In This House of Brede [VHS]
by George Schaefer
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Actor: Denis Quilley, Diana Rigg, Gwen Watford, Judi Bowker, Pamela BrownDirector: George Schaefer
Cinematographer: Christopher Challis
Producer: George Schaefer
Editor: Ronald J. Fagan
Producer: Paul Cameron
Producer: Philip Barry Jr.
Writer: James Costigan
Writer: Rumer Godden
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, NTSC
Running Time: 105 minutes
Release Date: 2003-01-23
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Vci Video
Studio: Vci Video
VHS Movie Reviews of In This House of Brede [VHS]
Movie Review: HOUSE OF BREDE ... DID THE PRODUCER READ THE BOOK?
Summary: 1 Stars
I was so excited to receive this DVD as I had very recently completed reading the book. It took perhaps 8-10 hours for me to finish the book... and this movie is 1 hour, 35 minutes. A total waste of time.
Where to begin - in the book there was magnificent DETAIL and character development. No such thing existed in the film. Nothing was developed.
Names were changed, nuns were completely omitted from the story, the financial mystery was never even hinted at, the Chicago sculpture was never mentioned... so you didn't see the before/after Altar, or the repaired statue.
Other significant omissions: the cross with a genuine ruby, the way Phillipa's baby died ... for reasons I cannot imagine, the sex of the baby was even changed. The death of the Phillipa's child introduced such a significant story line and did indeed altar Phillipa's recognition of what was a genuine accident. For those of you who didn't read the book, the child was not killed by a car.
Even the Japanese representative had a different name. Why? Why not keep it Mr. Konishi?
This film was awful. It was shallow and pointless. If I had just seen this movie, I would never even be tempted to read the book. I read some reviews wherein viewers thought highly of this movie. If they read the book they would bring their rating down a notch or two. While reading the book, one has such a wonderful view and feeling of monastic life and the struggles experienced. The introduction of the film just shows Mrs. Talbot gathering her things and getting out of dodge. It doesn't give any background as to the success of this 40 year-old worldly woman's decision to enter Brede to become a nun.
I'm very confused as to why the movie was even made. The movie doesn't do the proper justice to Rumer Godden's beautiful story.
Summary of In This House of Brede [VHS]
The story of a woman named Phillipa (Rigg) and her quest for love in the sequestered world of the Benedictine nuns at Brede Abbey. She becomes involved in relationships with two women: one a young and confused novice, and the other an older and frigid conservative. Phillipa comes to the conclusion that both women can be loved equally. Based on the novel by Rumer Godden and filmed on location in Irish and English convents. Starring: Diana Rigg, Pamela Brown and Gwen WatfordMovies most talked about in Video Genres
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