Brideshead Revisited (2008) on Netflix
At Oxford, Charles Ryder befriends Sebastian Flyte and is taken to his family estate, Brideshead. He falls for Sebastian's sister, Julia, but Lady Marchmain's faith stands between them.
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Plot summary
Charles Ryder, an army officer in the Second World War, is stationed at a camp on the Brideshead estate and remembers the years before. As an Oxford student from a middle-class London background, he was taken up by the wealthy and flamboyant Sebastian Flyte, who brought him into a circle of rich friends. A visit to the family home left him enchanted with the house and its inhabitants, among them the devout Catholic Lady Marchmain, her elder son Bridey and her daughters Julia and Cordelia. Lady Marchmain hoped Charles would be a good influence on Sebastian, who drank heavily, and allowed him to join Sebastian and Julia on a trip to visit Lord Marchmain and his mistress Cara in Venice. Charles becomes increasingly interested in Julia.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Brideshead Revisited (2008)
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- Paul Bettany, Jude Law and Jennifer Connelly were originally signed to play the leads back in 2004 under director David Yates, but budget problems stalled the production for years and Yates left to direct Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix instead, forcing the roles to be recast under his replacement, Julian Jarrold.
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The filmmakers deliberately changed Evelyn Waugh's ending: in the novel Charles kneels and prays in the chapel, implying he has converted to Catholicism, but in the film he leaves the chapel still seemingly an atheist, only declining to snuff out a burning candle.- The production used Castle Howard in North Yorkshire as Brideshead, the same real estate used for the 1981 television serial; the Howard family, whose earlier hosting had turned the house into a major tourist draw, were eager to welcome film crews back in hopes the movie would renew public interest.
