Brideshead Revisited ... Revisited*

By Evil Robot on July 20, 2008 6:14 PM | | TrackBacks (0)

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I am both excited and nervous to see the NY screening on Thursday for Julian Jarrold's remake of Brideshead Revisited. (You, too, can RSVP for an advance screening)

I'm a huge fan of the novel, and Jeremy Irons, Diana Quick and Anthony Andrews created such depth in their roles on the mini-series that I almost cannot imagine another version of this epic being created.

Matthew Goode, Ben Whishaw, and Hayley Atwell have some big shoes to fill ... and I reserve the right to judge. The movie already has one strike against it: the weak tagline in the promo above. "Privilege. Ambition. Desire. At Brideshead Everything Comes at a Price." Let's hope the movie isn't made for the Gossip Girl audience.

I'm also a bit worried that the gay undertones will be ironed out. At least from the advertising I've seen so far, this isn't a big part of the movie.

All that said. I'm super excited to finally get to see this. I've been waiting for this movie since stumbling across the IMDB page a couple of years ago. Woo hoo.

*I'm sure no one else will come up with that bit of wittiness in this entry title.

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