A poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in England prior to World War II.A poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in England prior to World War II.A poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in England prior to World War II.
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- 11 nominations
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- TriviaDame Emma Thompson threatened to quit this movie if the producers persisted in pushing actress Hayley Atwell to lose weight. Atwell said that Harvey Weinstein even insulted her over lunch by saying: "You look like a fat pig on-screen. Stop eating so much."
- GoofsAfter the dinner, at which Charles first meets Lady Marchmain, the family go to pray in the private chapel. The ladies, as Roman Catholics, would have covered their heads with a scarf or a veil.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Charles Ryder: [internal monologue] If you asked me now who I am, the only answer I could give with any certainty would be my name: Charles Ryder. For the rest: my loves, my hates, down even to my deepest desires, I can no longer say whether these emotions are my own, or stolen from those I once so desperately wished to be. On second thought, one emotion remains my own. Alone among the borrowed and the second-hand, as pure as that faith from which I am still in flight: Guilt.
Yet, in 2008, BBC Films thought it was time for a remake. The result is this film adaptation. It lasts just over two hours. It skims over or skips characters. It changes the focus, and thus the story. It misses the essence of Waugh's story completely. So, it's more proper to call this a major revision - a revised story based on Waugh's novel.
Even Emma Thompson as Lady Marchmain and Michael Gambon as Lord Marchmain can't lift this revised story to an acceptable imitation. Apparently, because the story is so profound, BBC films chose to promote this as a remake of the TV series from Waugh' great novel. That being the case, one is led naturally to comparison. Thus, this film fails.
Still, for some fair acting by the cast, I give it five stars as though it were a different story entirely. After all, the cast can't be held accountable for the plot. Although Thompson's almost muted performance hints that she may realize she's in a far inferior work that has borrowed a great title.
- SimonJack
- Jun 30, 2018
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- Also known as
- 慾望莊園
- Filming locations
- Bahia Palace, Marrakech, Morocco(hospital)
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Box office
- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $6,432,256
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $339,616
- Jul 27, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $13,451,186
- Runtime2 hours 13 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1