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A Handful Of Dust
1988
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, infidelity, death. Based on Evelyn .. Read more
| Starring | James Wilby, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Rupert Graves, Anjelica Huston |
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| Director | Charles Sturridge |
| Genres | Drama |
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A Handful Of Dust
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, infidelity, death. Based on Evelyn Waugh's 1937 novel. Academy Award Nominations: Best Costume Design.
| Starring | James Wilby, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Rupert Graves, Anjelica Huston, Judi Dench, Alec Guinness |
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| Director | Charles Sturridge |
| Studio | SLAMDUNK |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 54 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1988 To Rent: DVD: 25 Oct 1999 |
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Here we go again, with the inevitable follow-up to Brideshead Revisited: heritage, haircuts and hooray Henries. This... read more on Time Out
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This film is remarkably faithful to Evelyn Waugh's novel and is a worthy successor to Charles Sturridge's other Waugh adaptation, 'Brideshead ... read more »
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If you love Waught - dont do it!
Somehow the biting satire of shallow lives and worthless people that tinkled and twinkled through the novel ended up like a cut-price Downton Abbey off-shoot. ... read more »
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Tight film work
A film to watch when you are feeling 'tight'!
Only enjoymeny was to take the michael out of a truly terrible waste of 2 hours. - 1052975
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A Handful Of Dust
It's films like this that make me glad that I can read a book. I'll make sure that it's not a copy of the book that this film is based on.
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A Handful Of Dust
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, ...
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