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Sebastian's decline continues and there is little anyone seems able to do about it. He is terribly unhappy about his family situation and seems bent on destroying any relationships he may still have ...
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Title: Brideshead Revisited (1981)
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| Series cast summary: | |||
| Jeremy Irons | ... | Charles Ryder 11 episodes, 1981 | |
| Diana Quick | ... | Julia Flyte / ... 11 episodes, 1981 | |
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Roger Milner | ... | Wilcox 10 episodes, 1981 |
| Phoebe Nicholls | ... | Cordelia Flyte 9 episodes, 1981 | |
| Simon Jones | ... | Lord Brideshead 'Bridey' 8 episodes, 1981 | |
| Anthony Andrews | ... | Sebastian Flyte 6 episodes, 1981 | |
| Charles Keating | ... | Rex Mottram 6 episodes, 1981 | |
| Claire Bloom | ... | Lady Marchmain 5 episodes, 1981 | |
| John Gielgud | ... | Edward Ryder 5 episodes, 1981 | |
Two young men meet at Oxford. Charles Ryder, though of no family or money, becomes friends with Sebastian Flyte when Sebastian throws up in his college room through an open window. He then invites Charles to lunch after his teddy bear Aloysius "refuses to talk to him" unless he is forgiven. Charles becomes involved with Sebastian's family, Catholic peers of the realm in Protestant England. The story is told in flashback as Charles, now an officer in the British Army, is moved with his company to an English country house that he discovers to be Brideshead, Sebastian's family home where Charles has a series of memories of his youth and young manhood, his loves, life, and a journey of faith and anguish. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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It is exceptional to find something in life that improves with age. Brideshead Revisited is one of those exalted things. Having just completed watching the entire series I can say that it is actually better than I remembered when I first saw it over 15 years ago. Seldom do so many things (cast, writing, locations, costumes) come together and form a harmonious whole. Brideshead is a tour-de-force of the film maker's art that glows with a magical intensity all its own.