5/21/2023 0 Comments The gormenghast trilogy review![]() ![]() Gormenghast is an ancient kingdom that must be located somewhere in Europe, since it is populated with Europeans. In 4 - 1 hour parts, being from the BBC they're really close to a whole hour as opposed to the usual 45 minute network episodes. This BBC mini-series is actually a combination of the books Titus Groan and Gormenghast. The casting is excellent, the special effects are fine and direction by Andy Wilson is assured. It's perhaps best that this ended up as a TV drama: The plot and scale of the original material is far too dense to do justice in a two hour movie. ![]() At one point, Sting owned the rights to the books and was planning to star in a movie version - he settled for playing Steerpike in an adaptation from 1984. With an impressive cast including Celia Imrie, John Sessions, Warren Mitchell and Jonathan Rhys Myers, the BBC have ensured that Mervyn Peake's classic tale of murder, seduction and tragic events striking the family of a crumbling castle is a faithful version of a literary classic. ![]() Gormenghast spent five years in production and it seems like all the hard work was worth the wait. This looks like being the year of big budget gothic adventure (all featuring Christopher Lee) with Sleepy Hollow packing them in at multiplexes around Britain and The Lord of the Rings trilogy currently shooting in New Zealand - not to mention this lavish mini-series which is one of the biggest fantasy productions ever staged on British TV. ![]()
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