I Capture The Castle

Starring: Marc Blucas, Rose Byrne Director: Tim Fywell Original UK Premiere: 2003 Dvd Release: 26th January, 2004 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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I Capture the Castle was the first novel written by Dodie Smith, published in 1948. The plot centers on 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain & her family, struggling to live in a decaying English castle in the 1930s. It was adapted into a film directed by Tim Fywell in 2003. Cassandras father acquires writers block after a very strange & comical cake knife incident. Her family is very poor, but that all changes when she meets the Cottons. Her sister, Rose, takes a particular interest in Simon Cotton. Throughout the story, Cassandra is trying to improve her writing by capturing the castle. I Capture the Castle at The Internet Movie Database.

Based on Dodie Smiths much-loved novel, I Capture the Castle turns out to be an equally lovely film, delightful & surprisingly wise. When her family moves into a glamorous castle in the countryside, Cassandra imagines great things will happen. But the decaying castle loses its appeal as her novelist father develops writers block & her mother dies of cancer. From this sad beginning, I Capture the Castle becomes an utterly engaging coming-of-age story as 17-year-old Cassandra & her older sister Rose struggle to win the attentions of their new American landlord , but when everything goes the way Cassandra wishes, her hopes fall apart. Garais wonderful performance carries the audience through bittersweet discoveries about life & adulthood with hope & yearning. The entire cast, also featuring Tara Fitzgerald & Marc Blucas, is superb.

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