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Ralph DeMorgan Lara - 12/28/00 15:52:41 My Email:ads@floridabiz.com Favourite Movie: Vertigo Favourite Actor / Actress: Sir Laurence Olivier Favourite Brideshead Character: Anthony Blanche | Comments: Am I the only one who's noticed that in the commercial video releases of Brideshead Revisited the last episode is missing a good half hour, from the time Lord Marchmain arrives in Brideshead to the part when he dies? I've seen the series several times on television and have even taped it and the TV version is definitely longer. I'd welcome some replies. |
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rozz - 12/20/00 17:09:00 My Email:r0zz_t@yahoo.co.uk Favourite Movie: Neverending Story Favourite Actor / Actress: Groucho Favourite Brideshead Character: Sebastian | Comments: Hi! This page is fab! I tried to e-mail comments to you but failed utterly so thought I'd try it this way instead... I think all the central characters were each on a personal quest for faith. They all went through their dark places and found the light, including Sebastian. I don't think he was ever forgotten about, but he had came to the end of his quest, and so those of us who felt for the character were sorry that t e focus moved to Julia. Each of the characters also had to lose a lot to gain their faith, which makes it a little confusing to non-Catholics such as myself, especially since, on the surface, they seemed much happier in the beginning. However, this is a credit to both novel & tv adaptation since they retain the subtlety necessary to make us actually think - and enjoy it! I adore both book & film, and especially Sebastian, who was in love with his own childhood; a character t ait I'm afflicted with myself! Rozz. |
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David Cliffe - 09/14/00 22:26:05 My URL:http://davidcliffe.members.beeb.net My Email:dwcliffe@beeb.net Favourite Movie: Chimes at Midnight Favourite Actor / Actress: Alec Guinness Favourite Brideshead Character: Cordelia | Comments: People who would like really to get to grips with the novel might like to visit my website, which is devoted to understanding the background. Websites like yours make me aware that Evelyn Waugh's work still has many admirers, and that Brideshead still evo es love and devotion. Long may it continue. |
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Pepe Olivares - 09/04/00 04:03:54 My Email:pepeoliv@starmedia.com Favourite Movie: The Talented Mr. Replay Favourite Actor / Actress: Jeremy Irons Favourite Brideshead Character: Sebastian & Charles | Comments: Brideshead Revisited changed my way of seeing life and art. |
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jess - 08/30/00 18:17:52 My Email:Manikdepressive@yahoo.com Favourite Movie: Angela's ashes Favourite Actor / Actress: John Cleese Favourite Brideshead Character: charles ryder | Comments: i'm 15 and brideshead never fails to amaze me - each time i watch it, i come away with new feelings about the story, the characters, and life.Castle howard is amazing, and i do not believe that i will tire of brideshead because i think the story can b read from so many different perspectives - all of which can not be seen. great site -cheered me up no end! :) |
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Clayton Schutt - 08/24/00 18:55:52 My Email:claytonschutt@gmx.net Favourite Movie: Oh, my dears - how too, too dense of you! I am sure you can guess, can't you? Or can't you? Favourite Actor / Actress: All acting people are rather fun, so long as they have the good grace to be quite dead... Favourite Brideshead Character: Sebastian | Comments: What a perfectly EXQUISITE site! Brilliant, insanely entertaining, rivetting, quite diverting, FASCINATING......and really rather good... |
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Sarah Vowles - 06/15/00 15:00:09 Favourite Movie: Don't have one Favourite Actor / Actress: Jonathan Rhys Meyers Favourite Brideshead Character: Sebastian (of course) | Comments: Hi, just writing to say this is a very good site. I'm fifteen years old, have read the book and seen the TV series. It's absolutely brilliant, a masterpiece they could never come up with now. I watch it and I always want Sebastian to be OK, but of cour e he never is. Congratulations from the next generation to the actors who did such a superb job on the production, especially Anthony Andrews, who was the perfect Sebastian. |
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Lu Zhang Gram - 05/12/00 16:21:57 My Email:luzhang001@hotmail.com Favourite Movie: Star Trek: First Contact Favourite Brideshead Character: Sebastian/Aloysius | Comments: I read almost everywhere on the Internet that Sebastian and Charles are having a homosexual relaationship. But in the TV series, they don't even hug each other? Except the place at "The Old Hundreth" where it is hinted that Sebastian and Charles seem like homosexuals, there is no direct indications that they are! First of all the remark by the women at "The Old Hundreth" is almost dropped at once by Evelyn Waugh instead of starting a train of thought in Charles. Sebastian reacts to the remark by inviting t e women to dance with them. Furthermore, Charles is having a relationship with a woman, Julia, and seems to at the same time distance himself from Anthony Blanche's homosexuality. How do we know that Charles is neglecting a hidden homosexuality that Sebas ian and Charles are having a serious romantic relationship and not just being very good friends? The word "love" doesn't help much in the book as it is used in every possible sense anyway! When you view the movie, the actors really is acting very formal r les and doesn't show any direct evidence of kissing or having sex( naturally, because it's extremely repulsive for a straight to have gay sex), except the fact there are scenes where either Charles or Sebastian is to some extent naked. These scenes hint a what things they might do, but it's very uncomfortable not to be entirely sure, and the book certainly doesn't give you any facial expressions or movements of the person's hands that suggest homosexuality? I'm too watching the series being sent on the Da ish channel, but after reading the book, I've come to doubt whether Sebastian and Charles are gay or just good friends. Thanx in advance for any comments. I'm really not an expert at BR, but this particular topic interest me a great deal( guess why). |
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Helle Kongevang - 04/27/00 08:59:10 My URL:http://home13.inet.tele.dk My Email:mcscphdk@mail.dk Favourite Movie: Schindlers List Favourite Actor / Actress: Jeromy Irons and Liam Neeson Favourite Brideshead Character: Sebastian and the rold played by Jeromy Irons | Comments: Hello there :-)) I'm from Denmark - and RIGHT NOW Bridshead Rvisisted are running on replay - YEAHHH - I would like to ask, if anybody knows, if the series can be bought on video, as I would LOVE to own it. I would tape it from the TV, but I missed the 2. part of the 11. I have for YEARS said that I wished TV would run Brideshead Revisited - and as our National TV station Denmarks Radio/TV just had its 75th Jubilee - they replay a lot of old programs - AND WHEN I SAW BRIDESHEAD REVISITED - BOY I alsmot had a heartattack < rin> - I sure hope somebody can help me with my *problem*. Have a wonderful day Helle Kongevang Denmark |
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Lindsay Winter - 04/25/00 20:58:58 My Email:binniebee_winter@yahoo.com Favourite Movie: BR Favourite Actor / Actress: Jeremy Irons Favourite Brideshead Character: Charles Ryder | Comments: I didn't realise there were so many poeple who loved Brideshead Revisted. I'm so happy to have found others who share my admiration for this this enchanting and adorable story. |
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Linca - 04/25/00 20:10:06 My Email:keithandlyn@ukonline.co.uk Favourite Movie: too many! Favourite Actor / Actress: Anthony Andrews Favourite Brideshead Character: Sebastian Flyte | Comments: It's fantastic to know that there are so many other Brideshead fans out there! Great website-thankyou! love Linca (known to her friends as Lady Flyte!) P.S. Castle Howard is wonderful. |
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James Morris - 04/08/00 10:06:08 My Email:jamesmo100@homail.com Favourite Movie: Ace In The Hole Favourite Actor / Actress: my favoutite director is Billy Wilder Favourite Brideshead Character: Provocatively : Kurt, Cordela | Comments: How right that person is who said the casting was 'Casablancan' The music is perfect. The adaption wonderful(though his task was made easier because Waugh had such a wonderful gift for dialougue) Yes I think the Holy Spirit was at work in the production. Honest. I mean it's such ...can't find the word...miraculous.'Oh' and the place itself. Heaven will be like Castle Howard.My favourite quotes are 'Don't worry Charles, no-one likes Kurt' Also when asked by Charles why he looks after Kurt 'It's my job' Also (I can't remember the exact quote) 'he must be pretty hopeless for me to look after him' something like that.The search for sactity.Doesn't Cordelia say somewhere'he's trying to be holy'To Charle .I really love the book. Julia's hysteria. e-mail me if you want to talk about it.jamesmo100@hotmail.com |
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Mikel - 02/08/00 13:51:24 My Email:Michael.Spelsberg@post.rwth-aachen.de Favourite Movie: to many Favourite Actor / Actress: Sophia Loren Favourite Brideshead Character: Sebastian | Comments: I`m lokking for some "Brideshead" fans in germany or those who are in contact with some german fans. It seems, that I`m the only one who had seen the fantastic movie in germany. Is there someone who can help. Best regards ..... Mikel |
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Michael G. Smith - 01/25/00 20:44:17 My Email:softwarelaw@lawyer.com Favourite Movie: BR Favourite Brideshead Character: Lady Marchmain | Comments: "According to Waugh, a convert to Roman Catholicism, the novel was intended to show "the operation of divine grace" in the affairs of a particular group of people. This is revealed through the story of the wealthy Roman Catholic Marchmain family as told b Charles Ryder, a friend of the family. Despite the seeming indifference to, or outright repudiation of, the church by various members of the family, particularly Lord Marchmain, his daughter Julia, and his son Sebastian, by the end of the novel each has hown some sign of acceptance of the faith." from The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature: http://www.readthemovie.com/actors/amazon.cgi?0745163467 |
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Michael G. Smith - 01/25/00 18:46:48 My Email:softwarelaw@lawyer.com Favourite Movie: Brideshead Revisited Favourite Brideshead Character: Jeremy Irons | Comments: As a Catholic, I found the story of Catholic sinners, who ultimately returned to the Church (Lord Marchmain, Lady Julia) to be quite touching. For those who know their Catholic theology and philosophy, there is much food for thought in this story. |
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robbert voges - 01/04/00 15:49:43 My Email:discodandy@hotmail.com Favourite Movie: Pyscho Favourite Actor / Actress: Catherine Deneuve Favourite Brideshead Character: Sebastian | Comments: What a DELIGHT! This rotten e-e-e-earth is filled with hi-hi-hidden p=pleasures to find such a website, what a joy. Please DANDIES ALL OVER THE WORLD, UNITE! And drink Bolly out of a shoe.. salutations, Disco Dandy |
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mel - 11/01/99 03:41:31 Favourite Movie: Brideshead revisited Favourite Actor / Actress: Jeremy Irons Favourite Brideshead Character: Charles Ryder | Comments: I saw Brideshead for the first time about 7 years ago, and it's still my absolute favorite movie. No movie has ever been so true to a book, and captured the inherent beauty of it so perfectly. I just discovered this webpage and I am so touched by it. I m glad to know that there are other people who just can't forget this book and who have read it and seen the series as many times as I have. Thanks for the web page, keep it up! |
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Rebecca Scully - 08/05/99 00:42:56 My Email:rebecca@ftel.net Favourite Movie: Brideshead Revisited Favourite Actor / Actress: Anthony Andrews Favourite Brideshead Character: Sebastian Flyte!!! | Comments: Hello. Thanks for your site dedicated to Brideshead Revisited. I fell in love with this story when I was 12 (I'm now 27 and re-reading the book for only the second time). Thanks to your site though, I was able to find the sound track to the movie on CD! I love this movie and all the actors (especially Anthony Andrews performance - absolutely intoxicating!!) |
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Amanda M. Beard - 07/11/99 23:32:37 My Email:Ambeard23@aol.com Favourite Movie: Gone With The Wind Favourite Actor / Actress: Anthony Andrews Favourite Brideshead Character: Sebastian | Comments: Just got through watching book two of the series. I'd forgotten how wonderful it was. Now I'm ordering the first three volumes of the series. Just one question, whatever happened to Sebastian? I've never seen the rest of the series. Thanks for a grea web site! |
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Nicholas Renton - 07/03/99 04:06:53 My Email:nhrenton@earthlink.net Favourite Movie: Shadowlands Favourite Actor / Actress: Catherine Zeta-Jones Favourite Brideshead Character: Brideshead | Comments: Who is Captain Foulenough? Anyone know? |
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gervaise - 06/21/99 17:44:19 My Email:gvaz9@hotmail.com Favourite Movie: The English Patient heads a long list Favourite Actor / Actress: many favourites Favourite Brideshead Character: probably Sebastian | Comments: Brideshead has "hooked" me for years, having so many resonances of my own life, if the world of dreams and fantasies I might be referring to by my own life ever was! Sometimes, when the deep core of self is touched by such aching, haunting, beautiful brus strokes, it is something to be experienced rather than analysed. And thankyou for putting this page together |
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Miguel de la Torre - 06/04/99 15:09:33 Favourite Movie: Casino Favourite Actor / Actress: J.Irons / S.Stone Favourite Brideshead Character: Charles Ryder | Comments: Lo mejor visto jamás por la TV. Forma parte de mi vida desde que tenía 12 años cuando ví la serie por 1ª vez. Nunca olvidaré a Charles, Sebastian ni a Julia. Os quiero. |
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Josie - 05/25/99 10:52:00 Favourite Movie: too many Favourite Actor / Actress: Orson Welles Favourite Brideshead Character: Anthony Blanche | Comments: |
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steve mann - 05/15/99 02:18:06 My URL:http://drive.to/steve My Email:steve4top@hotmail.com Favourite Movie: howards end Favourite Actor / Actress: vanessa redgrave Favourite Brideshead Character: julia | Comments: just read the book, bought it in an "old book" store in chicago for $2,- i thought what the heck. the book turned out to be excellent, it matches the series, as much as i can remember from it when i first watched it in holland in 1982. as a test i typed in "brideshead" on the search machine on my URL, and to my surprise there was a great site devoted to the dusty book i just finished, amazing what people do... |
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- 04/10/99 06:44:51 My Email:dahlhelene@hotmail.com | Comments: Dear da-a-arlings! You might find it intresting to know that you can purchase a copy of Brideshead Revisited An Eleven Part Series for Television adapted from the novel by Evelyn Waugh from a second hand bookstore. It's a 76 page promotion magazin for the series with lots o pictures and signed by Mortimer who wrote the screenplay. Unfourtunatelyit's $120 so it's a little bit to rich for my blood but if any of you fanatics want it it's there. The internet adress is Whipper.abebooks.com/abep/il.dll?ph=1. |
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Jing - 03/07/99 12:29:52 My Email:wildeFan@hotmail.com Favourite Movie: brideshead revisited &etc Favourite Actor / Actress: anthony andrews, kristin scott-thomas, nikolas grace, etc Favourite Brideshead Character: anthony blanche | Comments: Hello Joe, I saw your comments on Bridehead Revisited on Anna's Anthony Andrews page. I think I'd be interested in responding to your comments. To refresh your memory, here are your comments on April 27,98, copied as follows: I read the book about half a dozen times and have seen Granada TV's excellent series where the casting was close to "Casblancan" standards. My favourite tv performance was Anthony Andrews - what an actor! My favourite character from the book was Lady Mar main. Waugh brilliantly captures her hypocrisy and disfunctionality as a wife and parent. She is presented using her religion, the past and in particular her dead brothers as a weapon against everyone - even her immediate family. A sad case but as a Cath ic myself I know that "The Faith" is passed on through quite unlikely people and she too had her part to play in the intervention of Divine Grace amongst the protagonists. The following is my response: I couldn't agree more with you on how great the cast is. Yet I don't think that Lady Marchmain was portrayed as using her religion against everyone. In my opinion it's quite to the contrary, she was perfect, almost a saint. She was not hypocritical, she b lieved in everything she preached to her children and lived those dogma herself. In fact she tried so hard to find a way to better reach out to her children, like when she commented on the "Alice in wonder land side of religion" to Charles. The mere fact f her wanting to be friends with Charles is really part of her efforts to be able to reach out to his son. Yet she was so hated, why? On one hand it's really easily understandable. What is life like to live with someone so perfect? and furthermore, so ful of loving expectations for one's own good? Just like Lady Marchmain complained to Charles, they are all ashamed of themselves and want to run away from her, Sebastian, Lord Marchmain, exactly the people whom she love and care most, and yet unfortunately ho turn out to hate her precisely resulting from her angelic love. Why do they hate her? Cara gave us the best answer in the book: "they are a volcano of hate... when people hate with all that energy, it's something in themselves that they are hating." In fact, Lady Marchmain is a wonder. She is one of the most enchanting characters of the book. I think she definitely hold the best intention for her children and her husband, she would never want to do something like "using religion as a weapon against p ople". She is full of love for Lord Marchmain, Sebastian, Julia, all her children. Yet she believes not merely in the faith alone, but also the church dogma associated with it. So she set out on the task of being a good wife and mother with those principl s as her guideline. Being a good Catholic wife, she wouldn't divorce her husband. Being a good Catholic mother, she wanted Sebastian to make more Catholic friends at college, she wouldn't let Julia marry Mottram(who is unweddable due to previous divorces) Being a good wife and mother, she pray for her children and her husband and carry their sins to bed... Yet what she was never able to understand throughout her devout life was the actual effect her saintliness has brought about. As Julia and Cordelia bo h said at some point, "when people hate God, they hate mommy." cos obviously one can't hate God, and for the Flytes, they all seem unwilling to hate the Church either, so they hate Lady Marchmain. I'm sorry that I babbled on. I guess I do love talking about this book. Any sort of response would be greatly appreciated at wildefan@hotmail.com Jing |
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Jing - 03/07/99 11:08:39 My Email:wildeFan@hotmail.com Favourite Movie: brideshead revisited &etc Favourite Actor / Actress: anthony andrews, kristin scott-thomas, nikolas grace, etc Favourite Brideshead Character: anthony blanche | Comments: Hello Joe, I saw your comments on Bridehead Revisited on Anna's Anthony Andrews page. I think I'd be interested in answering your questions. Here are your comments as copied: I just watched a videotaped Brideshead marathon I found while dismantling my father's country home following my mother's death some months ago. I suppose my mother had it for some reason. I remember vaguely as a 8 year old it on PBS. I still have a hard t me understanding it. Castle Howard is amazing. But what is Waugh saying about Roman Catholicism? Is its orthodox dogma crushing its own flock as modern society grows? Is that why it is a remembrance of times past? Divorce, sexuality, power, & wealth, are hese all notions that the church stands as the real only moral force? Or is it that the Roman Catholics even as high born as the Brideshead bunch are destined for destruction & misery in an ever increasing secular and freer world? Hmmmm? Here's my opinion: I don't think at all that it's saying that the Catholic dogma are crushing its own "flock", or that the Catholics are destined for destruction & misery in this changing world ( as I don't think it's necessary growing more secular and freer) On the contrar if you notice how in the end Ryder became all of a sudden cheerful after he came out of the castle into the fresh air, you'd get the hint that it's definitely hope, not destruction. Yet why was he cheerful? After all he really was still "childless, lovel ss, middle-aged", nothing had changed. I believe that it's because of his faith, which had been developing in him since he came to know Sebastian. I think he might have experienced something like a revelation during his visit to the chapel in the end. His "newly learned language" brought him infinite yet a profound and tranquil sort of joy that ran through him in the end, even though practically nothing in reality changed for him during the short visit to the chapel. Yet by looking at how he was miserable, hating the army and could hardly cheer up at all, one could see the positive changes his new faith brought him. I believe Waugh seriously thought about the significance of this ending. It's definitely hope. Yet to some extent I think Waugh is presenting the problem of conflicts between the Catholic faith and the dogma preached by the church. On one hand he said through Julia that "Sebastian has never left God as definitely as I (Julia) did", yet Sebastian wa never able to escape from this feelings of shame of himself. Sebastian, as sympathetic readers would all agree, is good-hearted and full of love to give (even at the time when he's distressed with the threat that his mother might take Charles away from h m, Ryder said, still, "he has not failed in love, but he lost the joy of it"). With love for God and for fellow human beings as the essence of Christianity in a broad sense, one couldn't agree more with Julia's comments that "he never left it(Catholicism) as definitely as I did". Sebastian had always been a practising Catholic at heart. Yet, with the dogma preached to him throughout his life when he grew up, his naughty behaviours with Charles would definitely be high among the list of sins. Thus I believe that Waugh is presenting some of the conflicts, but his general outlook on Catholicism is definitely positive and hopeful. I made some comment on Anna's page about the book too. I would love to hear your response if you'd be so kind. I think I simply love talking about this book. It is simply enchanting. Jing |
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Jing - 03/07/99 09:36:15 My Email:wildeFan@hotmail.com Favourite Movie: Brideshead Revisited Favourite Actor / Actress: Anthony Andrews, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Jeremy Irons Favourite Brideshead Character: Sebastian, Anthony Blanch | Comments: After viewing a little bit of the guest book, I want to add some more comment. I really LOVE the book itself by Evelyn Waugh. First I was so charmed by the beautiful language and the love (as Charles said, "to know and love one other human being is the ro t of all wisdom") that pervades throughout the book. Then the more I read it, the more I became interested in Catholicism. A year after I experienced a true revelation and became spiritual to a certain extent. Then afterwards I read parts of the book agai , and it was making so much more sense once again. In all I think it's a great book about love, religion, meaning of life etc. After further understanding and the establishment of faith in God, it doesn't puzzle me so much any more why Ryder became all of a sudden happy in the end when he stepped out of the castle into fresh air. One puzzling thing that I sometimes debate with myself about is whether Sebastian really had sex with Charles and Kurt. My opinion is that he probably did to some extent with Charles (as Charles later alluded to the naughty things that are high in the lis of sins), but probably not with Kurt. I think that his dependence on Kurt is more in a religious sense rather than romantic. He wanted to give his love and feel that it's needed. I do think this love he had for Kurt is more religious and out of his good atholic heart rather than romantic. I simply love talking about this book, any comments are welcome at wildeFan@hotmail.com. Jing |
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Jing - 03/07/99 09:04:04 My Email:wildeFan@hotmail.com Favourite Movie: Brideshead Revisited Favourite Actor / Actress: Anthony Andrews, Kristin Scott-Thomas Favourite Brideshead Character: Sebastian, Anthony Blanch | Comments: I haven't finished viewing it yet. but it's great. thank you so much. I love anthony andrews and jeremy irons. |
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Alix Warden - 01/28/99 12:47:36 Favourite Movie: Brideshead Revisited Favourite Actor / Actress: Colin Firth Favourite Brideshead Character: Sebastian Flyte | Comments: I have been looking for this page ever since the internet came to school. I am here at last! I am going to visit castle Howard in the Summer and am constantly critisied for being too obsessed with BR. But how can someone be too obsessed with it? I base my life around SF- probably not a very good idea! |
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Tadvana - 01/18/99 23:48:34 My URL:http://www.angelfire.com/il/tadvana My Email:tadvana@hotmail.com Favourite Movie: Sound of Music, A Hard Day's Night, Benhur Favourite Actor / Actress: Anthony Andrews (he's a hottie), Brad Pitt, Tom Cruz, Leo DiCaprio, Ralph Fiennes Favourite Brideshead Character: Lord Sebastian Flyte | Comments: I think you have done good work. I really wish there were more pages on the web about Anthony Andrews. He is soooo goodlooking!! (or at least he was, I don't know what he looks like now) I have been trying to read the book by Evelyn Waugh. I named my stuf ed bear Aloysius after Sebastian's. |
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Tadvana - 01/18/99 23:48:17 My URL:http://www.angelfire.com/il/tadvana My Email:tadvana@hotmail.com Favourite Movie: Sound of Music, A Hard Day's Night, Benhur Favourite Actor / Actress: Anthony Andrews (he's a hottie), Brad Pitt, Tom Cruz, Leo DiCaprio, Ralph Fiennes Favourite Brideshead Character: Lord Sebastian Flyte | Comments: I think you have done good work. I really wish there were more pages on the web about Anthony Andrews. He is soooo goodlooking!! (or at least he was, I don't know what he looks like now) I have been trying to read the book by Evelyn Waugh. I named my stuf ed bear Aloysius after Sebastian's. |
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Pablo Figueroa - 01/05/99 21:15:14 My Email:vedrus@hotmail.com Favourite Movie: Coppola´s Dracula Favourite Actor / Actress: E. Bèart Favourite Brideshead Character: C.Ryder/Anthony | Comments: Wonderful Page!!!!! I liked best the first chapters of the series (I am looking forward to read the book) because I am young, so I feel closer to the Oxford and early friendship between Sebastian and Charles parts of the film. I didn´t expect it to be a s christian focused work of art when I began looking at it. |
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tracy - 12/23/98 02:59:17 My Email:ward@globalsite.net Favourite Movie: titanic,whitesquall,the black stallion Favourite Actor / Actress: timothy hutton, gillian anderson-choices constantly change Favourite Brideshead Character: sebastian! | Comments: I loved this movie when I first saw it as a seventh-grader during the early 80's. I cried then and I cry now when I watch it. I'm still confused as to the ending of Sebastian-was it AIDS or something else. God, what a fantastic piece of work! It has s ood the test of time. |
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Noelle LeCrone - 12/12/98 04:01:57 My Email:nlecrone@richmond.edu Favourite Brideshead Character: Sebastian | Comments: |
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Catherine Farrar - 12/10/98 16:13:00 My Email:catherine@farrar21.freeserve.co.uk Favourite Actor / Actress: Jeremy Irons Favourite Brideshead Character: Sebastian(and Aloysius) | Comments: Brideshead Revisited is the most amazing, thought provoking tale of intrigue and love that I have ever had the pleasure of reading/watching. Charles and Sebastian Belong together. Love Cat xxx |
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Robert Murray Davis - 12/02/98 14:53:58 My Email:rmdavis@ou.edu Favourite Movie: too many Favourite Actor / Actress: keeps changing Favourite Brideshead Character: professional involvement too great | Comments: Thanks for establishing and maintaining this page. BRIDESHEAD continues to interest students who have no conceivable idea about the social or religious milieu. How odd and how consoling. Serious fans should see BRIDESHEAD REVISITED: THE PAST REDEEMED, published by Twayne if it's not out of print. RMD |
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Simon P. Johnson - 11/02/98 20:01:32 My Email:SPJ100@YORK.AC.UK Favourite Movie: Brideshead Revisited Favourite Actor / Actress: Anthoney Andrews Favourite Brideshead Character: Anthony Blanch | Comments: Absolutely Splendid. Brings tears to my eyes whenever I hear of it. |
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'dalia - 10/23/98 09:28:40 My URL:http://geocities.datacellar.net/Hollywood/Bungalow/9083 My Email:monty_lover@hotmail.com Favourite Movie: The Full Monty Favourite Actor / Actress: Robert Carlyle Favourite Brideshead Character: Sebastian Flyte | Comments: hi! its good to see fans of Brideshead Revisited, i myself, am just discovering it. a friend of mine sent me a tape a few months back (that included Rupert Everett's Another Country) with a bit of BR on it. i've been hungry for more, ever since. and lucky for me, the rest of the series is being shown on PBS (see the message board for more info) i love the relationship of Charles and Sebastian, it is just so beautiful. i can't wait to read the book. |
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Scott Rouse - 10/13/98 19:20:24 My Email:scott.rouse@farmington.k12.mi.us Favourite Movie: Bullet in the Head Favourite Actor / Actress: John Malkovich Favourite Brideshead Character: Anthony Blanche | Comments: I like all of you love the book. The book seem to walk a fine line between love nad contempt of the past gone by. I personly love the book because of he close friendship between Sebaistan and Charles. This is a type of friend ship that I would love to ave had while I was away at school. I have read that there is a audio book of the novel read my Mr. Irons has any one read this and tel me if its true. E mail me if you do. |
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Vivian Green - 10/06/98 10:48:30 My Email:vivian45@theglobe.com Favourite Movie: Withnail & I Favourite Actor / Actress: Anthony Andrews Favourite Brideshead Character: Sebastian Flyte | Comments: Brideshead is the most enchanting novel I have ever read. |
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Ian B. - 09/19/98 16:31:50 My Email:welshboy64 Favourite Movie: I have too many Favourite Actor / Actress: Too many Favourite Brideshead Character: Sebastian | Comments: I hope we can see more Brideshead pages... |
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Diane - 09/06/98 02:01:28 My URL:http://geocities.datacellar.net/Heartland/Flats/1145 My Email:pmhj@hotmail.com | Comments: |
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Donald - 09/02/98 03:04:25 My Email:drs200@hotmail.com Favourite Movie: A Handful of Dust Favourite Actor / Actress: Edward Fox / Claire Bloom Favourite Brideshead Character: Charles Ryder | Comments: Somehow, I am not sure how, but somehow, we remained ourselves - so many years ago. |
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Whelp, I just added some of my pictures to my web page. I hope sometime you can visit and check them out.
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joel pacheco - 08/06/98 22:07:18 My Email:dixie fett Favourite Movie: brideshead revisted Favourite Actor / Actress: jeremy irons Favourite Brideshead Character: sebastian | Comments: It's nice to know I'm not alone in loving the book and the mini-series brideshead revisted |
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Joseph O. Iannacone - 07/13/98 05:27:12 My URL:http://www.columbia.edu/~joi1 My Email:joi1@columbia.edu Favourite Movie: Of Pure Blood Favourite Actor / Actress: Lee Remick Favourite Brideshead Character: Julia | Comments: I just watched a videotaped Brideshead marathon I found while dismantling my father's country home following my mother's death some months ago. I suppose my mother had it for some reason. I remember vaguely as a 8 year old it on PBS. I still have a hard time understanding it. Castle Howard is amazing. But what is Waugh saying about Roman Catholicism? Is its orthodox dogma crushing its own flock as modern society grows? Is that why it is a remembrance of times past? Divorce, sexuality, power, & wealth, are these all notions that the church stands as the real only moral force? Or is it that the Roman Catholics even as high born as the Brideshead bunch are destined for destruction & misery in an ever increasing secular and freer world? Hmmmm? |
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Kurt Mander - 07/07/98 12:20:19 My Email:soz95drk@studserv.uni-leipzig.de | Comments: I have been thilent for tho many years now; partly because I did not want to remember the German concentration camps and partly because I did not want to refresh the memory of poor Thebastian wearing himself down in the everlasting quest for love and unde standing. But now, as the time of my parting from this world is near, I can no longer be silent. It´s been given out, and Thebastian thought that too, that I did hang myself in the first week of my imprisonment. It´s not true, I´m still alive. The man who told Thebastion that I was dead took me for another. And Thebastian, poor lovely Thebastian went back to Morocco and got lost. The world´s got to believe me: I loved him more than anything else. |
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Michael G. Smith - 05/30/98 02:05:32 My Email:mgsmith@crosslink.net Favourite Movie: Bridehead Revisited Favourite Actor / Actress: Sir Olivier Favourite Brideshead Character: Sebastion | Comments: As a Catholic, I found the story of Catholic sinners, who ultimately returned to the Church (Lord Marchmain, Lady Julia) to be quite touching. For those who know their Catholic theology and philosophy, there is much food for thought in this story. |
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Christopher.A.Thorpe - 05/14/98 12:56:51 My Email:925894@tretherras.cornwall.sch.uk Favourite Movie: Bridge Too Far Favourite Actor / Actress: Anthony Andrews Favourite Brideshead Character: Boy Mulcaster | Comments: The novel and the book are first class. I thought the film portrayed the 1920s atmosphere of Oxford and society, when political correctness was unheard off and an Englishman was a gentleman. Oxford seems so charming. Charles Ryder and Anthony Andrews were the perfect actors for the parts of Sebastian and Charles. An excellent film. |
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miss e scarbrough - 05/12/98 08:39:27 My URL:http://www.angelfire.com/md/lizscarbro My Email:ses3284@oberlin.edu Favourite Movie: 7th Seal Favourite Actor / Actress: J. Irons Favourite Brideshead Character: Charles Ryder (suprise, suprise) | Comments: Writing a paper on the book right now...procrastinating....anyway. great to find such fans on the net. take care. |
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Rachel - 05/11/98 15:09:44 My Email:kalfakakou Favourite Movie: four weddings and a funeral Favourite Actor / Actress: anthony Andrews Favourite Brideshead Character: Sebastion | Comments: This has to be the best series I have ever seen. Sebastion is so gorgeous.I know thats what everyone says but he is.I got so involved with all the characters and I actually cried when I knew all was lost for Sebastion.I hope they bring it out on video... |
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Joseph Johnston - 04/27/98 13:48:17 My Email:Joseph.Johnston@Leeds.Gov.UK Favourite Movie: Casablanca & La Grande Illusion Favourite Actor / Actress: Jean Gabin/Arletty Favourite Brideshead Character: Lady Marchmain | Comments: I read the book about half a dozen times and have seen Granada TV's excellent series where the casting was close to "Casblancan" standards. My favourite tv performance was Anthony Andrews - what an actor! My favourite character from the book was Lady Mar hmain. Waugh brilliantly captures her hypocrisy and disfunctionality as a wife and parent. She is presented using her religion, the past and in particular her dead brothers as a weapon against everyone - even her immediate family. A sad case but as a Cath lic myself I know that "The Faith" is passed on through quite unlikely people and she too had her part to play in the intervention of Divine Grace amongst the protagonists. |
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Emmz - 04/27/98 07:43:08 My Email:bishoppel@ashford.kent.sch.uk Favourite Movie: Hamlet Favourite Actor / Actress: Tom Cruise Favourite Brideshead Character: Sebastian | Comments: my life has completely changed since I read the novel and watched the tv series 3 months ago. I can't believe I missed it when it was first shown. It is the best thing I have ever read/watched, and nothing will change my mind. Sebastian is gorgeous! |
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Ray Honeybourne - 04/20/98 16:37:20 My Email:rayh@stocktonsfc.ac.uk Favourite Movie: 'Casablanca' and 'Manhattan' Favourite Actor / Actress: Robert de Niro Favourite Brideshead Character: Anthony Blanche | Comments: 'Brideshead Revisited' works on so many levels. It is a range of love stories, a study in the loss of faith in aspects of the world, an account of gaining faith in something beyond this world, a lament for a world that never was, a fear for a world that ight be ... Its prose is alternately beautiful and overwritten, yet it is always utterly convincing and captivating. If it is possible, in our time, to be seduced by language then this novel is one of the very few which could be held responsible. |
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Penny - 04/11/98 13:42:21 My Email:CastlePenn@aol.com Favourite Movie: Another Country Favourite Actor / Actress: Hugh Grant Favourite Brideshead Character: Severely Sebastian! | Comments: This is tooooo dreamy! I am so taken over that I am not the only Brideshead obsessive in the world. Please don't wake me up!!! |
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Elspeth R - 03/27/98 09:17:35 My Email:dwightr@intouch.bc.ca Favourite Movie: "Withnail" ,"Local Hero","Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" (to name a few) Favourite Actor / Actress: "Anthony Hopkins" for starters! Favourite Brideshead Character: Sebastian | Comments: Hello to all Bridesheaders, Like Sebastian, I suppose we are "mourning for(our) lost innocence." Let's keep up the good work! Marvellous page, thanx for letting me become one of the family. 'Waugh' is me! See you' Elspeth R |
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Elspeth R - 03/27/98 09:10:00 My Email:dwightr@intouch.bc.ca Favourite Movie: "Withnail" ,"Local Hero","Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" (to name a few) Favourite Actor / Actress: "Anthony Hopkins" for starters! Favourite Brideshead Character: Sebastian | Comments: |
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Minnie - 03/23/98 22:29:53 My Email:mchen17@hotmail.com Favourite Movie: titanic Favourite Actor / Actress: anthony andrews/ kate winslet Favourite Brideshead Character: definitely sebastian | Comments: There could never be a better television adaptation of Brideshead Revisited. Couldn't really imagine anyone else in the role of Sebastian and Charles. |
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Clare Playle - 03/20/98 18:53:54 My Email:richard.playle@virgin.net Favourite Movie: The Great Escape Favourite Brideshead Character: Sebastian | Comments: Maybe when I've left my own childhood totally behind I won't empathise with Sebastian quite so much! Why isn't the book more famous than it is? GREEN ARSE SAMGRASS! SAMGRASS GREEN ARSE!! |
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Kevin Sims - 03/13/98 22:03:27 My Email:KevSims@aol.com Favourite Brideshead Character: Charles | Comments: Congratulations on a brilliant page. It felt like "contra mundum" but now I know there are others who love and appreciate Brideshead Revisited as much as me. Wouldn't it be great if we could all get together in Oxford one day? Ecstasy of the naughtiest ki d! |
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Ev Liu - 03/11/98 05:42:58 My Email:evliu@aol.com Favourite Movie: Damage Favourite Actor / Actress: Jeremy Irons Favourite Brideshead Character: Charlie! | Comments: Sooo wonderful! |
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Erika - 03/09/98 17:25:42 My Email:ellisbell5@hotmail.com Favourite Brideshead Character: Although I like all of them for different reasons, Sebastian is my favourite. | Comments: It's so nice to see a place on the web about Brideshead, one of the saddest and sweetest stories I know. Fiona, you're great and keep up the good work. It's probably hard for you to find pictures that are Brideshead related I would think, well I do pencil drawings of Charles, Sebastian and Aloysious and if I can get them scanned, I'll send them to you by mail, okay? "How was your vacation?" "I went to Venice" "Yes, yes, I suppose so." |
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Rhonda - 03/08/98 22:35:32 My URL:http://geocities.datacellar.net/Hollywood/Studio/9929 My Email:babykins@pooh-bear.com Favourite Movie: Titanic Favourite Actor / Actress: Robin Williams/Kate Winslet | Comments: I have never heard of Brideshead Revisited...but you signed my guestbook so I thought I'd return the favor! It sounds like a neat show!! BTW, the page is good! :) |
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Moi - 03/05/98 21:01:52 My Email:Moi@hw.ac.uk | Comments: Hey, it's me again, love!!! |
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Jamie - 03/03/98 13:53:38 My Email:jhuntco@globalnet.co.uk. Favourite Movie: Under Satan's Sun Favourite Actor / Actress: Christopher Walken Favourite Brideshead Character: It has to be Sebastian | Comments: I've just finished watching it for the first time and I feel absolutely heart-broken. Perhaps it's because my only real friend is moving far away, and it seems as if the door to my own Arcadia is closing. And that I will shall wander, searching for it, 'a ghosts are said to do'. |
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Jamie - 03/03/98 13:50:11 My Email:jhuntco@globalnet.co.uk. | Comments: |
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Michael Plato - 03/01/98 02:45:27 My Email:rplato@computon.on.ca Favourite Movie: Metropolitan Favourite Actor / Actress: Ian Holm Favourite Brideshead Character: Anthony Blanche | Comments: Anthony Blanche is just too too. I had a room identical to Charle's at Trinity College, Toronto. I can safely say no one spilled sick into my window. (I daren't recall how many times people were getting sick out of it though.) |