I Capture the Castle

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. Written by I Capture the Castle is a 2003 English-language Drama Romance movie featuring Romola Garai, Rose Byrne, Bill Nighy, Henry Thomas, Marc Blucas, Tara Fitzgerald and Bernadette Windsor. The movie is based on I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. BBC Films in association with Trademark Films. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) David Parfitt. The movie is directed by Tim Fywell. Momentum Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the movie. I Capture the Castle was released on 9th May 2003 and takes a screen time of 117 minutes. I Capture the Castle was made on a budget of $8 million and at the box office it grossed only $6 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Heidi Thomas. Cinematography was done by Richard Greatrex and editing by Roy Sharman. The music was composed by Dario Marianelli.
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