Digitally re mastered for the very first time, brideshead revisited is based on evelyn waughs classic novel'. '.strtoupper('j')eremy 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 classmate, the charming wild child sebastian'. '.strtoupper('a')nthony andrews co stars as the doomed sebastian'. '.strtoupper('s')ebastian takes charles under his wing but vows early on that he is not going to let charles get mixed up with his family'. '.strtoupper('b')ut mixed up charles gets'. '.strtoupper('h')e becomes a friend and confidante, not to mention a lover, to sebastians sister julia diana quick'. '.strtoupper('m')eanwhile, the self destructive sebastians life spirals out of control'. '.strtoupper('b')rideshead revisited boasts a distinguished ensemble cast, including laurence olivier in his emmy award winning role as the exiled lord merchmain, claire bloom as lady merchmain, and the magnificent john gielgud as charles estranged father'. '.strtoupper('g')rand locations and a haunting musical score make this a memorable revisit of an irretrievable bygone era'. '.strtoupper('i')nner of 17 international awards including two golden globes and a primetime emmymmy award outstanding supporting actor in a limited series or a special laurence olivier bafta tv awardsolden globes winner of best mini series or motion picture made for tv best performance by an actor in a mini series or motion picture made for tv anthony andrewsritish broadcasting press guild best television series serialelevision craft awards make up, costume design dvd extras ommentaries with jeremy irons, diana quick, nickolas grace, anthony andrews, producer derek granger and director charles sturridgeudio commentaries director michael lindsay hoggtills gallery featuring previously unseen stills from private collectionsocumentary the making of bridesheadeleted scenes running time 663 minutes region region 2 subtitles english release date 12 sept'. '.strtoupper('2')011