Gormenghast 2000
Created by Mervyn Peake, Malcolm McKay
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Comedy, Action & Adventure
- 60 min episodes
- 1 season
- 4 episodes
- Ended
At the Castle of Gormenghast, the Groan family has ruled with dusty ceremony for more than seventy generations. A clever and ambitious new kitchen boy, Steerpike, begins to insinuate himself into the affections of Lady Fuchsia Groan and to murder his way to power.
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Classical in form, earnest, richly built and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Jonathan Rhys MeyersSteerpike
- Celia ImrieGertrude, Countess of Groan
- Neve McIntoshLady Fuchsia Groan
- John SessionsDr Alfred Prunesquallor
- Fiona ShawIrma Prunesquallor
- Christopher LeeFlay
- Warren MitchellBarquentine
Crew
- Mervyn PeakeCreator
- Malcolm McKayCreator
- Mervyn PeakeNovel
- Gavin FinneyDirector of Photography
- Richard Rodney BennettOriginal Music Composer
- Paul TothillEditor
- Estelle DanielProducer
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Seasons
- Miniseries4 eps · 2000
Pairings
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