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Released on Jan. 15 and currently available to stream on Netflix, “The Dig,” directed by Simon Stone, starts 2021 the right way in the world of cinema. Starring Carey Mulligan,
The Dig on Netlfix: The Big Changes Made to the True Story of Sutton Hoo
On 2/1/21 at 7:41 AM EST
The Dig is the latest movie released by Netflix, which is a dramatic retelling of the Sutton Hoo archeological discovery of the late 1930s, which saw amateur archeologist Basil Brown (Ralph Fiennes) discover an ancient burial mound full of amazing Anglo-Saxon artifacts. Real archaeology (as opposed to the whip-cracking, globe-trotting type dreamed up by the
Indiana Jones movies) is a slow and laborious process, and as such seems an unlikely topic for a starry movie. However, Netflix has decided that it is a story worth telling though they have made some typically Hollywood changes to the film to amp up some of the details.
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Is The Dig a true story?
According to the National Trust, who runs the site now as a tourist attraction, The Dig is based on a novel written by John Preston.
While the film is based on the novel, many of the events and characters depicted in both the film and the novel are inspired by real events and real people.
One of these is Edith Pretty who owned the Sutton Hoo estate and was the instigator of the first excavations, which ended up revealing some incredible medieval finds.
In July 1937, Edith wrote to local historians who eventually put her in touch with Ipswich Museum, which in turn saw her team up with self-taught archaeologist Basil Brown.
Netflix s The Dig has been slammed as sexist for reducing an experienced archaeologist to a bumbling, deferential, sidekick to her husband .
The film depicts the unearthing of the famous Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk and stars Ralph Fiennes as self-taught local archaeologist Basil Brown and Lily James as 27-year-old excavator Peggy Piggott.
Mrs Piggott was the wife of archaeologist Stuart Piggott - played by Ben Chaplin - who arrived at the Suffolk site with imperious academic Charles Phillips (Ken Stott).
During the dig at the burial mounds, Mrs Piggott - who was two years younger than her husband - unearthed with her trowel a small gold and garnet pyramid, the first exciting glimpse of bejewelled treasure.