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Brideshead revisited
Title:
Brideshead revisited
ISBN:
9781569388815
Edition:
25th anniversary collector's ed.
Publication Information:
Silver Spring, MD : Distributed by Acorn Media, [2006]
Physical Description:
4 videodiscs (ca. 659 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 companion guide (19 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.)
General Note:
From the novel by Evelyn Waugh, adapted by John Mortimer.

Originally broadcast on the U.K.'s ITV Network in 1981.

Contains all 11 episodes from the television mini-series.

Special features: The 2006 50-minute retrospective documentary "Revisiting Brideshead"; commentaries by Jeremy Irons, Diana Quick, and Nickolas Grace (Episode 1), Anthony Andrews and Derek Granger (Episode 4); outtakes; companion guide; photo gallery; production notes; cast filmographies.
Contents:
Vol. 1: Episode 1: Et in Arcadia ego ; Episode 2: Home and abroad -- Vol. 2: Episode 3: The bleak light of day ; Episode 4: Sebastian against the world ; Episode 5: A blow upon a bruise -- Vol. 3: Episode 6: Julia ; Episode 7: The unseen hook ; Episode 8: Brideshead deserted -- Vol. 4: Episode 9: Orphans of the storm ; Episode 10: A twitch upon the thread ; Episode 11: Brideshead revisited.
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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.
System Details:
DVD, REGION 1, FULL SCREEN (4:3) PRESENTATION; DOLBY DIGITAL, DIGITALLY REMASTERED.
Language Note:
CLOSED-CAPTIONED FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING.
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