Brideshead Revisited (2008)

Director:

Julian Jarrold

Writers:

Andrew Davies (written by) and
Jeremy Brock (written by) ...
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Release Date:

25 July 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Love is not ours to control

Plot:

A poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in England prior to the Second World War.

Plot Keywords:

England | Catholic | WWII | Military Officer | Alcoholism

Awards:

10 nominations

Cast

Matthew Goode	...	Charles Ryder
Thomas Morrison	...	Hooper
David Barrass	...	Ship's Barber
Anna Madeley	...	Celia Ryder
Sarah Crowden	...	Lady Guest
Stephen Carlile	...	English Lord
Peter Barnes	...	American Professor
Hayley Atwell	...	Julia Flyte
Patrick Malahide	...	Mr Ryder
Richard Teverson	...	Cousin Jasper
Joseph Beattie	...	Anthony Blanche
Ben Whishaw	...	Sebastian Flyte
Roger Walker	...	Lunt
Mark Field	...	Boy Mulcaster
Mark Edel-Hunt	...	Oxford Student
Rita Davies	...	Nanny Hawkins
Ed Stoppard	...	Bridey Flyte
Emma Thompson	...	Lady Marchmain
Felicity Jones	...	Cordelia Flyte
Geoffrey Wilkinson	...	Wilcox
Michael Gambon	...	Lord Marchmain
Greta Scacchi	...	Cara
James Bradshaw	...	Mr Samgrass
Jonathan Cake	...	Rex Mottram
Tom Wlaschiha	...	Kurt
Stephane Cornicard	...	Doctor Henri
Susan Brown	...	Nurse
Niall Buggy	...	Father Mackay
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shane James Bordas	...	Cruise Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Giada Dobrzenska	...	Venetian Party Girl (uncredited)
James Fiddy	...	Student / Military (uncredited)

Directed by
Julian Jarrold

Writing credits
Andrew Davies		(written by) and
Jeremy Brock		(written by)
Evelyn Waugh		(novel)

Produced by
Joanna Anderson	....	associate producer: Ecosse Films
Robert Bernstein	....	producer
Nicole Finnan	....	executive producer
Tim Haslam	....	executive producer
Hugo Heppell	....	executive producer
Kevin Loader	....	producer
Douglas Rae	....	producer
Rosa Romero	....	line producer
James Saynor	....	co-producer
David M. Thompson	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Adrian Johnston

Cinematography by
Jess Hall		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Chris Gill

Casting by
Priscilla John

Production Design by
Alice Normington

Art Direction by
Thomas Brown
Lynne Huitson		(supervising art director)
Ben Munro

Set Decoration by
Caroline Smith

Costume Design by
Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh

Makeup Department
Yousseff Agouray	....	makeup assistant: Marrakesh
Aicha Ameziane	....	makeup assistant: Marrakesh
Zineb Bendoula	....	hair assistant: Marrakesh
Carla Carisi	....	hair stylist: Venice
Nuala Conway	....	key hair stylist: Venice
Nuala Conway	....	key makeup artist: Venice
Joan Giacomin	....	makeup artist: Venice
Maurilio Lazzaro	....	hair stylist: Venice
Piero Marsiglio	....	makeup artist: Venice
Lesley Noble	....	hair stylist
Lesley Noble	....	makeup artist
Sharon O'Brien	....	hair stylist
Sharon O'Brien	....	makeup artist
Samantha Peluso	....	makeup artist: Venice
Carla Ruffert	....	hair stylist: Venice
Roseann Samuel	....	hair designer
Roseann Samuel	....	makeup designer
Rupert Simon	....	additional hair stylist
Rupert Simon	....	additional makeup artist
Kristie Southcott	....	hair trainee
Kristie Southcott	....	makeup trainee
Consuelo Vitturi	....	hair stylist: Venice
Sue Westwood	....	hair stylist (as Su Westwood)
Sue Westwood	....	makeup artist (as Su Westwood)
Stephen Williams	....	hair stylist
Stephen Williams	....	makeup artist
Sarah Downes	....	makeup dailies (uncredited)

Production Management
Zakaria Alaoui	....	production supervisor: Marrakesh
Enrico Ballarin	....	production supervisor: Venice
Laura Cappato	....	production manager: Venice
Daniel Gulliver	....	unit manager (as Danny Gulliver)
Alistair Hopkins	....	post-production supervisor
Stefano Dalla Lana	....	unit set manager: Venice
Finlay Pile	....	unit manager
John Watson	....	production manager
Hamid Zoughi	....	production manager: Marrakesh
Sean Cooney	....	post-production executive (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jamal Belmejdoub	....	first assistant director: Marrakesh (as Jamal Belmajdoub)
Jonny Benson	....	second assistant director
Juri Biasiato	....	third assistant director: Venice
Consuelo Bidorini	....	second assistant director: Venice
Dan Channing-Williams	....	third assistant director
Lucy Egerton	....	second assistant director: crowd
Chris Gill	....	second unit director
Karim Kahkhani	....	second assistant director: Marrakesh
Sandrine Loisy	....	third assistant director: crowd
Barrie McCulloch	....	first assistant director
Alistair Ramsden	....	third assistant director: second unit (as Alastair Ramsden)
Kenneth Thompson Marchesi	....	third assistant director: crowd
John Watson	....	first assistant director: second unit
Dan Channing-Williams	....	first assistant director: additional photography (uncredited)
Dominic Threlfall	....	additional third assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Daniel Bacciu	....	stand-by props: Venice
Ian Bee	....	supervising carpenter
Flavio Bertini	....	set dresser: Venice
Adam Betts	....	prop hand
Michael Betts	....	prop hand
Abdellatif Bilouch	....	painter: Marrakesh
Abdallah Bougtifa	....	additional set dresser: Marrakesh (as Abdellah Bougtifa)
Ahmed Bougtifa	....	prop hand: Marrakesh
Anthony Brady	....	stand-by carpenter
Rob Brown	....	construction manager
Alfie Burgess	....	stand-by props
Craig Carpenter	....	painter
Nicholas Clayton	....	carpenter
Susanna Codognato	....	art director: Venice
Sean Cunningham	....	scenic painter
Billy Edwards	....	stand-by props
Glyn Evans	....	painter
Richard Ford	....	painter
Holly Franklyn	....	art department trainee
James Gemmill	....	scenic painter (as James Geminill)
Annie Gilhooly	....	production buyer
Darren Hayward	....	carpenter (as Daren Heyward)
David Horsman	....	carpenter
Michelle Horton	....	painter
Thomas Ibbotson	....	painter
Tara Ilsley	....	art department assistant
Gisella Ingrassia	....	stand-by painter: Venice
Marino Ingrassia	....	set dresser: Venice
Ermanno Kerstich	....	stand-by props assistant: Venice
Steven Leadbitter	....	carpenter
Michael Leonard	....	painter
John Malham	....	painter
Aziz Mhand	....	prop hand: Marrakesh
Patrick Mosley	....	prop hand
Omar Mouharib	....	plasterer: Marrakesh
Russel Oxley	....	scenic painter (as Russell Oxley)
Massimo Pauletto	....	assistant art director: Venice
Dominic Pike	....	construction manager
Amin Rharda	....	prop buyer: Marrakesh (as Armine Rharda)
Amin Rharda	....	set dresser: Marrakesh
Matthew Robinson	....	draughtsman (as Matt Robinson)
Mary Pat Sheahan	....	stand-by painter (as Mary-Pat Sheahan)
Keith Slote	....	draughtsman
Fabrice Spelta	....	assistant art director
Terry Stinson	....	prop hand
Pete Taylor	....	carpenter
Alberto Tommasini	....	stand-by carpenter: Venice
Barry Tracey	....	painter
Kevin Waite	....	carpenter
Stuart Watson	....	construction manager
Terry Woods	....	property master (as Terry Wood)
Matteo Bertelli	....	art department: Italy (uncredited)
Lucy Eyre	....	assistant set decorator (uncredited)
Colin Fox	....	drapes master (uncredited)
Sophie Phillips	....	assistant set decorator (uncredited)
Amin Rharda	....	assistant art director (uncredited)
Christopher Wyatt	....	draughtsman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Hugo Adams	....	foley editor
Martin Beresford	....	sound playback operator
Andrew Caller	....	sound mix technician (as Andy Caller)
Dan Dewsnap	....	second boom operator
Gillian Dodders	....	dialogue editor (as Gillian Doders)
Danny Freemantle	....	assistant sound editor
Glenn Freemantle	....	sound supervisor
Danny Hambrook	....	sound recordist
Alex Hudd	....	sound consultant: dolby
Simon Jones	....	sound re-recording mixer
Adam Laschinger	....	sound maintenance
Diego Piotto	....	sound assistant: Venice
Mike Prestwood Smith	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tom Sayers	....	sound designer
Tom Sharp	....	sound trainee
Andrew Wilkinson	....	sound effects editor
Nourdine Zaoui	....	boom operator: Marrakesh
Howard Bevan	....	sound assistant: dailies (uncredited)
Sandy Buchanan	....	adr recordist (uncredited)
Tom Deane	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Jonathan Rimas	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Lionel Strutt	....	adr coordinator (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Mark Holt	....	special effects supervisor
Ian Rowley	....	special effects supervisor
Rob Rowley	....	special effects technician
James Davis III	....	special effects senior technician (uncredited)
Hugh Goodbody	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Danielle Brooks	....	CG artist
Adam Gascoyne	....	visual effects supervisor (as Adam Gascoigne)
Sally Goldberg	....	cg artist
Simon Hughes	....	lead compositor
Sean Lewkiw	....	technical head of cg
Hugh Macdonald	....	senior digital compositor: Rainmaker
Collette Nunes	....	visual effects editor
Roma O'Connor	....	visual effects executive producer
Jonathan Opgenhaffen	....	CG artist
Becky Roberts	....	visual effects line producer
David Wahlberg	....	digital compositor: Rainmaker UK

Stunts
Stuart St. Paul	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
El Mokhtar Aboukal	....	video assist operator: Marrakesh (as El Moukhtar Aboukal)
Bruno Andreazzi	....	rigging crew electrician: Venice
Werner Bacciu	....	key grip: Venice
Tommaso Baratto	....	additional grip: Venice
Regis Benedettelli	....	rigger grip: Venice
Alessandro Bidinelli	....	rigging crew electrician: Venice
Matteo Bolzonello	....	camera assistant: Venice
Brahim Bouaa	....	electrician: Marrakesh
Roy Branch	....	rigging gaffer
Julian Bucknall	....	focus puller
Stefano Buosi	....	rigging crew electrician: Venice
Matteo Caocci	....	electrician assistant: Venice
Lawrence Carter	....	advance rigger
Roy Carter	....	advance rigger
Davide Ceccato	....	video assist operator: Venice
Giuseppe Cestaro	....	rigging crew electrician: Venice
Andrea Conchetto	....	rigging crew electrician: Venice
Federico Conte	....	electrician: Venice
John Cooling	....	advance rigger (as John 'Buzz' Cooling)
Giovanni De Gaetano	....	electrician assistant: Venice
Hanoi De La Paz	....	best boy: Venice
Alberto Deppieri	....	rigger grip: Venice
Nicola Dove	....	still photographer
Aidan Dungait	....	video assist operator
Sahoul El Alami	....	electrician: Marrakesh (as Alami Sahoul Mohamed)
My Mustapha Elidrissi	....	grip: Marrakesh (as Mustapha Idrissi)
Ismail El Moulloua	....	best boy: Marrakesh (as Ismail Mouloua)
Enrico Fabris	....	rigger grip: Venice
Conor Finlay	....	electrician
Fabio Francini	....	clapper loader: "b" camera, Venice
Tony Goulding	....	electrician
Piergiorgio Grande	....	camera assistant: Venice
Paul Harris	....	electrician
Peter Harris	....	electrician
Mattia Luvisetto	....	rigger grip: Venice
Paolo Marchiori	....	electrician assistant: Venice
James Osborn-Brown	....	electrician trainee
Mark Packman	....	electrician
Elvis Pasqual	....	gaffer: Venice
Emily Plant	....	electrician
Nick Ray	....	key grip
Peter Robertson	....	camera operator
Chris Rusby	....	second grip
Angelo Russo	....	electrician: Venice
Paolo Sartori	....	rigging gaffer: Venice
Luke Selway	....	camera trainee
Paul Sharp	....	best boy
Peter Talbot	....	director of photography: second unit
Hicham Tamaoui	....	grip: Marrakesh (as Tamaoui Hicham)
Olly Tellett	....	focus puller: second unit
Mark Thomas	....	electrician
Alberto Torrecilla	....	focus puller: "b" camera, Venice
Michele Turchetto	....	electrician: Venice
Diego Vallini	....	clapper loader: "b" camera, Venice
Antonio Viola	....	additional grip: Venice
Lee Walters	....	gaffer
Paul Wheeldon	....	clapper loader
Sarah Woodward	....	clapper loader: second unit
Mauro Ziroldi	....	electrician: Venice
Warwick Drucker	....	additional grip (uncredited)
Nick Wall	....	additional still photographer (uncredited)

Casting Department
Mourad Barouch	....	casting assistant: Marrakesh
Sarah Finn	....	casting director: US (as Sarah Halley Finn)
Orla Maxwell	....	casting associate (uncredited)
Kevin Riddle	....	casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Annette Allen	....	stand-by costumer
Abderrahim Benkhayi	....	costume dresser: Marrakesh
Cristiana Bertini	....	costume assistant: Venice
Karina Andrea Bomrad Saez	....	seamstress: Venice
Morgan Clough	....	costume trainee
Zineb El Idrissi	....	costume dresser: Marrakesh
Silvana Galota	....	costume assistant: Venice
Latifa Joumane	....	costume dresser: Marrakesh
Anna Lombardi	....	costume supervisor: Venice
Debbie Millington	....	assistant costume designer
Jessica O'Leary	....	costume supervisor
Ombra Renzini	....	costume assistant: Venice
Katia Scarpa	....	costume assistant: Venice
Faical Tamiri	....	costume dresser: Marrakesh
Paul Yeowell	....	stand-by costumer
Mimouni Youssef	....	costume dresser: Marrakesh (as Youseff Mimouni)
Fiona Greaves	....	costume daily (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Greg Barrett	....	digital intermediate producer
Ben Bradley	....	online editor
Rebecca Budds	....	digital intermediate coordinator
John Claude	....	digital intermediate colorist
Emanuele Giraldo	....	first assistant editor
Tina Richardson	....	second assistant editor
Paul Shore	....	on-line editor

Music Department
Chris Barrett	....	assistant score recording engineer
The B.B.C. Philharmonic	....	musicians: score performers (as The BBC Philharmonic)
Sophie Cornet	....	music editor
Robert Coulson	....	score recordist
Terry Davies	....	composer: additional music
Terry Davies	....	conductor
Terry Davies	....	orchestrator
Peter Dixon	....	musician: cello soloist
John Etheridge	....	musician: guitar
David Firman	....	orchestrator
Chris Garrick	....	musician: violin
Isobel Griffiths	....	musicians contractor
Mike Horner	....	assistant score recording engineer
Mike Hornett	....	music preparation: score & parts
Jake Jackson	....	assistant score recording engineer
Adrian Johnston	....	orchestrator
Catherine Manners	....	music score coordinator
Colin Rae	....	music preparation: score & parts
Jonathan Scott	....	musician: piano soloist
Yuri Torchinsky	....	orchestra leader
Roger Turner	....	music preparation: score & parts
Nick Wollage	....	score mixer: songs & music

Transportation Department
Matteo Gottardis	....	transportation coordinator: Venice
Steve Heath	....	unit driver
Kaz Khan	....	unit driver
Ian Kitchin	....	driver: camera truck
Jean Lafont	....	driver: minibus
Ian Malcolm	....	unit driver
Mick McKenna	....	driver: minibus
Sid Medlam	....	driver: minibus
Trish O'Connell	....	driver: minibus
Pete Post	....	driver: minibus
Steve Rogers	....	unit driver
John Scott	....	driver: minibus
Laurence Turner	....	unit driver (as Laurence 'Loz' Turner)
Lewis Wakefield	....	driver: minibus
Bill Walker	....	unit driver
Vic Wynne	....	driver: make-up truck
Marco Zanon	....	transportation coordinator: Venice (as Marco 'Bobo' Zanon)
Alan Emanuel	....	driver: cast (uncredited)

Other crew
Abdou Ait Abdellah	....	production accountant: Marrakesh
Adil Abdelwahab	....	location manager: Marrakesh
Russell Agro	....	runner
Russell Agro	....	stand-in
Ellen Archer	....	runner
Ellen Archer	....	stand-in
David Atkinson	....	chef assistant
Geraldine Atlee	....	legal & business affairs: BBC Films
Matthew Baker	....	development executive: HanWay Films
Alessandro Barbato	....	floor runner: Venice
Hamid Belmejdoub	....	assistant accountant: Marrakesh (as Hamid Belmajdoub)
Bouchra Bentayeb	....	production secretary: Marrakesh
Flavio Bettin	....	facility manager: Venice
David Blank	....	first assistant accountant
Jonathan Blyth	....	head of independents: 2 Entertain
Andy Booth	....	unit medic
Nabil Boushib	....	assistant location manager: Marrakesh
Mark Bunce	....	chef
Romano Cannavacciuolo	....	payroll: Venice (as Romano Cannavacciolo)
Sally Caplan	....	head of premiere fund: UK Film Council
Fabrizio Cerato	....	location manager: Venice
Deborah Cesana	....	location assistant: Venice
Rebecca Chambers	....	assistant location manager
Jago Cherubini	....	set production assistant: Venice
Joseph Churchill	....	runner (as Joseph F. Churchill)
Joseph Churchill	....	stand-in (as Joseph F. Churchill)
Adam Cocker	....	production runner
Chris Cullum	....	health & safety officer
Matt Curtis	....	title designer
Maxine Davis	....	production accountant
Emilio De Filippo	....	facility laborer: Venice
Matt Delargy	....	development executive: Ecosse Films
Simonetta Di Fresco	....	assistant coordinator: Venice
Linda Duncan	....	legal services: 2 Entertain
Jeanine East	....	financial controller: Ecosse Films
Will Evans	....	head of business affairs: UK Film Council
Father Vladimir Feltzman	....	catholic adviser
Jess Firth	....	rushes runner
Daniela Foà	....	extras coordinator: Venice (as Daniela Foa)
Mauro Fornea	....	location assistant: Venice (as Maura Fornea)
Fiona Garland	....	travel and accommodation coordinator
Cora Gianolla	....	extras coordinator: Venice
Jane Gibson	....	choreographer
Anna Green-Armytage	....	assistant: Robert Bernstein & Douglas Rae
Richard Green	....	chief executive: 2 Entertain
Nardia Hall	....	production runner
Rouzie Hassanova	....	sales coordinator: HanWay Films
Jane Hawley	....	production executive: BBC Films
Rob Hill	....	rushes runner
Anna Holbek	....	assistant to director
Vinnie Holden	....	head of production finance: UK Film Council (as Vince Holden)
Bella Howard	....	runner
Bella Howard	....	stand-in
Kate Hudson	....	unit publicist
Steve Joberns	....	auditor: Shipleys
Medwyn Jones	....	production lawyer: Harbottle & Lewis
Nazha Kajja	....	production coordinator: Marrakesh
Bridget Kenningham	....	assistant location manager
Carlo La Melia	....	cashier: Venice
Jude Lamott	....	unit medic
Sergio Dalla Lana	....	facility laborer: Venice
Jamie Laurenson	....	development producer: BBC Films
Gabby Le Rasle	....	production coordinator
Sam Liefer	....	latin adviser
Jonathan Lynch-Staunton	....	director of marketing: HanWay Films
Richard Mansell	....	business and legal affairs: HanWay Films
Izzie Martin	....	production runner
Charles McDonald	....	unit publicist
Veronica Mechi	....	location assistant: Venice
Fiona Morham	....	head of production: UK Film Council
Hicham Moukhliss	....	assistant location manager: Marrakesh
Khalid Mousadak	....	production runner: Marrakesh
Faye Newton	....	location assistant
Jamie Newton	....	epk director
Kane Nichol	....	chef assistant
Clive Noakes	....	laboratory contact
Ozzy O'Neill	....	runner
Ozzy O'Neill	....	stand-in
Stefano Pagin	....	choreographer: Venice
Lewis Partovi	....	assistant production coordinator
Andreina Pavon	....	unit nurse: Venice
Nick Pearson	....	unit medic
Alistair Ramsden	....	floor runner (as Alastair Ramsden)
David Roberts	....	financial services: 2 Entertain
Martin Roberts	....	location assistant
Abbe Robinson	....	assistant to director
Sophie Roche	....	production trainee
Jennifer Schaumburg	....	office production assistant: Venice
Thorsten Schumacher	....	director of sales: HanWay Films
Janice Schumm	....	script supervisor
Viola Sechi	....	floor runner: Venice
Stuart Snaith	....	managing director: 2 Entertain
Jane Soans	....	location manager
Jan Spielhoff	....	director of business affairs: HanWay Films
Nicola Stean	....	business affairs assistant: Ecosse Films
Diana Syrat	....	assistant choreographer
Agostino Taboga	....	dancer: Venice
Dario Tamiazzo	....	dancer: Venice
Anita Tomaselli	....	production coordinator: Venice
Marco Vianello	....	set production assistant: Venice
Matthew Vizard	....	production & delivery coordinator: BBC Films
Brigitte Ward-Holmes	....	assistant accountant
Luke Warner	....	chef assistant
Katie Williams	....	epk director
Lisa Williams	....	assistant to producer
Chris Williamson	....	chef
Julia Wilson Dickson	....	voice coach (as Julia Wilson-Dickson)
Mark Woolley	....	finance and commercial director: Ecosse Films
Charlotte Wright	....	location assistant
Carla Zacchia	....	production accountant: Venice (as Carla Zacchia Legall)
Mohamed Benhmamane	....	location manager (uncredited)
Oliver Butler	....	crowd runner (uncredited)

Thanks
Paul Ritchie	....	very special thanks
Lucas Webb	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Ecosse Films
• BBC Films
• UK Film Council
• 2 Entertain
• Screen Yorkshire
• HanWay Films

Distributors

• 2 Entertain (2008) (UK) (theatrical)
• A-Film Distribution (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Concorde Filmverleih (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Festive Films (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Miramax Films (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Monopole-Pathé (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• FS Film Oy (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• Ledafilms (2009) (Mexico) (TV)
• Maple Pictures (2008) (Canada) (all media)
• Miramax Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Movie Bank (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Odeon (2008) (Romania) (all media)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (Japan) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Rainmaker (visual effects) (uncredited)

Other Companies

• AFM Lighting  lighting equipment
• Air Lyndhurst Studios  songs & music mixing facility
• Annamode 68  costumes: Venice
• Arzana  period boats: Venice
• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies/mobiles
• BBC Philharmonic Orchestra  orchestra
• Bank of Ireland  bank financing
• Blue  transportation: Venice
• Capello Media Solutions  negative checks and script clearance
• Catil Servizi  transportation: Venice
• Chandos Records  soundtrack
• Chorley Bunce Meals on a Mission (I)  catering (as Chorley Bunce)
• Cinesicurtà  insurance: Venice
• Clarity Post Production Sound  foley recording facility
• Consorzio Motoscafi Venezia  transportation: Venice
• Costumi d'Arte  costumes: Venice
• Di Mario Bettini  construction: Venice
• Film Finances Services Ltd.  bond company (as Film Finances)
• Framinia  safety procedure: Venice
• Harbottle & Lewis  production lawyer
• Kodak  motion picture film supplied by
• London Editing Machines Ltd.  editing equipment hire
• Massimo Marcgetti  transportation: Venice
• Mayflower Studios  adr facilities
• Midnight Transfer  digital grade
• Nicolao Atelier  costumes: Venice
• Onesecure  security: Venice
• Panalux  film lighting
• Panavision UK  camera equipment provided by
• Pastaro di Bruno Secco, Il  catering: Venice (as 'Il Pastario' di Bruno Secco La Dogaressa)
• Pinewood Studios  sound post-production
• Premier PR  publicity
• Progetto Nova  construction: Venice
• R & NT  technical equipment: Venice
• Real World Post  sound post-production
• Reed Smith Richards Butler  legal advisors: Bank of Ireland
• Revolution Post  cutting rooms
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script
• Sartoria Farani S.t.L.  costumes: Venice
• Shipleys  auditor
• Shoes Pompei 2000  shoes: Venice
• Soundtrack  adr facility
• Studio 7 BBC Manchester  score recording facility
• Tirelli Costumi  costumes: Venice
• Totally Entertainment  insurance broker

Also Known As:

Ritorno a Brideshead (Italy)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sexual content.

Runtime:

USA:133 min

Country:

UK | Italy | Morocco

Language:

English | Italian | Arabic | Latin | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | UK:12A | Ireland:12A | Australia:PG | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:M18 | Denmark:A | New Zealand:M | Portugal:M/12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Finland:K-11 | Sweden:7

Filming Locations:

Art Deco Palm Court, Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly, London, England, UK

Company:

Ecosse Films

Trivia:

Filmed in summer 2007, one of the rainiest summers on record in England. The crew suffered rainfall at nearly every location, and even had to contend with rain while on location in Venice.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In Lord Marchmain's deathbed scene, Fr. Mackay imparts absolution while Charles Ryder and members of the family are in attendance. Absolution is never imparted in public in this way. The others would have been asked to step out. Moreover, the Latin form of the absolution given, although it is the correct traditional one, is badly mispronounced and contains several errors in the details of the Latin text.

Quotes:

[First Lines]
Charles Ryder: [Internal monologue while walking out of Brideshead Castle] If you'd asked me now who I am? The only answer I could give with any certainty would be my name: Charles Ryder. For the rest: My loves, my hates, down even to my deepest desires;I can no longer say whether these emotions are my own, or stolen from those others we desperately wish to be. On second thought; one emotion remains my own. Alone among the borrowed and the second-hand. As pure as that faith of which I'm still in flight:... Guild.

Movie Connections:

Version of "Brideshead Revisited" (1981)

Soundtrack:

With the Rumba Playing

Nice try, but some originals can never be equaled, let alone surpassed

Every once in a few decades something like Brideshead comes along. No wonder anyone would want to try to relive that magic! So now there is Brideshead the movie. That means the director had to grasp the original TV show in two hours, so no other choice than a 'The Best Of' compilation remains, it seems.The disadvantage of it is, that what is left out suddenly becomes painfully missing.

All of us who have watched the TV series know it is virtually impossible to surpass it, in film or TV production. Nevertheless, I tried to watch it without prejudice. Overall not a bad movie, but no, not the magical resonance the original had.

All I can do is summarize in details the pluses and minuses of the film versus the TV production so here it goes:

The fathers from original were two of the best actors of the century; John Geilgud (Shakespeare) and the (incomparable) Laurence Olivier. Geilgud plays brilliantly the teasing but not totally indifferent father, who seems stop Charles from the insipid surroundings in the summer but finally lets him go. In the TV series the actor is more serious, and the fun is not there. Laurence had probably one of the best performances of all, and clearly echoes his naughtiness as he portrayed in A Little Romance then a few years earlier. His unpredictability which finally makes him decide for his daughter is well done, especially considered his playground was virtually no more than a static death bed! And then the scene where he is offered a ride in a car down the steps, which he refuses since he doesn't want to admit it might be his last.

Matthew Goode does quite a good job as a substitute of Jeremy Irons. I like especially his ambivalent apparition (homosexual, heterosexual, both, or doesn't it matter?). But he lacks the wonderful narrating voice of Irons, which research has shown to be one of the best around. In the film the romance between Charles and Sebastian's sister is elaborated much more. Partially I agree with this choice. In the original not enough scenes were implanted for credibility, except probably the scene where Charles lights her cigarette. They were virtually strangers meeting again on the cruiser years later and nevertheless they seemed to suddenly hit it off. The sister was not what stood Charles' and Sebastian's friendship in the way. The filmmakers choose for more stress on their impending romance. I think the TV original did this better; it was the family that Charles became part of, and Sebastian's indifference to love that became unsurpassable problems. In original the mother was almost invisible, with the exception of some quotes on her son like 'I don't understand it', which summed it all up. We do not need the dialog in the film where she explains herself, and wonders why her kids hate her. Understatement is much more powerful, also in the scene 'I'll say no more' between Charles and Julia, in which it becomes clear religion has driven them apart. One sentence can be enough.

All this was at the cost of stress Sebastian could have had, and got in the TV original. Most of the magic of Brideshead was simply Anthony Andrews' performance. Worse, the movie clearly alludes to a homosexual relationship, which it did not need to be. Sebastian was a love object, and could be loved by anyone, in any way. But then again, it might be hard finding someone that could deliver the line about Sebastian as Irons narrated: 'his beauty, arresting'. Charm was the problem, the danger. That missed in this film. It was charm that nearly got Charles astray, as told by the queer friend years later in his atelier. The film omitted this important scene, where that friend tried to warn Charles for Sebastian. At the time we all thought it was a nasty remark, but later on he seemed to be right. Or was the charm not an illusion after all? The film simply did not have enough time to build up the charm Sebastian surely had in the TV original. In the TV series Charles was shown first with boring friends, and it then became shortly a coming of age story, where he got introduced in a more fun crowd with Sebastian. This phase delivered some of the best scenes of the story, with his queer friend talking loud over the campus, or Sebastian dressing up as a man with mustache. Sebastian showed Charles other worlds, which real or not, were unforgettable. The film had to rush this too much, and therefore the introduction scene with the spring eggs lost its magic.

One of the few pluses was much less stress on Cordelia, the little girl. But the minus was she acted as an indirect narrator of the importance of religion. Now it had to be compensated for in dialog with the mother and Julia, which was in TV better since there meaning came out of things not said.

Many things I missed, but you can not cram all in two hours. But lines like 'I would like to remember Sebastian, how he were that summer, when we walked through the enchanted place' should have been told again.

The end was nicely done, with Charles finally not pinching candlelight, symbolic for the charm of that family that was still alive in him. I liked there the Irons narrative though 'Was it all vanity? Etc.'

I would say, it was a brave attempt, something like making a remake of 2001, or Casablanca or Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the acting was all well done. Also camera work, and story adaptation. But who can surpass Anthony Andrews, or Jeremy Irons, or Gielgud or Olivier?