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The story of Cassandra Mortmain and her eccentric family who struggle to survive in their crumble castle. There is a light on the horizon in the shape of a wealthy American who agrees to marry Cassandra's sister, Rose.

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ProducerDavid Parfitt

EAN5060049140445

eBay Product ID (ePID)30047559

Product Key Features

Film/TV TitleI Capture the Castle

ActorSinead Cusack, Rose Byrne, Tara Fitzgerald, Henry Cavill, Romola Garai, Bill Nighy, Marc Blucas, Henry Thomas

DirectorTim Fywell

FormatDVD

Release Year2004

LanguageEnglish

FeaturesCommentary-Director\Interview with Romola Garai-Star\Trailer

GenreComedy, Romantic

Run Time108 Mins

Additional Product Features

CertificatePG

Number of Discs1

Director of PhotographyRichard Greatrex

ReviewsLos Angeles Times - ...A singular experience. It's a rich, emotional story, a wonderfully appealing film made with humor and intelligence..., Chicago Sun-Times - ...[Fywell] generates touching emotion through the plight of Cassandra....[Garai] is heart-winning in the role..., Entertainment Weekly - ...Garai and Byrne are pleasant..., New York Times - ...The evident affection that the filmmakers bear toward Smith's novel, and toward the odd, spirited people who inhabit it, gives the film a modest, hardworking appeal...

AuthorDodie Smith

Additional InformationBritish period piece romance film fans should rejoice over I CAPTURE THE CASTLE, a film that earns its emotional payoffs, and manages to avoid the many clever and cloying traps that befall many of its brethren. Based on the novel by Dodie Smith, the tale surrounds an artistic family living in 1930s England in a rundown castle, waiting for their high-strung father to finish his next novel. Narrated by the 17-year-old daughter, Cassandra Mortmain (Romola Garai) who lives in the shadow of her older sister Rose (Rose Byrne), the film sweeps the viewer along on a believable mood of wistful longing, especially when two handsome brothers (Henry Thomas and Marc Blucas) come to visit the manor next door. Romance is in the air, but everyone soon finds themselves hopelessly ensnared in triangles of affection, and for all its victim's sweetness and good intentions, love is determined to run its own, contrary course.<BR>Thanks to an intelligent but not overly dry script there are plenty of rich characterization and dialogue to go around; and the cast is excellent, with Garai--beautiful and quietly brilliant in her first major role--a standout. Dario Marianelli's score achieves moments of genuine greatness and adds immeasurably to the film's emotional impact. Anyone looking for that rare romantic film that has both heart and brains, realism and magic, humor and tragedy, all in the least treacly, most refreshing senses of the words, this is the CASTLE to keep.

Movie/TV TitleI Capture The Castle

ComposerDario Marianelli

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1

ScreenwriterHeidi Thomas