Persuasion
starring: Rupert Penry-Jones, Sally Hawkins, Alice Krige, Anthony Head, Julia Davis
directed by: Adrian Shergold
directed by: Adrian Shergold
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0883929005475
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 15, 2008
Running Time: 93 minutes
Sales Rank: 736
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: 2007-11
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- Masterpiece Theatre: Northanger Abbey
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- Becoming Jane
- Emma (A&E, 1997)
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Jane Austen fans will delight in the sumptuous production design and first-rate acting in the 2007 Masterpiece Theatre version of Persuasion. Sally Hawkins is controlled and moving as Anne Elliot, the quietly heartbroken but sensible heroine who was 'persuaded' (read: forced) to turn away her true love but still carries an unseen torch for him. Hawkins's performance is genteel yet steely, and the quiet strength of the entire production. Hawkins looks alternately quietly lovely and sadly pinched--as one might expect the long frustrated Anne to look.
Other highlights include a post-Buffy Anthony Head, as Anne's clueless, blustery father, Sir Walter. Head gets to turn on his deft comic talent here in ways most American audiences have not yet seen him; he's clearly enjoying himself immensely, blustering about 'my shrubberies' and other trivial affairs. The cinematography is lush (several breathtaking tracking shots are used, especially early on), as are the period costumes. The production was filmed exclusively on location, and the reality of the sets enforces the story.
Some fans may prefer the 1995 Amanda Root version, for the casting of Ciaran Hinds as Capt. Wentworth, but this later effort is a worthy entry in the Austen film oeuvre--and Rupert Penry-Jones is a dreamboat in his own right. As the wistful Anne says, on behalf of all women, 'We do not forget you, so soon as you forget us.' --A.T. Hurley
Product Description:
Jane Austen?s romantic masterpiece comes to DVD in a thrilling new production from the BBC and Masterpiece Theatre. Anne Elliot fell deeply in love with the handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth at the age of nineteen. But with neither fortune nor rank to recommend him Anne was persuaded to break off her engagement. Eight years later Anne has lived to regret her decision. She never stopped loving Wentworth and when he returns from sea with a fortune and rank she can only watch as every eligible young woman in the district falls at his feet.Running Time: 93 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/BBC UPC: 883929005475 Manufacturer No: 1000036150
Average Rating: 
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- Lost ArtThis version of Jane Austen's classic, is so far from a well produced drama that it doesn't merit ... Read More
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- Better than the PBS versionWhen I saw the movie on PBS Masterpiece Theater, I really enjoyed this version. However, I did not ... Read More
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- The Definitive Persuasion!I am a dedicated Janeite ... Jane is my favorite author; although I am not much of a "chick ... Read More
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- Pretty good storylineI bought this dvd after watching the movie on Masterpiece Theater's Jane Austen series. After watching ... Read More
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- Running around like a headless chicken just about sums it upI am so happy to see that I am far from being the first to object to the ridiculous portrayal of Anne Elliot. ... Read More
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