A handful of dust
Format:
Video disc
Title:
A handful of dust
Other title(s):
Evelyn Waugh's A handful of dust
Publication Information:
Silver Spring, MD : Acorn Media, [2009]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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General Note:
Based on the novel by Evelyn Waugh.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1988.
Special features: biography of Evelyn Waugh; cast filmographies.
Summary:
In 1930s England, Tony and Brenda Last and their son, John Andrew, live an idyllic life in the huge Victorian country house that is the symbol of Tony's family pride. The chance arrival of a penniless scrounger irrevocably shatters the gentle balance of their lives as Brenda's search for excitement and Tony's determination to hold on to what is his eventually lead in the direction of divorce and send Tony to South America.
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: PG.
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