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What Does The Prayer Really Say? (Free subscription) | yesterday
... of the book. The family is seriously worried about Rex’s lack of "spiritual curiosity," but Lady Marchmain respects her daughter’s freedom too much to interfere in her daughter’s marriage. Then, when it is discovered that Rex had been previously married and divorced, the Flyte family vigorously opposes the marriage and eventually Julia is cut off for leaving her faith to marry a divorced...
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Catholic and Loving it! (Free subscription) | yesterday
... of the book. The family is seriously worried about Rex's lack of "spiritual curiosity," but Lady Marchmain respects her daughter's freedom too much to interfere in her daughter's marriage. Then, when it is discovered that Rex had been previously married and divorced, the Flyte family vigorously opposes the marriage and eventually Julia is cut off for leaving her faith to marry a divorced...
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First Drafts (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
1) Olivier vs GielgudEveryone knows that Laurence Olivier is more famous than John Gielgud. But here’s a curious thing. Gielgud was ezxtraordinary in the Granada ‘Bridehead’ as Charles Ryder’s father. It is unthinkable that the part could be played differently or better. Olivier was OK (as Olivier usually was on TV). But no better than OK as Lord Marchmain. No better, certainly, than Michael...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
The tendency to compress is one thing; more regrettable is the tendency to fudge. The devout Catholicism of Lady Marchmain (Emma Thompson), for example, has been twisted out of recognition: she comes over less a papist than a gimlet-eyed high priestess of a voodoo cult. No Catholic of any class would oblige a house-guest to attend their private worship; indeed, a non-believer would be far more...
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Daily Express (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
... privilege. Charles even wins the approval of Sebastian’s formidable mother, devoutly Catholic Lady Marchmain (Emma Thompson), who is convinced he could be a good influence on her son. Sebastian falls in love with Charles but it becomes obvious that Charles has his sights set on Sebastian’s sister Julia (Hayley Atwell). A trip to Venice will have far reaching consequences for all of them....
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Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
But our hero’s hopes of fitting in seemed doomed from the start, not just because of his middle-class background, but also thanks to Sebastian and Julia’s devoutly Catholic mother, Lady Marchmain (Emma Thompson) who disapproves of Charles’ atheism. She’s an icy, holier-than-thou character whose religious fervour has driven her son to alcoholism, her daughter to the edge of madness and her husband...
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Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
... his new friend to the childhood estate, Brideshead, where Charles meets the formidable Lady Marchmain (Thompson) and Sebastian’s sister Julia (Atwell).The two young men grow close, culminating in a brief kiss, but a trip to Italy to visit Sebastian and Julia’s father, Lord Marchmain (Gambon), and his mistress (Scacchi), sparks a betrayal that will drive apart Charles and the prodigal...
