The Evelyn Waugh Collection

Known to viewers as the master behind Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh was a brilliant satirist who skewered 20th-century society. This collection gathers two acclaimed adaptations of his novels, starring such notables as Anjelica Huston (Prizzi's Honor), Dame Judi Dench (As Time Goes By) and Kristin Scott Thomas (The English Patient). In Scoop, a meek newspaper nature columnist is mistaken for a war correspondent and is sent to cover the action in Africa. A Handful of Dust begins with a boring marriage and the inevitable love triangle, and travels through tragedy, lawsuits and a bizarre trip to Brazil.

Scoop
A young man (Michael Maloney) who writes a weekly newspaper column about British rural life from his family estate, is mistaken for a war correspondent by confused subeditor (Denholm Elliot) and is sent to the suspected action site of Ishmaelia somewhere in Africa. On his journey he meets an elusive man of mystery (Herbert Lom), a stunning German blonde (Renee Soutendijk) an insane Swede and various other strange characters. And nobody seems to know exactly where the war is.

A Handful of Dust
We see the detritus of an abandoned camp in South America and a main character's hallucination.
Then, the story begins. Tony and Brenda Last, lord and lady, live on his enormous estate with their young son. Tony's not much for parties, and Brenda joins London society, on the arm of a penniless man, John Beaver, a hanger‐on at Tony's club. John is encouraged by his entrepreneurial mother, who sees a quid in Tony and Brenda. Brenda and John become lovers, Brenda spends more and more time in London, and Tony's without a clue. Then, bringing things to a head are tragedy, law suits, greed, and what should be a few‐months' expedition to Brazil.

Scoop

Directed by Gavin Millar
Written by Evelyn Waugh, William Boyd
Produced by Sue Birtwistle
Executive Produced by Nick Elliott, Patrick Garland
Original Music by Stanley Myers
Cinematography by Roger Pratt
Film Editing by Derek Bain
Costume Design by Penny Lowe

A Handful of Dust

Directed by Charles Sturridge
Written by Evelyn Waugh, Tim Sullivan, Charles Sturridg, Derek Grangere
Produced by Derek Granger
Executive Produced by Nick Elliott, Jeffrey Taylor, Kent Walwin
Original Music by George Fenton
Cinematography by Peter Hannan
Film Editing by Peter Coulson
Costume Design by Jane Robinson