I Capture The Castle is a 2003 film directed by Tim Fywell. It is based on the 1948 novel of the same title by Dodie Smith and was adapted to screenplay by Heidi Thomas. The film was released in the UK on 9 May 2003. Romola Garai played the lead role of Cassandra Mortmain alongside Bill Nighy, Rose Byrne and Tara FitzGerald. The film follows 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain , and the fortunes of her eccentric family, struggling to survive in genteel poverty in a decaying English castle. The characters include: Cassandra's father , a writer who hasn't written anything in the twelve years since... the spectacular success of his first novel; her exquisite older sister Rose who rails against their fate and hopes to marry for money; and their Bohemian stepmother, Topaz , an ex-model still apt to sun-bathe in the nude. The possibility of salvation seems to loom in the form of their wealthy American landlord Simon Cotton and his brother Neil . Although Simon initially turns her away, Rose is determined to make him fall in love with her and succeeds.
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| Release date: | May 9, 2003 |
| Directed by: | Tim Fywell |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 117 Minutes |
| Music by: | Dario Marianelli |
| Screenplay by: | Dodie Smith |
| Estimated budget: | $8,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |