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4 videodiscs (approximately 659 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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From the novel by Evelyn Waugh, adapted by John Mortimer
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
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
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
Film editor, Anthony Ham ; music, Geoffrey Burgon ; costume designer, Jane Robinson ; production designer, Peter Phillips
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
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DVD, region 1, full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital, digitally remastered
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired