In the final moments of the movie, epilogue text tells us that when the artifacts found at the site were finally displayed to the public after the end of the war, Brown’s name wasn’t even mentioned as a footnote. Set in 1939, shortly before the outbreak of World War II, 'The Dig' introduces us to Basil Brown (Fiennes), a local boy in Suffolk dialect, every male aged 0-99 is 'boy' and. Their arrival threatens Brown’s authority on the site, and indeed his very legacy, which like the Sutton Hoo treasure he discovered, lay dormant for years. As it turns out, her land is the site of a nearly intact Anglo-Saxon royal burial ship, a groundbreaking discovery that attracts the attention of the toffs at the British Museum. With World War II looming on the near-horizon, the widowed mother of one wants to find out if there’s anything significant hidden underneath some unusual mounds of earth on her property, known as Sutton Hoo. In the film, Lily James portrays amateur archaeologist Peggy Preston who works with Carey Mulligans wealthy widow Edith Petty. Edith Pretty ( P romising Young Woman’s Carey Mulligan, who couldn’t look and sound more different). The first trailer for The Dig was revealed by Netflix on Thursday. This historical fiction based on a true story was so good. It’s got everything a fan of British period films could ask. Adapted from John Preston’s 2007 novel, The Dig tells the true story of Basil Brown (Fiennes), a self-taught excavator working for a regional museum who gets a last-minute job when he’s summoned to the country estate of Mrs. John Prestons recreation of the Sutton Hoo dig - the greatest Anglo-Saxon discovery ever in. By Gabrielle Bruney Published: Elaine Chung Netflix’s The Dig is a quietly lovely drama set in late 1930s England.
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