The True Story Behind The Dig | Netflix

[@lstq8873]

I grew up with the legend of the Sutton Hoo treasure. I lived barely 5 miles up river. We went on a school educational trip to the site, and would ride out on our bikes to visit in the summer after swimming in the Deben. It was lovely to see the area depicted so well - made me quite nostalgic.

[@stillwatchingnetflix]

Woo woo for Sutton Hoo!

[@realkk]

@@Vykandar is that a compliment dear sir?

[@benjamin1403]

@@stillwatchingnetflix your making a feature length film of my direct descendant yet you don’t give me money or ask for my blessing?!?

[@richardbenitez1282]

If I may. The film was outstanding. From my perspective as. Mexican American here in California the film is an outstanding standing portrayal of the British character. Folks will say of course it was made in Britain. Well, there were several aspects of film that really helped show the spirit and character of the British. This included the countryside, some talk of the war. Overall: very well done.

[@lstq8873]

@@benjamin1403 I think the word you are looking for is antecedent.

[@Stella-dd7xv]

I just finish watching this movie. It makes me crying twice. It’s such an amazing and inspirational movie during this awful epidemic time. The actors perform very well, bringing me back to the river of history. The piano music is really touching and I also enjoy the beautiful landscape. I sobbed out when the boy said to Robert “I knew she’s sick, but I cannot do anything for her....”

[@trevorthomas3990]

The Dig is one of the best things I have seen in some time

[@ethangatenby2547]

Surprisingly sad for a movie about an excavation

[@jazzyy7686]

Same it was so good !!

[@godfreydaniel6278]

The best thing about it was that it focused on the human aspects of the story - and not the treasure...

[@createone100]

This was a wonderful movie. Ralph Fiennes was brilliant as Basil Brown. The script was beautifully done, and the cinematography was stunning. I have had an interest in the Sutton Hoo ship burial for at least 40 years. Gorgeous film.

[@sharonmullins1957]

This is one of the best shows on Netflix. Too bad they don't have more of this quality. Try giving a break to bad, sub, grade school, mindless TV. Heartbreaking, and uplifting. wonderful.

[@celticcheetah6371]

This movie really touched me. I'm locked down in London right now, but I spent a big chunk of my childhood in Norfolk, one county over from Sutton Hoo. The beautiful shots of the huge East Anglian skies - the sea and the reeds and the birds - made my heart hurt for home, but in a good way. Thanks to all involved in making this film. Wonderful.

[@shamilton6328]

lol agree on everything you say….except the skies are non stop gray there.

[@malahammer]

And an amazing movie. I came to see Carey and the archaeology...and left with a few tears.

[@jmaisvu_]

This movie was so beautiful!

[@tes-uu9sf]

One of those rare films you just don't see enough of.

[@maria369]

I cried and cried and cried........and then cried some more........ Marvelous 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻.............................................

[@adelab.1511]

me too!!!!!!!!!!

[@starbird1111]

I love it when I can click on a film that I know nothing about. That I can be instantly drawn in by it’s extraordinary enchantment, outstanding acting, and it’s ability to capture my heart through historical polar pasts. A very warm thank you to all involved, and a production well done. James Phoenix Az. 2021

[@Zebred2001]

A few years ago I had to have something done at a sheet-metal fabrication shop in Kamloops B.C.. Imagine my pleasant surprise when I walked in and saw a beautiful replica of the Sutton Hoo helmet sitting on the shop counter. The shop owner had made it. I'd seen the real thing in 1982 and was quite aware of the archaeological dig. The Sutton Hoo treasures are known and appreciated around the world. The Netflix movie was excellent and as stated quite poignant on many levels.

[@adrianhough5059]

Really beautiful film......well written, directed and acted. Very thoughtful themes and a genuine awe for the history involved. Well done to everyone involved!

[@Canuckmom128]

Watched it last weekend. Thoroughly enjoyable. Interesting story, well written. Great cast. Excellent production. 👍👍

[@ralphthebulldog5163]

Netflix knocking it out the park again! Thank you 🙏

[@ann-mariecordner9756]

I cannot believe how incredible this movie was, there should be more like this. The characters were wonderful, especially Ralph Fiennes and the moving scenes that kept rolling by, keeping me totally held to the screen. A beautiful story from the past/present and seeing the finds as shown by the British Museum, took me right back. Well done.

[@philipbarrett3151]

Stunning cinematography, costuming and sets. The conversational dialog over other scenes was extremely clever as were the shots in London.

[@jimmydroid7838]

The acting was great. Carey Milligan and Ralph Fiennes knock it out of the park,but the ending left some things unfinished, I guess ill need Google and Wikipedia to fill in the rest. Regardless, good movie.

[@srkh8966]

Yes, I was hoping they’d show the exhibit in the credits

[@irishtrains1396]

Ralph Fiennes accent is brilliant. Amazing actor.

[@gardenboots7464]

LOVED the movie. Wonderful to find out that it was NOT rewriting history and ruining the real story.

[@PreetiSingh-xg5pm]

after a very long time, i saw something so amazing on Netflix...

[@funnystuff9998]

An all round lovely piece of cinema. I'm in awe of this movie. So well written, directed and played out that, I believe this has made my top ten of all time.

[@delyne6860]

Watched it today! It was a well worth Sunday weekend spent in front of telly (am not british, lol! just loving the different english accents!!).

[@wojciechkopec9728]

This movie blow my mind, interesting usage of wide lenses and grading

[@stillwatchingnetflix]

The cinematographer of The Dig was Mike Eley, who also shot Parade's End and Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, which are both now streaming on Netflix UK/IE.

[@CramerGallimore]

Also, skillful use of drone shots you do not notice. I'm a drone pilot. I saw they gave the crew of three credit.

[@andrewpedroso]

Incredible!!

[@bokhans]

I believe that they right now making a replica of the ship which is huge! Several brand new videos about it on YT .

[@dishansinghmehta8891]

Ngl this movie was sooo good, I was watching this yesterday night, I might have cried once or twice, boii and I wanted this movie to last one more hour, hoping for Basil to excavate more moulds but sadly the war had something else in place

[@sjjas7271]

hard to precisely describe my feelings but this film really touched me deeply, especially when the world is in chaos

[@ryandonagheylovescash4710]

The novel by John Preston is staggering

[@motomob9171]

I am lodging at a cottage today, a stone throw away from this place. I will visit tomorrow. I thank the serendipitous events that has bought me here..

[@fajrulnaufal]

honestly one of the best movie I've ever seen

[@lucienvanimmerseel66]

Geweldige film, inmiddels 10 keer gezien. Glansrol van Ralph Fiennes. Prachtig!

[@anju04aa]

Watched it last night.....a different fresh subject.....fascinated by the archaeological/excavatory marvels ....that too of those times....breathtaking arresting visual landscapes and performances too...

[@noramalenaasmi4383]

Very beautiful movie. Deserves all the recognition!♡

[@pd4887]

It was amazing, thoroughly enjoyed

[@P14YCR]

There are so many really good things about this movie, such a great piece of story telling. The cast is excellent and all put in great performances, especially Lily James and Ralph Fiennes. It's not just about an archaeological dig though, it's about past lives, present lives and how things are remembered in the future. Overall great movie, could of done without the gay relationship hints.

[@kaze987]

Ralph is the man. Excellent Film :)

[@shaikhymx]

A truly remarkable story and very enjoyable movie.

[@hibaalsiyabi7098]

Our English teacher asked us to watch this as a homework 😇

[@cetterus]

He is dilettante. Can't see more deceitful film. This boat has nothing to do with Britain's history. Most of the artefacts in British museum as well. I bet they don't teach you much of that.

[@travisspazz1624]

The melancholic Malick vibes were strong with this one!!

[@lops-6672]

The British always have something good now a days. Hammer Studios was cool too

[@fasthracing]

Good film & good review well done Netflix. Keep them coming

[@robcreel4257]

I'm going to have to watch this. I watch Sue's video on Sutton Hoo from the British Museum channel.

[@robcreel4257]

I saw it finally. Watched it over the weekend. Loved it. Loved the story and the history behind the dig, even though it's based on a novel. Plus it was nice to hear a Suffolk accent after 30 years.

[@bedetteb1111]

Fantastic movie. Very much enjoyed it

[@EarthREALTOR]

I loved this movie! True stories are high on my list of great movies! I would love to go see the artifacts and the site!

[@garysmith3173]

A beautiful film.

[@emaysi6164]

Watched this a few days ago and really enjoyed it.

[@jonathanc4166]

Wow that looks really cool! Also the museum would be fun to visit.

[@valeeric111]

Quel film! Du vrai cinema

[@traveller8867]

Wonderful movie and loved the cast.

[@sw9618]

The cast was phenomenal. Yes, big "a-list" English actors, but brilliant character actors like Monica Dolan. And Johnny Flynn! - Albert Einstein!

[@tes-uu9sf]

"Robert" (Archie Barnes) that kid was literally something else.

[@sw9618]

@@tes-uu9sf Especially in the scene with Basil about his mom and being strong for her. Great performance.

[@pamelahaynes178]

Amazing movie, very informative and well acted.

[@elijahheyes9061]

Just had notification of a price increase to £13.99....No worries Netflix...You'll get no complaints from me if you keep this kinda quality up 👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻

[@James-dn6wy]

Your crazy, most stuff on there is shit

[@aquamarine2416]

this movie made me teary and happy at the same time 👍🎉🎉🕊 😥

[@cl1315]

Great cast! Great movie!

[@ethanandrews87]

It felt like a journey through history

[@johne.3678]

A very enjoyable movie.

[@leannecallaghan5610]

Amazing film really enjoyed it.

[@malinhessedahl]

Love this video ❤❤❤

[@noellegatto1798]

Was a wonderful movie

[@yojlik]

5:21 Dr Sue!! Love her! y'all should search out her Curator's Corner episodes, they're very informative!

[@dukeon]

Yes! I have a secret infatuation with her and her foam sword 😉

[@Scqrs]

My school won’t stop pushing us to see it because oh she was a alumni! ok but aside from that i watched the preview and damn it looks good! i’m gonna watch it as soon as i can

[@n.r.2258]

You should not miss this film !

[@richardbenitez1282]

I thought film was outstanding. Good directing and editing. As a Mexican-American here in Los Angeles area I was taxing my brain on the significance of finding Anglo Saxon artifacts. What were they? Since knowledgeable folks were so pleased does this mean that finding Anglo Saxon artifacts is rare? Watching show I’ve had to get my brain to say yes they are rare. I understand Anglo-Saxon peoples are the basis for modern day Brits. So to find small bits in this dig is a wonderful thing? All over I was very pleased with entire film. Well done.

[@Efc88]

I enjoyed this movie maked me feel not alone for some reason?!

[@celticcheetah6371]

Yes I agree. I loved the theme in it about how we're all connected with each other, and the past, so that "no one really dies" as Brown said. Beautiful.

[@shizhan9094]

The voiceover is beautiful

[@stillwatchingnetflix]

why thank you!

[@garrieleepeck8753]

Makes you think about life how we are all just visiting .on the grand scheme of things not hear that long .iv had mental health illness a long time what I do to live back in such a simple time out the way .just a dream . Brilliant film amazing part of are history

[@garrieleepeck8753]

Apart from the war .what beautiful time to live so simple . Beautiful place .iv lived in Somerset all my life small town called Glastonbury .what I do to go to live in such a beautiful place .my dream to find a farm family right out the way to put a caravan to live my life just a dream .but I'd love to live the rest my life in peace

[@Badonicus]

Lily James' character was used for artistic license even though Peggy was a real person and a pivotal part of the actual digital. That story about a sexually frustrated wife disrupts the flow, but well cast.

[@More-Space-In-Ear]

It’s a lovely film..

[@noracoolen2167]

It was a beautiful movie, good on Netflix

[@WildwoodClaire1]

With the exception of a superfluous subplot awkwardly inserted about half way through for no apparent reason, 'The Dig' is an excellent movie.

[@1justice2012]

I should subscribe and watch it!

[@crazyafjal]

I am going to watch this

[@BikramMondalmbikram]

Finally they dug out something to showcase their Historical past. Soon they'll return the Kohinoor and other valuables taken during their Colonial Conquest!

[@timback5279]

Very nice film, pity about the editing mistakes.

[@acme181169]

Great film, i really enjoyed it BUT... does anybody know why the didn't show any of the real treasure? I was kind of expecting it to be in the background on the closing credits or something like that!

[@Efc88]

Peggy is stunning

[@spyrustodd7649]

such a nice story

[@classicrockcafe]

2:44 What did Peggy dig up?

[@cootegeelan8592]

She is shown discovering one of a pair of pyramid shaped ornaments that had been attached to the sword scabbard , made of gold and richly decorated with garnets (possibly from Sri Lanka) and blue glass. Google Sutton Hoo sword pyramids for images.

[@erindanelleavilaavilaguerr7251]

That music video sweet Annie, by Zack Brown. It's like that kind of shit.

[@erindanelleavilaavilaguerr7251]

So basically they do these archaeological digs for one reason or another. I bought, or what I thought bought the main property. It's very well built, I thought. Anyhow the house where he lives his modest life, well that is where they hide thee high value after some incident. The incident is that wagon they have out there. That's like a refreshment station. Out of know where these types that look like the helpers show up and start having a drink or a casual thing, that some how becomes this odd creepy terror incident ... Where then they hide the person in the smaller property. The person wakes up to this entire thing about earning enough money to pay the rent. The very property may even be of the same estate. Even odder, I've purchased the property with some money I had somehow. Then I've seen them treat people the same way, while I was hidden in the smaller property on concept of mechanical reset ...

[@cynthiajones4332]

I felt like they left the movie unfinished... what happen to the mother, her son, her cousin?

[@malahammer]

Wikipedia has the answers :(

[@sharonmullins1957]

IKR? Googled mother and son. Helps clarify gaps.

[@alexworm1707]

What happens to everybody, they all died.

[@xakp7517]

Any actor here just wanna be in a Netflix show like 🥲

[@FrankDave]

5:36... can someone explain why " and perhaps even the world"? What happened to the rest of the world?

[@cetterus]

Irrelevant. According to Brittish. Apparently they invented football as well. Greek caryatids- "rescued from Greece", the largest jewel in their crown- stolen from India. They had to import the queen for Christ sake! (That one wasn't stolen tho). Now- Viking ships are "their history". I couldn't stop laughing.

[@Keyswiz71]

Overall I loved this film, and as a Suffolk man I am very pleased that the local dialect was portrayed properly rather sounding like a west country pirate! I was less impressed by the liberties taken with some of the characters, after all these were real people and not fictional characters and they are no longer here to set the record straight. The implied gay story line attributed to Stuart Piggott is particularly irksome and has no evidential basis; it just smacks of a 21st century need to be politically correct and the apparent need to somehow shoehorn a completely unnecessary LGBT element in the story line. I have since conducted some basic research into the life of Stuart Piggott CBE, FBA, FSA, FRSE FSA Scot and found that he was a very knowledgeable man who went onto serve in the Army Intelligence Corps as a aerial Photographic Interpreter during WW2 rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. By 1976 he had written 22 books as well as many academic archaeological papers and received the CBE in 1972 as well as numerous other scholarly awards including the Grahame Clark Medal of the British Academy in 1992 at 82 years old. Rather than defamation, perhaps he was due more respect.

[@iamqueenkk]

Why is speculation on his sexuality defamation? Being gay isn’t a character failing. Estimates are 10-15% of the general population are LGBTQ - this also includes people in history.

[@daniel.h2488]

1:21 i found that shit.

[@steveobie1]

Found it disappointing, I think it would have been far better as a mini-series to develop the characters properly. Personally I found the 'out-of-sync dialogue to scene' technique was used way too much, the characters rather 'flat', the side love story to be totally pointless (it felt like it was added as an after thought) but, most annoyingly of all was the lack of the actual archaeology! The acting was great (not sure if Browns wife was fantastic or terrible to come a cross so normal) the cinematography brilliant and the scenery outstanding. For me the fault was partly the screenplay but mainly the editing.

[@historychick5947]

Well said!

[@sharonmullins1957]

WOW, always so critical? It is Netflix........................not high opera!

[@maccart67]

Am slowly making my way through film :( Hopefully novel is a better fit for me.

[@B1GE2]

Man lord Voldemort really cleaned up his act

[@GuyLakeman]

nice example of class oppression

[@markshortland2101]

Very average

[@theemurman1]

Not really like the true story. Which was a better.

[@SimonSimon-rn3tm]

Hated it: turned off after 10 minutes. It is full of factual errors........................

[@munchykins]

I don't understand why Carey Mulligan was cast? She is great but why not an older woman? Hollywood ageism at its best...

[@MrDXRamirez]

Actor's name is Ralph Fiennes not Ray Fiennes, and the movie was excellent.

[@karenq8255]

Actually it’s pronounced Rafe

[@simongentry]

real people behind the story... Pretty is 20yrs older and taller. He is shorter than she is and didn’t smoke a pipe. the photos taken of the dig were taken by two women - not some unknown bloke.

[@Aroncare]

The love of lily James story is sole out of context, it actually ruined the movie for me

[@fatimaalketbi3408]

Third

[@aragorniielessar1894]

The real Edith Pretty was 5 years older than Basil Brown But Ralph Fiennes who plays Basil Brown is 23 years older than Carey Mulligan who plays Edith Pretty The real Edith Pretty was 56 years old when the the story of the movie takes place and Basil Brown was 51. I mean you think they could have found an actress in her 50s to play Edith Pretty.

[@dukecraig2402]

They had, Nichole Kidman was supposed to play the role but left at the last minute and had to be replaced. Can people come up with any more trivial things to carry on about? I mean seriously, it's called acting and in acting the only thing of any importance is that the actor's portray their characters believably, if some snowflakes hadn't trolled around in life looking for just another trivial little thing to crusade over nobody would ever have given it a second thought, and then of course SJW's have to jump on whatever the latest bandwagon is so they can act morally superior to everyone else and strut through life feeling like they're better than the people around them. Why didn't the world carry on about 30 year old's playing high school kid's in the movie Grease? Because back then people had real issues in life to worry about. Get over all of yourselves and your crying about the MOST TRIVIAL thing's under the sun, good lord.

[@aragorniielessar1894]

@@dukecraig2402 To long did not read

[@dukecraig2402]

@@aragorniielessar1894 But you'll spend the rest of your life crybabying about stupid shit I'll bet.

[@realAfrican]

Im much of a Feminist by todays standards but man did they make women in this seem WEAK