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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 08:02 PM
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I'm watching Brideshead Revisited on DVD--ask me anything!
Anything at all!
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rusty charly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 08:09 PM
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1. who played the nanny?
n/t
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 08:14 PM
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4. Mona Washburne
n/t
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 08:15 PM
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5. The nanny was played by Mona Washburn, the same woman who played
Henry Higgins housekeeper in My Fair Lady!
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rusty charly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 08:46 PM
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10. it's
DAME mona washbourne, to you!
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 08:10 PM
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2. What will you be watching after that?
:D
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 08:16 PM
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6. Hard to say--it's 11 hours--will take a few evenings!
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Girlfriday Donating Member (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 08:10 PM
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3. Oh I LOVED Brideshead.....
....I read it twice and the PBS version was awesome. What a great cast. I imagine Evelyn Waugh could not have cast it any better himself.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 08:16 PM
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7. I just re-read the book also....
....it really is a great cast. John Gielgud really captured the father.
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soleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 08:16 PM
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8. What's the score?
Who's at short?
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 08:17 PM
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9. No score, no errors, no hits
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 08:58 PM
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11. Was Jeremy Irons in it, and
did he look gorgeous then instead of kind of wasted, as he does now?
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 10:05 AM
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18. It was Jeremy Irons, and he was very skinny, but not wasted looking
Very white, though, as all the Brits are.

Although, it's clear from this point that he's the world's greatest actor (or pretty damn close) because he's totally believable as a boy of 19, and then as a man of 39.
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FlashHarry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 09:22 PM
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12. The best mini-series EVER
I've got the DVDs, too. The late John Gielgud as Ryder's father was absolutely hilarious.


If you haven't already, do yourself a favor and read the book.
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 09:29 PM
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13. Didn't know it was on DVD
Is that one of the best BBC series or what? I love that! When did it come out on DVD? How much was is?
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FlashHarry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 09:34 PM
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14. You can get it for under $50
http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/dvd.cfm?itemid=ATL005629&promotion=y
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 09:37 PM
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15. thanks!
Have you ever seen "The Darling Buds of May"? It's another one of my favorite Brit series.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 10:06 AM
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19. Saw it last Christmas on DVD--finally bought it Wednesday
Used a gift card from Christmas, so technically it was free for me!
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 09:45 PM
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16. I've been to Castle Howard that subbed for Brideshead.
What a beautiful house.
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 09:52 PM
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17. I've been there too!
What a beautiful place. I just ran out of the matches I bought from there!
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 10:06 AM
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20. It looks incredible--did you know the family still lives there?
The Howard family that is.

Got any photos to post?
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 02:32 PM
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23. Try this
http://images.google.com/
Lot's of pics of Castle Howard
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 02:36 PM
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24. Thanks--think I'll buy it as a summer house
Can't figure out where to put the servants, though!
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FlashHarry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 01:04 PM
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21. Anyone ever read the "Sword of Honour" trilogy?
I just finished re-reading it. I loved it, of course. I wish they'd do a TV version, though. My dad said they did do one in the late 60s on British TV, with Edward Woodward as Guy Crouchback and Ronnie Fraser as Apthorpe. I would've loved to have seen it...
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 02:19 PM
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22. Was that a package of Waugh's books, including The End of the Battle?
Which I just took out from the library?

If it was on BBC, you might want to check their website, they seem to be releasing everything onto video that they ever produced!
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