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Persuasion
1995
Anne Elliot is the most level-headed of Sir Walter Elliot's three daughters. Seven years earlier, Anne fell in love with Frederick Wentworth, a young naval officer, but broke off the engagement due to family pressure. When Wentworth unexpectedly returns, now a prosperous man and a more suitable match, Anne is forced to confront .. Read more
| Starring | Amanda Root, Ciarán Hinds, Corin Redgrave, Sophie Thompson |
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| Director | Roger Michell |
| Genres | Drama |
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Persuasion
Anne Elliot is the most level-headed of Sir Walter Elliot's three daughters. Seven years earlier, Anne fell in love with Frederick Wentworth, a young naval officer, but broke off the engagement due to family pressure. When Wentworth unexpectedly returns, now a prosperous man and a more suitable match, Anne is forced to confront the consequences of her decision, and the depth of her enduring feelings for Wentworth.
| Starring | Amanda Root, Ciarán Hinds, Corin Redgrave, Sophie Thompson |
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| Director | Roger Michell |
| Studio | 2 ENTERTAIN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 42 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 01 Nov 1999 Production year: 1995 |
| Format | DVD |
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Amanda Root glows as gentle Anne Elliot, past her bloom and thoughtlessly put-upon by her horrid, snobbish family when the once-poor suitor she was persuaded to reject returns in the shape of dashing Captain Wentworth (Ciaran Hinds). Now he's rich, socially desirable and eager to find a wife — just as long as she's not Anne. However, the attentions of a caddish admirer revive the resentful hero's interest. This artful BBC adaptation of Jane Austen's most mature love story is beautifully realised by Notting Hill director Roger Michell and a class ensemble cast that never lets the superb period detail intrude on the emotional realism or romantic suspense.
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A TV Jane Austen which enjoyed considerable theatrical success in the US. Anne Elliot (Root, working wonders with an... read more on Time Out
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19 out of 22 people found this review helpful
The best ever Austin
Of all the Jane Austin adaptations I have seen, and I'm a bit of an anorak, this is my favourite. The casting is flawless - the acting superb - and a background of Chopin is fantastic. Honestly Jane Austin doen't get any better than this.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Perfection
To those who require modern day starlets and hollywood beefcake in a Jane Austen adaptation in order to perceive any 'chemistry' I can only say 'GROW UP'. This version of Persuasion is real, and gentle, and heartrending. It is not full of beautiful people but proper actors, and I love it for that. The costumes are not showy, and even a bit rumpled as if they had been worn before (c.f. the 'fresh from wardrobe' high gloss of Pride and Prejudice or the agonisingly awful Winslet Sense and Sensibility). The pace is slow, but then that's the point surely? Their relationship is painfully restrained and unsure and unspoken with a gestation of years, not a couple of Saturday nights. Why should the filmmakers lower their standards for fear of boring those who need wet shirts and everything overtly done and spoken? Let such people fall by the wayside and go back to watching some rubbish starring Keira Knightley I say.
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