I Capture the Castle

United Kingdom

2003

113 Min

Color

2.35:1

English

Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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EXEC Steve Christian, Keith Evans, Mike Newell, Mark Shivas

PROD David M. Thompson, David Parfitt, Anant Singh

CAST Romola Garaï, Rose Byrne, Henry Thomas, Bill Nighy, Tara Fitzgerald, Henry Cavill, Marc Blucas, Sinéad Cusack, David Bamber

The film follows 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain, and the fortunes of her eccentric family, struggling to survive in a decaying English castle. Her father is desperate to repeat the spectacular success of his first novel, but hasn’t written a word for 12 years; her exquisite sister Rose can only rail against their fate, and their Bohemian step-mother Topaz is a nudist and no help at all. Salvation comes in the form of their American landlord Simon Cotton and his brother Neil. Although initially repelled by Simon, Rose is determined to make him fall in love with her and succeeds. A wedding is arranged and Cassandra is left on the sidelines as everyone around her is drawn into a maelstrom of interconnected relationships. But events spiral out of control, and before the summer ends she will experience frustrated desire, first love, and a broken heart. –IMDb

Director

Tim Fywell

Tim Fywell (born 3 October 1951 in Fulham, London. England) is an English television and film director. Fywell started his career in British television, directing episodes of Brookside. In 2003 his made his feature debut with I Capture the Castle, an adaption of the novel that goes by the same title by Dodie Smith. Fywell directed his first Hollywood feature, Ice Princess starring Michelle Trachtenberg, in 2005. Currently he is directing episodes of the BBC series Waking the Dead (TV series). —Wikipedia