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Title:

Brideshead revisited [dvd] by Evelyn Waugh ; Granada Television presents ; adapted by John Mortimer ; producer, Derek Granger.

Format:

[dvd]

Edition:

25th anniversary collector's ed.

Publisher:

Distributed by Acorn Media,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

4 videodiscs (ca. 659 min.) sd., col. 4 3/4 in. 1 companion guide (19 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.)

Subject:

Waugh, Evelyn,--1903-1966--Film and video adaptations
Upper class families--England--Drama
Male friendship--Drama
Catholics--England--Drama
England--Social life and customs--20th century--Drama
Television mini-series
Television programs
Television programs--Great Britain
Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Other Authors:

Granger, Derek.
Lindsay-Hogg, Michael.
Sturridge, Charles.
Mortimer, John, 1923-2009.
Irons, Jeremy, 1948-
Andrews, Anthony, 1948-
Quick, Diana, 1946-
Asher, Jane.
Grace, Nickolas.
Grillo, John, 1942-
Jones, Simon, 1950-
Keating, Charles, 1941-
Nicholls, Phoebe, 1958-
Sinden, Jeremy, 1950-
Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989.
Bloom, Claire, 1931-
Audran, Stéphane, 1932-
Washbourne, Mona, 1903-1988.
Le Mesurier, John, 1912-1983.
Gielgud, John, 1904-2000.
Burgon, Geoffrey.
Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966. Brideshead revisited.
Granada Television.
Acorn Media (Firm)

Other Titles:

Brideshead revisited (Television program)

Notes:

From the novel by Evelyn Waugh. Originally broadcast on the U.K.'s ITV Network in 1981. Contains all 11 episodes from the television mini-series. Special features: disc 1: The 2006 50-minute retrospective documentary "Revisiting Brideshead"; outtakes; commentary by Jeremy Irons, Diana Quick, and Nickolas Grace (ep. 1); cast filmographies. disc 2: commentary by Anthony Andrews and Derek Granger (ep. 4); location photos; production notes. Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diana Quick, Jane Asher, Nickolas Grace, John Grillo, Simon Jones, Charles Keating, Phoebe Nicholls, Jeremy Sinden, Laurence Olivier, Claire Bloom, Stephane Audran, Mona Washbourne, John Le Mesurier, John Gielgud.

Contents:

Vol. 1: Episode 1: Et in Arcadia ego / directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge; Episode 2: Home and abroad / directed by Charles Sturridge -- Vol. 2: Episode 3: The bleak light of day / directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge; Episode 4: Sebastian against the world / directed by Charles Sturridge; Episode 5: A blow upon a bruise / directed by Charles Sturridge -- Vol. 3: Episode 6: Julia / directed by Charles Sturridge; Episode 7: The unseen hook / directed by Charles Sturridge, Michael Lindsay-Hogg; Episode 8: Brideshead deserted / directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge -- Vol. 4: Episode 9: Orphans of the storm / directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge; Episode 10: A twitch upon the thread / directed by Charles Sturridge ; Episode 11: Brideshead revisited / directed by Charles Sturridge.

Summary:

Tells the story of the difficult loves of insular Englishman Charles Ryder and his peculiarly intense relationship with the wealthy but dysfunctional family that inhabited Brideshead. While at Oxford, Charles Ryder meets boyish, flamboyant Sebastian Flyte, who introduces Charles to a charmed and glamorous way of life that continues until Sebastian's health deteriorates.

ISBN:

9781569388815
1569388814

OCLC:

(OCoLC)76065655

UPC:

054961881499

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)