Marchmain, and is quickly seduced by an exciting new world of money, glamour and outrageous behaviour. When he is invited to 'Brideshead', the Flyte family's magnificent ancestral home, Charles becomes infatuated with Julia (Hayley Atwell, pictured left), Sebastian's beautiful sister. But as Charles' emotional relationship with the Marchmain family deepens, he finds himself continually at odds with their deepest family bond, that of their overpowering Catholic faith.

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  • Credits
    • Starring:
      Ben Whishaw, Matthew Goode, Hayley Attwell, Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon
    • Director:
      Julian Jarrold
    • Producers:
      Robert Bernstein, Kevin Loader, Douglas Rae
    • Screenplay:
      Andrew Davies, Jeremy Brock
    • Executive Producers:
      Nicole Finnan, Tim Haslam, Hugo Heppell, and David M. Thompson
    • Distributor
      2 Entertain
    • Sales Agent:
      HanWay Films
    • Credits summary:
      Miramax Films, the UK Film Council, HanWay Films and BBC Films present in association with 2 Entertain, Screen Yorkshire an Ecosse Films Production
    • Certificate:
      12A
    • Running time:
      132 mins
  • Release Dates
    • In Cinemas
      October 3rd 2008
    • Out on DVD
      March 9th 2009
    • Released
      October 3rd 2008

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