A movie deserves to stand or fall on the basis of what it brings to the screen, not on the baggage brought to it by memories of a book or another adaptation. By this yardstick, Julian Jarrold's film does admirably.
Brideshead Revisited (1981)
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Reviews Counted:3
Fresh:3
Rotten:0
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Runtime: 11 hrs
Genre: Television
Synopsis: The legendary television series, BRIDESHEAD REVISITED, based on the 1945 novel by Evelyn Waugh, is compiled in a very special, digitally remastered collection. Set in the glittering, yet fading... The legendary television series, BRIDESHEAD REVISITED, based on the 1945 novel by Evelyn Waugh, is compiled in a very special, digitally remastered collection. Set in the glittering, yet fading world of the British aristocracy, the series stars the astonishing trio Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, and Diana Quick, and features stunning performances by Sir John Gielgud, Claire Bloom, and Sir Laurence Olivier. [More]
Starring: Anthony Andrews, Jeremy Irons, Diana Quick, John Gielgud
Starring: Anthony Andrews, Jeremy Irons, Diana Quick, John Gielgud, Claire Bloom, Laurence Olivier
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge
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The much-loved television series of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited leaves a lot of puzzling questions
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