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10 June 2000 (USA)
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77 generations built the kingdom of Gormenghast... Will one kitchen boy bring it down? more
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A villain threatens the rise of a new earl in an ancient kingdom. full summary
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4 wins
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Cast
(Series Cast overview, first billed only) | Celia Imrie | ... | Lady Gertrude |
| John Sessions | ... | Dr. Prunesquallor |
| Warren Mitchell | ... | Barquentine |
| George Yiasoumi | ... | Bookman |
| Ian Richardson | ... | Lord Groan |
| Neve McIntosh | ... | Lady Fuchsia |
| June Brown | ... | Nannie Slagg |
 | Christopher Lee | ... | Flay |
| Richard Griffiths | ... | Swelter |
 | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | ... | Steerpike |
| Zoë Wanamaker | ... | Clarice Groan |
| Lynsey Baxter | ... | Cora Groan |
| Fiona Shaw | ... | Irma Prunesquallor |
| Olga Sosnovska | ... | Keda |
| Eric Sykes | ... | Mollocks |
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232 min (4 parts)
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Lady Gertrude's white crow was - at the time anyway - the only known white crow in the world.
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Lady Fuchsia:
[dancing along] I am Fuchsia! I am me! Don't be frightened, wait and see!
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Featured in Goodbye 2000 (2000) (TV)
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Very weird but only slightly wonderful, the best that can be said of it is that it has its moments, but like many TV adaptions of literary classics it sacrifices a lot of the original material to survive the transition to screen.
That said, the cast (with one or two exceptions) performed magnificently, especially Celia Imrie, John Sessions and the evergreen Christopher Lee, whose fight with Richard Griffiths in the second episode was one of the highlights of the series.
Episode three was a real chuckle, and a pleasure to see so many great British comedy character actors on screen in one go.
On the minus side, I found the story dragged at times, and I felt there was insufficent examination of the characters' motives and reasons. Why, for instance, did Flay & Swelter hate each other so much?
These aside, "Gormenghast" is a good portent that the BBC will continue to produce fine costume drama in the new century.
Maybe even "Titus Alone" ....?