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Brideshead revisited [videorecording] / Granada Television presents ; adapted by John Mortimer ; producer, Derek Granger ; directed by Michael Lindsay Hogg, Charles Sturridge.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Videos Brideshead
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- Format:
- Video
- Standardized Title:
- Brideshead revisited (Television program)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Upper class families--England--Drama.
- Upper class families.
- Male friendship--Drama.
- Male friendship.
- Catholics--England--Drama.
- Catholics.
- England--Social life and customs--20th century--Drama.
- England.
- Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966--Film adaptations.
- Waugh, Evelyn.
- Brideshead revisited (Television program).
- Genre:
- Television mini-series.
- Television adaptations.
- Fiction television programs.
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Physical Description:
- 4 videodiscs (659 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 p. : ill. ; 15 cm.)
- Place of Publication:
- Silver Spring, MD : Acorn Media [distributor], 2011.
- Language Note:
- In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
- System Details:
- DVD; 4:3 full screen; Dolby digital 2.0.
- Summary:
- Charles is from a family with little money. Sebastian's family is wealthy. The two become friends at Oxford. When Sebastian invites his friend to dinner, Charles becomes involved with Sebastian's family. After Charles becomes an officer in the British Army he and his company are moved to an English country house that he realizes is Sebastian's family home. Here he discovers memories of his youth and young manhood, his loves, life, and a journey of faith and anguish. Includes eleven episodes.
- Contents:
- disc 1. Et in Arcadia ego ; Home and abroad ; photo gallery
- disc 2. The bleak light of day ; Sebastian against the world ; A blow upon a bruise ; Julia ; episode 4 commentary ; photo gallery
- disc 3. The unseen hook ; Brideshead deserted ; Orphans of the storm ; photo gallery
- disc 4. A twitch upon the thread ; Brideshead revisited documentary ; outtakes ; episode 11 commentary ; Brideshead remembered commentary ; photo galleries.
- Participant:
- Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Claire Bloom, Diana Quick, Roger Milner, Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir John Gielgud, Simon Jones.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Ray Goode ; editor, Anthony Ham ; music, Geoffrey Burgon.
- Notes:
- Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 1981.
- Based on the novel by Evelyn Waugh.
- "30th anniversary collection."
- "Licensed by ITV Global Entertainment Limited"--Container.
- DVD Release date: Nov. 1, 2011.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781598286700
- 1598286706
- OCLC:
- 754662848
- Publisher Number:
- 054961867097
- AMP8670 Acorn Media
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