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Brideshead Revisited Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Last modified: Nov. 26, 2009

Brideshead Revisited

Release Date: Friday, July 25, 2008

Director: Julian Jarrold

Starring: Emma Thompson Michael Gambon Ben Whishaw Matthew Goode Hayley Atwell

PG-13 Drama N/A

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Plot

What's the story about?

Plot
The movie, based on the novel by Evelyn Waugh, is set in the years before World War Two, when Oxford student Charles Ryder gets entangled with the Marchmains, a seductive but troubled family of Anglo-Catholic aristocrats. Whishaw plays the alcoholic Sebastian, and Atwell his enigmatic sister Julia, between whom Charles (Goode) is caught in a forbidden love triangle. Gambon will play the dissolute patriarch Lord Marchmain, and Thompson his devout and controlling wife.
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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Brideshead Revisited.

  • Emma Thompson
    Emma Thompson

    Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Beauty and the Beast

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    Michael Gambon

    The Book of Eli, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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    Ben Whishaw

    Paddington in Peru, Black Doves (series)

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    Matthew Goode

    The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The King's Man

  • Hayley Atwell
    Hayley Atwell

    Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Crew Behind the Film

The Brideshead Revisited behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Julian Jarrold last directed Becoming Jane and Kinky Boots. The film's writer Andrew Davies last wrote The Three Musketeers and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.

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Production Details

What we know about the Brideshead Revisited movie production.

Key Facts

  • Shooting begins in June on location in Yorkshire, Oxford, Venice and Morocco (05/25/07).

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Additional Information

Parent Rating
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for some sexual content
Runtime
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Language
English

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Release Dates

When was the film released?

Brideshead Revisited was released in on Friday, July 25, 2008. There were 3 other movies released on the same date, including The X-Files: I Want to Believe, Step Brothers and American Teen.

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  • 2009-01-13 DVD
  • 2009-04-28 Blu-ray

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Thu., Nov. 26, 2009

  • Added the soundtrack release date of July 22, 2008

  • Added the DVD release date of January 13, 2009

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