Brideshead Revisited (2008) [Blu-ray] Overview
UK Import Blu-Ray/Region All pressing.
Please note the extras are in standard definition and in the PAL format so they will be unviewable on US Blu-Ray players.
Import Blu-Ray/Region All pressing. The unworldly undergraduate Charles Ryder (Matthew Goode) is befriended by the flamboyant and aristocratic Sebastian Flyte (Ben Whishaw), son of Lord and Lady Marchmain (Michael Gambon and Emma Thompson), and is thrilled by an invitation to Brideshead, the Marchmain s magnificent ancestral home. Beguiled by his surroundings, Charles is entranced by the opulent house and the glamorous world of this eccentric family. While Lord Marchmain lives in Venice with his mistress, Lady Marchmain runs the house, the failure of her marriage redoubling the fierce Catholic faith imposed on her children - Sebastian and the beautiful Julia (Hayley Atwell). As Charles s infatuation moves from the provocative Sebastian to the sophisticated Julia, it is a faith with which he finds himself increasingly at odds.
Brideshead Revisited (2008) [Blu-ray] Specifications
For director Julian Jarrold (Becoming Jane), this sumptuous production represents a two-fold challenge: taking on a classic novel and a celebrated television production (Brideshead Revisited premiered on PBS in 1982). Thankfully, he's up to the task. Adapted by Andrew Davies (Pride and Prejudice) and Jeremy Brock (Mrs. Brown), Evelyn Waugh's 1945 text tracks the hard-won maturation of artist-turned-soldier Charles Ryder (Match Point's Matthew Goode). At the optimistic outset, the middle-class striver enters Oxford where he meets Sebastian Flyte (Perfume's Ben Whishaw), black-sheep scion of the Catholic Marchmain clan. Through his hedonistic friend, Ryder gets to know Flyte's sister, Julia (Hayley Atwell), and the dynamic changes. Were this a Jane Austen adaptation, Ryder's financial shortcomings would present the biggest obstacle, but the indomitable Lady Marchmain (Emma Thompson, cast against type) concentrates her disapproval on Ryder's atheism. Sebastian, on the other hand, wants Charles for himself; his drinking accelerates once he realizes Ryder loves Julia more. As World War I gives way to II, Ryder tangles with the Marchmains until forced to choose between freedom and compromise. In the end, comparing a two-hour movie to a 12-hour series makes as much sense as comparing a drawing to a sculpture. Both qualify as art, but one reveals more dimensions than the other. Like the series, Jarrold's narrative loses some steam once the focus shifts from Sebastian to Julia, but Goode's deft performance as Charles Ryder is just as riveting as that of Jeremy Irons before him. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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Customer Reviews
I never read the book or seen the mini-series Brideshead Revisited. Matthew Goode as Charles Rider does a great job in his role in this film. I've never seen in other films, but I must say that for the first time I saw him, makes me feel like other movies that did find.
I feel like Charles Rider was very good and like a good husband more so then Sabatian was in the movie. The actor who played Sebastian I was not so handsomeexplains some other nations have higher credit ratings. Was with some small flaws, but is playing a wonderful role Sabatian ha.
Brideshead was beautiful and the art, the statues, I would have liked to have looked around the property itself, although I have never been to England. What I liked was the fact that she has brought the issue of religion! Think that focusing too much on the characters themselves then Catholisim
However, I loved the ending.Even then, it was very sad! Not everything has to have a happy ending. But when Charles enters the chapel and his hands were wet from the water and was about to take the holy flame, has ... because he wanted to keep alive the flame of my oppinon memories of those who have lived their the ones who truly loved!
I want to see the film again and again! I loved it! Take care!.
Valerie
Santa Clara, CA
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