Brideshead Revisited

Brideshead Revisited (2008)

Timing: 2:13 (133 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2008-07-25

Country

Morocco, United Kingdom, Italy

Production

BBC Film, HanWay Films, UK Film Council, Zak Productions, Ecosse Films, 2 Entertain, Mestiere Cinema, Brideshead Films

Genre

Drama, Romance

Budget

$20 000 000

Revenue

$13 321 193

Website

http://bridesheadrevisited-themovie.com/

Director

Julian Jarrold

Actors

Matthew Goode, Ben Whishaw, Hayley Atwell, Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon, Patrick Malahide, Ed Stoppard, Greta Scacchi, Anna Madeley, Jonathan Cake
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Scenario

Producer

James Saynor, Joanna Anderson, Kevin Loader, Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae, Nicole Finnan, Hugo Heppell, David M. Thompson, Tim Haslam

Operator

Jess Hall

Composer

Adrian Johnston

Artist

Audition

Priscilla John, Sarah Halley Finn

Editing

Chris Gill
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• The film is based on Evelyn Waugh's novel «Brideshead Revisited» (1945).
• Jude Law was initially invited for the role of Sebastian. However, the actor left the project when director David Yates was replaced by Julian Jarrold.
• Charles Ryder and Julia Flyte were, in turn, considered for roles to be played by Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly, but they left the project for the same reasons as Law.
• Filming took place in Oxford and Venice.
• Emma Thompson threatened to leave the project if they didn't stop pressuring actress Hayley Atwell to lose weight. During one lunch, Harvey Weinstein insulted the actress, stating that she looked like a pig on camera and shouldn't eat so much.
• The film was shot in 2007, which was the wettest summer on record in England. It rained in almost all filming locations, and parts of the city of Oxford and the county of Yorkshire were flooded. Once, the cast and crew were unable to leave a train due to the rain.
• Real Oxford students were used in the scenes set in Oxford, and they played students from the 1920s. In the scene of the first meeting of the characters played by Matthew Goode and Ben Whishaw, you can spot actual members of the exclusive Bullingdon Club in their traditional blazers. Some members of the same club can also be seen in the scene in the cafeteria the next day.