A Handful of Dust Movie Review 1988

A dry, stately adaptation of the bitter Evelyn Waugh novel about a stuffy young aristocrat's wife's careless infidelity and how it sends her innocent husband to a tragic downfall. A well-meaning version that captures Waugh's cynical satire almost in spite of itself. Set in post-WWI England.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS
Running time 114 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Books to Film: Evelyn Waugh, Marriage

Screenplay

Charles Sturridge, Tim Sullivan, Derek Granger

Cast

James Wilby, Kristin Scott Thomas, Rupert Graves, Alec Guinness, Anjelica Huston, Judi Dench, Cathryn Harrison, Pip Torrens, John Junkin

Cinematography

Peter Hannan

Director

Charles Sturridge

Music

George Fenton

Producer

New Line Cinema, Stagescreen Productions

Awards

British Acad. 1988: Support. Actress (Dench).