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BRIDESHEAD REVISITED: 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
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June 25, 2002 "Please retry" | — | 3 |
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| $58.55 | $2.76 |
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October 10, 2006 "Please retry" | Collector's Edition | 4 |
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| $67.95 | $6.70 |
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Genre | Documentary |
Format | Multiple Formats, Box set, NTSC, Color |
Contributor | Irons, Jeremy |
Language | English |
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"Flawless performances" --The New York Times
"The best series ever" --The Washington Post
"One of the most remarkable adaptations from literature ever produced for television" --The Associated Press
"Lavish and beautiful" --Time
"Dazzling" --Newsweek
Based on the acclaimed novel by Evelyn Waugh, this epic drama tells of love and loss amid the fading glory of the British aristocracy in the interwar period. The visually ravishing production won 17 international awards and launched the careers of stars Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews, who appear alongside Oscar® winner Sir John Gielgud, Diana Quick, Claire Bloom, and Sir Laurence Olivier in an Emmy®-winning role.
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 0.01 ounces
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Box set, NTSC, Color
- Release date : November 1, 2011
- Actors : Irons, Jeremy
- Subtitles: : English
- Studio : ACORN MEDIA
- ASIN : B005GP7ELW
- Number of discs : 4
- Best Sellers Rank: #18,097 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #284 in Documentary (Movies & TV)
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I understand that many viewers found John Gielgud as Edward Ryder to be funniest, but for me it was Nickolas Grace as Antony Blanche(I laughed so hard at his vicious, acerbic wit in one particular scene I got a muscle spasm) and the legendary Sir Laurence Olivier's Emmy winning Lord Marchmain. His death bed take down of "that uncouth couple"-meaning his soon to be disinherited oldest son Brideshead and "Bridey's" beloved Beryl Muspratt has been rewound and replayed on my DVD so many times I am terrified of damaging the disk. Priceless, priceless!
I will probably regret admitting this but as a practicing, believing member of the Roman Catholic Church the farewell scene between Charles and Julia on the staircase at Brideshead left me confused, heartbroken and angry all at once. I am to understand that because of tragic mistakes made when lonely and in search of real love, the decision was made that the only way to appease an all loving God was deny themselves a good life together?One that probably would have resulted in children and in Charles' eventual conversion anyway? Julia and Charles' relationship was probably the healthiest one either of them had ever experienced in their lives, but Julia was convinced that God demanded that the only way He might be appeased for her youthful, misguided decision to turn from the teachings of the Church was to renounce her vocation as a wife and a mother forever?
The ending broke my heart and frustrated me beyond words, but that has not stopped me from re-watching this unbelievable series at least 7 times in the last month alone..as if by some miracle the ending might change. The fact that something so special ever came out of television is itself a miracle.
If you have never seen this series, run don't walk to purchase it.
And don't by any means watch the movie re-make first.It's not even in the same league or the same universe for that matter..just trust me!
Brideshead Revisited is the exception that proves the rule, I guess, for you will never find a screenplay that more closely adhere's to the author's words, characters and story. This is Evlyn Waugh's valentine to an upper class that maintained its privilege and lifestyle for centuries, but met it's match in the 20th century. That way of life dissolves before our eyes. At the beginning of the film it would seem that each of the Marchmain children would have their future mapped out exactly as had generations before. Coming out parties in London, marriage arranged with another upper class family, and a continued life of balls, fox hunts, and managing their huge estate. But as the twenties tumble into the thirties, each one finds themselves on an uncharted course. And by the end of the film, during the Second World War, their palatial grand London house has been torn down and turned into apartments, and their country house, Brideshead, is stripped and sandbagged - turned into an army encampment. The way the film depicts it, you can't help but be a little nostalgic for that beautiful life that is no more.
But even still, upper class life wasn't quite the enchanted existence it seemed from the outside - which gives the film its second theme of the superiority of the mystical and spiritual over the secular.
Jeremy Irons is amazing as our protagonist and narrator, Charles Ryder. He ages from an innocent college boy stumbling into his first love, to a hollow shell of a middle aged man who has let all hope of love go, except for a flicker of faith that he acquired along the way. As an upper middle class student at Oxford in the 20's, he normally would never have come in contact with the privileged class. However, he is befriended by Sebastian, beautifully and charmingly played by Anthony Andrews. Sebastian wants to keep Charles away from his family, but he only ends up pulling Charles deep into the lives of the Marchmains, where Charles is entangled in their charm, piety, and dysfunction.
The film is cast and performed so well by the entire ensemble that it is impossible to single out any one individual, though Irons has the yeoman's job as he appears in nearly every scene. (Backstage note: Production went so over-schedule that the last few weeks Irons had to commute between finishing Brideshead and filming "The French Lieutenant's Woman" with Meryl Streep.)
Brideshead Revisited will hook you in those first hours when Sebastian's life and family seem magical. Then it will pull you through the downward spiral that each life takes. This is amazing television, and certainly something that will hold up for many repeat viewings.
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La narration est assumée, en voix off, par l'un des personnages, Charles Ryder, qui se lie d'amitié plus ou moins amoureuse avec Sebastian, un jeune homme rencontré à Oxford, rencontre la famille de Sebastian et fréquente sa somptueuse demeure (Brideshead), finit par perdre Sebastian de vue mais se lie avec sa sœur. L'intrigue tient sur une quinzaine d'années. La totalité du récit se fait de manière rétrospective, et constitue un grand flashback.
Un des moteurs de l'action est la présence et parfois le poids du catholicisme sur les personnages, leur vie de famille, leurs choix personnels, leur santé mentale.
Tout cela ne fait certes pas de "Brideshead Revisited" une œuvre rigolote, mais les personnages sont traités avec profondeur, les décors (la demeure qui donne son titre au roman, notamment) agréables à contempler. Le rythme de visionnage correspond à celui de la lecture du roman.
Les amateurs de rebondissements rapides risquent de ne pas apprécier, mais si on aime prendre son temps, on se régale.
N.B. VO Anglais, pas de sous-titres français.
Brideshead Revisited a une certaine parenté avec le fort célèbre Downton Abbey - L'intégrale des saisons 1 à 3 : là aussi un casting de célébrités et un décor dans une splendide demeure, là aussi des aristocrates dans un monde (entre deux guerres) en mutation. Mais des styles bien différents.