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A Handful Of Dust review by A customer from Sussex

Heartbreaking 5 October 2005
...ilm is remarkably faithful to Evelyn Waugh's novel and is a worthy successor to Charles Sturridge's other Waugh adaptation, 'Brideshead Revisited'. As another reviewer has poin... Read customer review

A Foreign Field review by A customer from London

A Foreign Field 12 August 2008
...erican, meet in Normandy to mourn their war dead and to search for a lost love. Charles Sturridge directs a wonderful cast, particularly Alec Guiness who is brilliant playing a ... Read customer review

Charles Sturridge - filmography

The Road to Coronation Street on DVD (2010)
Starring: Steven Berkoff, Celia Imrie, Christian McKay
Director: Charles Sturridge
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The Road to Coronation Street is the astonishing story of how the genius and passion of a young scriptwriter gave birth to a national treasure. Coronation Street is the longest-running drama in British television history, but fifty years ago it nearly didn’t make it on air. Tony Warren, played by ..read more »

63% from 98 members

No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Series 1 (2 discs) on DVD (2009)
Starring: Jill Scott, Nyasha Hatendi, Anika Noni Rose
Director: Tim Fywell, Charles Sturridge
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Based on the novels by Alexander McCall Smith, this drama stars Jill Scott as Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's first and only female private detective. Growing up in a rural area, Precious was destined for a life of farming until, one fateful day, her father dies. Selling off the family cows, Precious ..read more »

77% from 527 members

Lassie on DVD (2005)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Samantha Morton, Gregor Fisher
Director: Charles Sturridge
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Lassie is the timeless story of the remarkable bond between a young boy and his dog set in a Yorkshire mining town. After falling on hard times, the Carraclough family is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog, to the Duke of Rudling. When Lassie finds herself transported five hundred miles away ..read more »

61% from 8,756 members

Shackleton on DVD (2002)
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Lorcan Cranitch, Paul McGann
Director: Charles Sturridge
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One of the most amazing and compelling adventure stories of all time, Ernest Shackleton's 1915 expedition to the previously unexplored, forbidding land of Antarctica has been a subject of great public fascination for decades. With 27 crew members, the intrepid man became trapped in the icey land ..read more »

73% from 2,188 members

Longitude on DVD (1999)
Starring: Michael Gambon, Jeremy Irons, Ian Hart
Director: Charles Sturridge
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In LONGITUDE, an 18th-century clock maker named Jon Harrison (Michael Gambon) begins what is to become a 40-year task to invent a system for determining longitude at sea with a nautical timepiece. Meanwhile, 200 years in the future, naval officer Rupert Gould (Jeremy Irons) discovers Harrison's ..read more »

74% from 1,543 member

Fairy Tale - A True Story (1997)
Starring: Florence Hoath, Elizabeth Earl
Director: Charles Sturridge
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When two young English cousins claim to have captured fairies on film, their photographs attract the attention of legendary skeptic Harry Houdini (Harvey Keitel) and legendary dreamer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Peter O'Toole). But are the fairies real, or are they simply the wistful projections of the ..read more »

72% from 79 members
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Gulliver's Travels on DVD (1996)
Starring: Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, James Fox
Director: Charles Sturridge
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This acclaimed made-for-television version of Swift's fantasy employs an all-star cast (led by Ted Danson) and superior special effects to portray all four books in the cycle. From Lilliput and Brobdingnag to Laputa and the lands of the Struldbruggs and Houyhnhnms, Gulliver's nine-year odyssey and ..read more »

68% from 861 members

A Foreign Field on DVD (1993)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Leo McKern, Edward Herrmann
Director: Charles Sturridge
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Five decades after blood flowed freely on its shores, Normandy is revisited by a handful of nostalgic World War Two veterans (Alec Guinness, Leo McKern, and John Randolph). It isn't long before the men begin to reopen old wounds as they explore the battlefield that shaped their lives. Two of the ..read more »

70% from 381 members

Where Angels Fear To Tread (1991)
Starring: Helena Bonham-Carter, Judy Davis, Helen Mirren
Director: Charles Sturridge
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An adaptation of E.M. Forster's debut novel. A woman who has recently lost her husband visits Italy where she soon marries again.

56% from 1,223 member
Not currently released

A Handful Of Dust on DVD (1988)
Starring: James Wilby, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Rupert Graves
Director: Charles Sturridge
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Tony and Brenda appear to have the perfect marriage - living in the fashionable England of the 30's in a Victorian country estate. But when Tony invites the dashing, yet penniless young socialite John Beaver for a weekend stay, he unknowingly ignites a series of shattering events - passion, ..read more »

62% from 1,290 member

Aria on DVD (1987)
Starring: Theresa Russell, Stephanie Lane, Roy Hyatt
Director: Charles Sturridge, Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard
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This avant-garde, often comic compilation film features 10 renowned directors' short interpretations of arias from operas by Verdi, Puccini, Wagner, and others.

52% from 272 members

Brideshead Revisited - E03 - The Bleak L... (1981)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diana Quick
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge
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Charles and Sebastian return to Oxford but feel old and out of place. Sebastian feels that his mother is constantly watching him through her friends. In particular, both young men have to put up with Mr. Samgrass who is obviously reporting on all of their activities. Sebastian is drinking far too ..read more »

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Brideshead Revisited - E11 - Brideshead ... (1981)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diana Quick
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge
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In the winter of 1939, Lord Marchmain decides to return to Brideshead from Venice in view of the deteriorating international situation. It soon becomes apparent that he is in declining health and has in fact come home to die. He has taken a dislike to Bridey's new wife and suggests he may leave ..read more »

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Brideshead Revisited - E05 - A Blow Upon... (1981)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diana Quick
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge
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Charles is invited to Brideshead for Christmas and learns that Mr. Samgrass and Sebastian will be there as well. Sebastian is as morose as he was before he left, if not more so. The atmosphere as Brideshead is gloomy. All of the liquor has been locked away and there is a tension among everyone ..read more »

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Brideshead Revisited - E04 - Sebastian A... (1981)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diana Quick
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge
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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 left. Soon he is sent down and Charles subsequently learns that Sebastian and Mr. Samgrass will be ..read more »

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Brideshead Revisited - E10 - A Twitch Up... (1981)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diana Quick
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge
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Two years have passed and Charles and Julia are still in love, spending as much time together as possible. They are astounded to learn from Bridey that he is engaged to be married. Bridey's admonition of Julia's relationship and his refusal to bring his fiancée to Brideshead has a profound effect ..read more »

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Brideshead Revisited - E08 - Brideshead ... (1981)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diana Quick
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge
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Charles returns to London, leaving Sebastian in Morocco. Bridey gives Charles a commission to paint a number of small oils of Marchmain House, the family's London townhouse which is about to be torn down. Having successfully established himself as an artist Charles sets off for Central America ..read more »

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Brideshead Revisited - E09 - Orphans of ... (1981)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diana Quick
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge
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With Celia seasick, Julia and Charles spend all of their free time together and soon begin an affair. He also learns from her that Sebastian has vanished completely. In London, Charles' new exhibition is a success, but his reluctance to go home finally brings an end to his marriage. He meets ..read more »

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Brideshead Revisited - E01 - Et in Arcad... (1981)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diana Quick
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge
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In the spring of 1944, Capt. Charles Ryder finds that he and his men are relocated to the grounds of Brideshead Castle. Charles knows the place well and he recalls a time 20 years before when he met Lord Sebastian Flyte, the second son of Lord Marchmain and for whom Brideshead was home. It was in ..read more »

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Brideshead Revisited - E06 - Julia (1981)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diana Quick
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge
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Charles returns to Paris to continue his art studies and is surprised with a visit from Rex Mottram. It would seem that he and Sebastian had stopped in Paris enroute to a sanatorium in Zurich but Sebastian has stolen his cash and disappeared, much as he did with Mr. Samgrass during the tour of the ..read more »

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Brideshead Revisited - E07 - The Unseen Hook (1981)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diana Quick
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge
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Charles returns to London in the Spring of 1926 during the General Strike and joins the Defense Corps which ensures the delivery of essential supplies. He meets up with Boy Mulcaster and Anthony Blanche. Charles learns that Sebastian is living in French Morocco with a German boy he'd met. Lady ..read more »

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Brideshead Revisited - E02 - Home and Abroad (1981)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diana Quick
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge
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The aristocratic Sebastian invites his middle-class university friend Charles to spend a glorious summer at the amazing family home, Brideshead.

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Brideshead Revisited (4 discs) on DVD (1981)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Claire Bloom, Stephane Audran
Director: Charles Sturridge, Michael Lindsay-Hogg
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Based on Evelyn Waugh's classic novel, Jeremy Irons stars as Charles Ryder, a disillusioned army captain who is moved to reflect on his languid days in the enchanted castle that was Brideshead, home of the aristocratic Marchmain family whose acquaintance Charles made in the company of Oxford ..read more »

77% from 2,639 members

Charles Sturridge facts

5 most recent films

The Road to Coronation Street - 3.0 stars
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Series 1 - 4.0 stars
Lassie - 3.0 stars
Shackleton - 3.5 stars
Longitude - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Series 1 - 4.0 stars
Brideshead Revisited - 4.0 stars
Longitude - 3.5 stars
Shackleton - 3.5 stars
Fairy Tale - A True Story - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Aria - 2.5 stars
Where Angels Fear To Tread - 3.0 stars
Lassie - 3.0 stars
A Handful Of Dust - 3.0 stars
The Road to Coronation Street - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jeremy Irons - 24 times - show films
Laurence Olivier - 23 times - show films
John Le Mesurier - 23 times - show films
Claire Bloom - 23 times - show films
John Le Mesurier - 23 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Michael Lindsay-Hogg - 23 times - show films
Tim Fywell - 3 times - show films
Jean-Luc Godard - 1 times - show films
Ken Russell - 1 times - show films