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2007

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A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman. Read more

Starring	Anne Hathaway, Leo Bill, Lucy Cohu, James Cromwell
Director	Julian Jarrold
Genres	Drama, Romance

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Becoming Jane

A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.

Starring	Anne Hathaway, Leo Bill, Lucy Cohu, James Cromwell, Laurence Fox, Anna Maxwell Martin, James McAvoy, Ian Richardson, Joe Anderson, Jessica Ashworth, Tony Brown, Chris McHallem, Lucy McKenna, Giedrius Nagys, Donal O'Farrell
Director	Julian Jarrold
Studio	2 ENTERTAIN VIDEO
Run time	DVD: 2 hrs Blu-ray: 2 hrs HD DVD: 2 hrs
Certificate
Collections	100 Feisty Females
Genres	Drama, Romance
Language	DVD: English Blu-ray: English HD DVD: English
Hearing-impaired	English
Released	Production year: 2007 To Rent: DVD: 10 Sep 2007 Blu-ray: 10 Sep 2007 HD DVD: not available HD DVD: 10 Sep 2007

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- 1795, and money is tight at the Austen country parsonage, placing no little onus on daughter Jane (Anne Hathaway) to... read more on Time Out
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- - Trevor Johnston
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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:20
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  Jane Austen , the chick flick
  
  Who knows if this film has much bearing on what actually went on in Jane Austen's little-documented early life? I still enjoyed it thoroughly, especially ... read more »
  
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  - 20 Mar 2007 at 21:01
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  As good as the BBC productions of Jane Austin's works
  
  Anne Hathaway is surprisingly believable as Jane Austin, although she will never be a true English lady with that huge American mouth! The accent didn't ... read more »
  
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- - HanaBomBana
  - 4 reviews
  - Dorking
  - 12 Sep 2011 at 21:29
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  Costume drama with a biographical twist
  
  Was ok but actually preferred film versions of her books and found my mind drifting at times. Wouldn't see again.
  
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- - peacelily
  - 12 reviews
  - Harrogate
  - 10 Aug 2011 at 17:30
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  A bit 'meh'
  
  not a bad film but it didnt keep me glued the whole way through, i love anne hathaway and she has a great 'look' for period dramas (unlike Keira ... read more »
  
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- - preshus
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  - 16 Jun 2011 at 18:07
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Becoming Jane premiere has no leading lady
- 05 Mar 2007
Sunday night saw the premiere of historical biopic Becoming Jane, which focuses on the relationship between Jane Austen and Tom Lefroy. But although the leading man - played by James McAvoy - took to the red carpet with his real-life partner Anne-Marie Duff, Anne Hathaway, who plays the literary heroine, was nowhere to be seen. "Ms Anne Hathaway is currently filming in British Columbia," McAvoy told Empire. "I'm sure she's away being brilliant somewhere." According to her co- Read more
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