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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1Audience 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 Studio: BBC Warner Theatrical Release Date: 2007 Sales Rank: 1131 MPN: WARDE36150D Related Items:
Editorial Review: 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. 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 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Buy the Amanda Root version insteadThis version borders on the ridiculous, with all the running about. The one with Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds is far superior, and who can resist the additional casting of Sophie Thompson (Emma's sister)? Rating: - Just wretched.Persuasion is my favorite Austen novel, so this movie was pure butchery to me. The story, the characters, the charm, all of it was lost in what felt to me like a rushed attempt to make Persuasion-lite. The only reason I watched this movie all the way through is I kept thinking it had to get better, but it just devolved. The only good thing I can say about the film is to agree with everyone who has the sense of sight that Rupert Penry-Jones is a beautiful man, but he is given nothing to do in this ... Read More Rating:  - entertaining if not a sticklerAs a huge Jane Austin collector/fan I would like to put in my 3 cents worth. Ive read them all and have the dvd's 2 of some (p&P) and if there is anything I can say is.,..never judge a dvd by the book, you will not enjoy it if you do. very seldom will you find a screen play that is true to the book.It is not the same medium and cannot always be presented the same and then there is time constraints.I loved this particlar version and yes it could have been more like the former one (I did not care ... Read More Rating: - Another Good PersuasionIf you like Jane Austen you will like this movie! It is different from the other version of Persuasion but yet it still moves you as Persuasion does. Other than some camera action that might occasionally give you a headache, it is great. Definitely worth being in your J.A. Library! Rating:  - Emotionally chargedNo, it's not quite like the book. Is any movie as great as the book? I, too, enjoyed the earlier film version of this. The lighting and scenery are more beautiful than this one. However, I really enjoyed this version. The ordinary way it was presented made it feel more real, like I was there instead of watching a movie. I'm not an Austen expert, but having read the book I thought it captured the spirit of it. Captain Wentworth was SMOKIN', plus I identified with Anne immediately. It ended wonderfully ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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