| Click on Title or Image for details and user reviews. Follow such "New(7) Used(2) from £9.99" links right below the shopping cart to see a list of offers from various sellers (example). |
|
|
Brideshead Revisited - Complete Series | 
 enlarge | Directors: Charles Sturridge, Michael Lindsay-hogg
Actors: Laurence Olivier, Claire Bloom, Stephane Audran, Mona Washbourne, John Le Mesurier
Studio: ITV DVD
Category: DVD
List Price: £39.99
Buy New: £13.99
You Save: £26.00 (65%)
New (7) from £13.99
Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 8328
Format: Box Set, Pal
Languages: English (Original Language), Italian (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Number Of Items: 4
Running Time: 663 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.5 x 0.9
EAN: 5037115091833
ASIN: B000A2U5HG
Release Date: September 19, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Brandnew and sealed DVD European (DUTCH) Release Other cover Full English Soundtrack. Subtitles on/off 3-5 working days for delivery. Region code 2 for all UK dvdplayers. Return & refund policy.
| |
| Similar Items:
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
 Don't get carried away by all this hyperbole September 15, 2008
S.M. Gidley (Sidmouth, Devon, UK)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Goodness me, people do get their knickers in a twist about this series. Although there is plenty that is excellent about it (namely the performances) there is one crashing great problem with it and that's the screenplay which is just plain lazy to the point of excess (if that isn't some kind of oxymoron).
This must have been an easy ride for John Mortimer. All he did was take the dialogue from the novel and stick it in screenplay form, voila. Don't believe me? Read a chapter of the novel, watch an episode, keep going to the end and you'll see what I mean. And any other gaps are just plugged with long tracts of voiceover which is always an indication that a writer doesn't have the creativity to do something more filmic.
If you are familiar with the novel you'll know that it really isn't a high-point of Waugh's career (unsurprising given the circumstances in which it was written) which should free up an adaptor into doing something more thoughtful rather than just copying over verbatim dialogue. This is most notable in the series near the end of the film where we get Julia, Cordelia and Lord Marchmain all with expounding at length which works neither on the page nor on the screen. Let's be honest these sections are crucifyingly dull and horribly stilted.
Good adaptors need to be brave and bold in the choices they make and be prepared to upset the belly-aching "purists". Mortimer was clearly terrified of them.
The turgid screenplay does make the actors seem even better though. They cope brilliantly with its excesses and all bring to life some fairly uneven characters. My personal favourite is John Gielgud as Edward Ryder, a total scene-stealer. Special honours should also go to Jeremy Irons who somehow manages to make Charles Ryder seem feasible as a human being. Lord knows, neither Waugh nor Mortimer give him an iota of help in this department.
Other reviewers are right about the quality of this so-called digital restoration as well. It's pretty ropey in parts, very murky looking.
And as for the best TV series every? Really? Not by a long shot. If you're looking for a contemporary comparison which is probably the best-ever literary adaptation on TV then look no further than Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Read in conjunction with the novel and you'll see how TV can actually improve on an excellent novel.
Brideshead is worth watching just don't get carried away with all the nonsense.
 Excellent film, terrible quality of DVD September 12, 2008
kotovasii (UK)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This excellent film is completely spoilt by the DVD quality! I do not know the technical reasons for this but the resolution of this film is awful. When watching it one gets an impression of watching a badly ripped DivX - terribly pixelated. I cannot believe that it was actually digitally re-mastered despite it says so on the box.
 TV drama the like you will not see again June 17, 2008
Gloucestershire Echo (UK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Reading of the new film due out of Brideshead this autumn, of the book Madresfield and it's influence on Waugh, and the issue over whether John Mortimer wrote this script or not, the conclusion I came to is 'who cares?'. This is one of the finest TV dramas made, and it's like we will never see again.
It's 13 hours, impeccable casting and boasts a script that is second to none. Iron's laconic narration is perfect and the whole production simply outstanding.
'My theme is...' well I don't want to spoil it. As a novel it's regarded as one of Waugh's lesser achievements, but as a TV production it's one of our finest.
Buy it. It's vintage television. A compelling and classic drama.
The Ultimate British TV-series June 5, 2008
Leif Asbjornsen
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I saw Brideshead Revisited for the first time on TV in the early 1980s and I remember it well for its nostalgia for what we today call old-fashioned values. After having watched all the episodes on the DVD some 25 years later, I must say that the series still manage to hold its grip on me who have always admired British cinema and the reserve of excellent British actors like Jeremy Irons and John Gielgud. I still think the series is one of the most outstanding ever produced by a British television company. For the excellent bargain of about 17 pound you can still witness the doomed relation of Charles Ryder with the Marchmain family - a human drama set in grand locations in England and Venice in the recent past. Brilliant!
There is no better adaptation ever April 21, 2008
M. Jones (Sydney, Australia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the most perfect series ever - end of story. Don't bother with the rubbish on the box today...just sit back and watch it again and again...i still find gems on my fifth viewing.
|
We display the lowest priced offers from a list of new and used items. It is clearly indicated right before the displayed price on whether the displayed item is new or used, i.e. "Buy Used: £8.00" or "Buy New: £8.00".
For more options to buy new (or used) just follow the link that looks like this "New (7) Used (2) from £9.99" right below the shopping cart. The link will not be displayed if there is no other offer.
Free UK delivery available for offers from Amazon.co.uk (terms & conditions) with indication of "Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping" (example). Offers from other sellers are subjected to delivery charge of £2.75 per book. More about free delivery, click here. |
|
|
| Browse by genre |
|
Audio CDs
Languages: Michel Thomas Language Courses, Rapid Language Courses, Courses For Children,
Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, Gaelic, Irish & Welsh, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Vietnamese
Biographies & Memoirs
Business, Finance & Law
Children's Books: Book & CD Gift Packs, Children's Modern, Classics, Education, Harry Potter, Language, Music
Authors: Blyton, Enid, Rowling, JK, Wynne Jones, Diana
Comedy: Comedy Classic, Contemporary Comedy, Bill Bryson, Billy Connolly, Blackadder, Dead Ringers, Fast Show, Hancock, Knowing Me, Knowing You, Monty Python, Rumpole of the Bailey, The Goon Show
Crime, Thrillers & Mystery: Child, Lee, Christie, Agatha, Cornwell, Patricia, Francis, Dick, Grisham, John, Rankin, Ian, Smith, Wilbur
|
Fiction: Literary Classics, Religious, Unabridged, Western
Health, Family & Lifestyle: Personal Growth, Relaxation & Meditation
History: BC-1500, 1501-1700, 1701-Present, This Sceptered Isle
Horror: Herbert, James, King, Stephen, Koontz, Dean
Music
Poetry & Drama
Radio Shows: Dead Ringers, Hancock, The Goon Show
Religion & Spirituality
Romance: Austen, Jane, Binchy, Maeve, Bingham, Charlotte, Collins, Jackie, Cookson, Catherine, Steel, Danielle
Science Fiction & Fantasy: Fantasy, Science Fiction, DiscWorld, Dr Who, Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, Star Wars, Tolkien
Sports, Hobbies & Games
Travel
|
|
|
|
|
|
Copyright 2006 © audiohome.co.uk, an audio books store Privacy Notice | Delivery | Customer Service | Buying Guide | Search Audiobooks Quickly | | My favourite authors: |
| In CDs: |
| Adams, Douglas |
| Bennett, Alan |
| Bryson, Bill |
| Christie, Agatha |
| Covey, Stephen R. |
| Cornwell, Patricia |
| Dahl, Roald |
| Dickens, Charles |
| Ludlum, Robert |
| Rowling, JK |
| Stevenson, Robert Louis |
| More authors... |
| |
| In cassettes: |
| Adams, Douglas |
| Bennett, Alan |
| Bryson, Bill |
| Christie, Agatha |
| Cornwell, Patricia |
| Dahl, Roald |
| Dickens, Charles |
| Ludlum, Robert |
| Rice, Anne |
| Stevenson, Robert Louis |
| More authors... |
|
|
|
|
Over 30,000 audio books,