A lavish BBC production of Jane Austen's 1818 love story of an English officer pursuing the woman he loves through youthful rejection, long estrangement, and eventual, glorious... more
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confusing, this BBC adaptation of Jane Austen's last novel, Persuasion, develops into an elegant romantic comedy. Austin combines a subtle dissection of the folly of clas...
confusing, this BBC adaptation of Jane Austen's last novel, Persuasion, develops into an elegant romantic comedy. Austin combines a subtle dissection of the folly of clas...
Advantages: Fantastic film that might have passed you by Disadvantages: may cause swooning
...U, nothing offensive here!
Persuasion won the National Review Board's Best Picture award in 1995.
* A side note, I am pretty sure "Persuasion" was largely the plot "inspiration" for the second Bridget Jones installment (more noticeable in the book as the film chopped it to pieces), if anyone wants to compare. (Pride & Prejudice is more obviously recognised as the inspiration for Bridget Jones' Diary down to Mark Darcy). This is clear in Bridget ...
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Actor(s): Amanda Root, Ciaran Hinds, Corin Redgrave, Sophie Thompson
Director(s): Roger Michell
Genre: Drama - Period
Classification: Universal
Production Year: 1995
Running Time: 1 hour 42 minutes
Video Category: Television
Plot: A young woman who rejects a young man's proposal meets him again years later; both are still single, but can their relationship begin again...? Based on the novel by Jane Austen.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): 2 ENTERTAIN VIDEO; SONY DADC
Release date: 01/11/1999
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: BBCDVD 1004
Barcode: 5014503100421
Languages
Main Language: English
Subtitle Language: English
DVD Description
A lavish BBC production of Jane Austen's 1818 love story of an English officer pursuing the woman he loves through youthful rejection, long estrangement, and eventual, glorious reconciliation.
Technical information
Special Features: Scene Access
Aspect Ratio: 14:9
Sound: Dolby Digital
Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital English
Professional reviews
Review: "...Witty and suspenseful, this PERSUASION is enthralling." -- Rating: A- (Entertainment Weekly, pp.48-9, 20/10/1995)
